That old guy almost beat him. That was a close one.
I have no interest in watching. The guy is not likable.
I'm sure many of you have heard about him. He's won 22 straight, averaging roughly $80,000 every night, which prior to him was the highest single day total ever. He's broken that about 10 times since he first did it.
The guy is a freakish combination of photographic memory and an apparently insatiable appetite for consuming information. There are nights his opponents barely get a chance to answer a question... he's also very fast on the buzzer.
Someone will have to get lucky to beat him. Trebek seems clearly tired of him.. he doesn't have a very likeable manner. It's brought the show a lot of attention and probably more viewers, but it's getting old fast, imo. Just wondering if anyone else is following this and what you think.
'Jeopardy' star James Holzhauer makes history with his 21st win in a row
He had a scare last Monday, but that was the only Final Jeopardy so far, that mattered. He is something.
Was listening to Howard Stern the other day, and Robin, who was on celebrity Jeopardy said there is a built-in penalty on the buzzer...if you ring in too soon, it locks you out. He has mastered whatever that timing is. What impresses me the most is the knowledge across EVERY category...doesn't matter, and he does not shy away.
Maybe someone could correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember the questions being more difficult if you took them out of order. So the question that is under each assigned value varies based on what order it's chosen. They're easier if done in order. I swear I remember hearing that somewhere, and that it was done that way to deter folks from starting at the bottom. If true, what he's doing is even more impressive.
Nope, but I don't find it entertaining to watch an unlikable guy win night after night.Who cares? You gonna date him er something?
Maybe someone could correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember the questions being more difficult if you took them out of order. So the question that is under each assigned value varies based on what order it's chosen. They're easier if done in order. I swear I remember hearing that somewhere, and that it was done that way to deter folks from starting at the bottom. If true, what he's doing is even more impressive.
Nope, but I don't find it entertaining to watch an unlikable guy win night after night.
I like watching history being made. Dude's like the Jordan of Jeopardy.Nope, but I don't find it entertaining to watch an unlikable guy win night after night.
No, the questions at the bottom are harder than the questions at the top, but the questions in each box do not change depending on what order you take them in. They're only "easier if done in order" in the sense that you're working your way from easy to hard questions.
AND he loses.... Right on the edge of breaking the record.
Never thought it would happen.
*wow*
Summary article: "James Holzhauer Is (Finally) Unseated as Jeopardy! Champion; How Did It All Come Down?"
Also, informative graph (from 538) showing how James Holzhauer's $2,462,216 over 32 wins fell short of Ken Jennings's record of $2,520,700 over 74 wins:
the turning point was when she doubled down on a double jeopardy and made it.
"I guess I have to make it a daily double"
Great!
For sure. It was almost as if she was the first competitor to know what she was going up against.
IMO, what sealed James' fate tho, was when Jay got the second daily double in round two. That shut the door.
He had dominated the DDs until tonight. The only one he got actually worked against him.
It was the right bet, right down to the dollar, even accounting for the other competitor...Jay.It sure seemed he got of daily dailys. Getting one too early didn't help. I guess that had to end sometime.
I thought that was a great bet in Final Jeopardy. He had to hope Emma would miss the final question or he would lose pretty much regardless of what he bet.