Here it is, folks: my friend, and many of yours too, Ellen Klages as a contestant on Jeopardy today, May 22. First time I've seen anyone I actually know as a contestant on this show.
Two warnings, though:
1. It's a very defective recording. The video freezes, though the audio is OK, throughout the second half of the first round, including the contestant interviews, and Final Jeopardy is mostly cut off. I tried three different postings of the episode and they're all like that. If you find a better one, let me know.
2. Ellen got shellacked and came in third. The other two were faster on the buzzer, that was the main reason.
ETA: 3. And now they've all been taken down anyway. Puh.
As on other recent occasions when I've watched Jeopardy, I'm dismayed by the number of items that none of the contestants knew but I did. There were 6 of them this time, including one which Ellen got wrong, aargh! But would I have been able to do any better under the pressure of the actual show? I doubt it. So a warm round of applause to Ellen for doing her damndest.
Fans save the Jeopardy results in text format at the "J! Archive," which appears to be nearly complete back to the first Alex Trebek season in 1984. There is one page for each episode. It shows a mock gameboard that includes both rounds and Final Jeopardy. Hovering over the dollar value of a clue reveals the correct response, the person who got it right, and any incorrect responses given. Numbers on the corner of each clue indicate the order in which they were selected (e.g., the first clue picked on this show was the $600 clue in the "Rock Me" category). There is some statistical analysis at the bottom. And there are links to a page for each player, showing their picture and how well they did.
ReplyDeleteHere is the page for this episode: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=8949
And here is an episode from Sep. 2002: https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=908