The Deuce: It’s random. Everyone with a qualifying score (which I’ve heard is 35/50) goes in the pool

watching Jeopardy for the first time since Trebek died - Sammich January 9, 2026, 19:14:24

No, that’s always been the Jeopardy rule - VIV January 9, 2026, 19:19:50
- I know they accepted it (generally), but it used to be that most people would say the first name - Sammich January 9, 2026, 19:40:46
  - Increases chance of being right and maybe saves a second or two.* - SurfTheBoneyard January 9, 2026, 19:56:41
  - IMO, it very much is an analytics strategy move* - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:43:45
  - I disagree that most people used to say the first name. * - VIV January 9, 2026, 19:42:27
    - I got that impression* - Sammich January 9, 2026, 19:43:56
      - Lead single for a Bosstones ripoff band. * - VIV January 9, 2026, 19:54:02
        
        I would love to see the Bosstones, and I bet that crowd would be insufferable* - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:58:14
        
        They're called The Defiant and they're trash* - RVA January 9, 2026, 19:56:54
      - I agree with you, but apparently this is controversial* - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:52:49
Pretty sure that was very common when Trebek ws still hosting too - IlliniSax05 January 9, 2026, 19:17:37
- side note: Ken Jennings has gotten so god damn good at hosting - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:18:32
  - Agreed. He is fantastic* - bjl63 January 9, 2026, 19:27:55
    - My wife and I went to a book signing event with him a few months ago - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:28:33
      - They did a thing at the Chicago Theatre last year... - SurfTheBoneyard January 9, 2026, 19:33:54
        
        There were 5 past winners in attendance at the event I went to - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:45:56
        
        Well the Chicago FB group has 242 at last count. - SurfTheBoneyard January 9, 2026, 19:46:50
        
        That doesn't surprise me at all* - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:47:22
There was a famous player who went on a run - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:17:34
- At least one long-term guy would always go with "what is" rather than who or where. - osklister January 12, 2026, 9:41:22
- Some of the former contestants are obsessives about this stuff... - SurfTheBoneyard January 9, 2026, 19:24:13
  - I was going to also mention that Holzhauer radically changed game play as well - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:29:57
    - His strategy was revolutionary - VIV January 9, 2026, 19:41:56
      - He was definitely a disrupter - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:48:41
        
        For me it's Jennings. Supremely smart and a nice guy. - SurfTheBoneyard January 9, 2026, 19:54:45
        
        Speaking of Buzzy, I saw he was in the credits now as a J! writer - VIV January 9, 2026, 20:01:05
        
        Some of the "celeb" contestants or friends of other locals come to town occasionally... - SurfTheBoneyard January 9, 2026, 20:08:47
        
        Jennings is the embodiment of Jeopardy, IMO - Sounder January 9, 2026, 20:00:01
        
        Yeah, i still think Ken is the GOAT. - VIV January 9, 2026, 19:52:26
        
        I agree that it's Jennings - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:57:24
        
        Victoria and Yogesh are both excellent. I was surprised Troy Meyer (MeyerT) didn’t win more than 6* - VIV January 9, 2026, 20:03:40
        
        Is Yogesh a llama?* - Sounder January 9, 2026, 20:08:40
        
        gunga lagunga.* - SurfTheBoneyard January 9, 2026, 20:27:16
        
        Yep. Been in the championship 9 years in a row. Top 25 in 6 of those. - VIV January 9, 2026, 20:12:39
        
        Have you ever applied to be on Jeopardy?* - Sounder January 9, 2026, 20:13:38
        
        Of course. I take the test every year. * - VIV January 9, 2026, 20:15:12
        
        I'm surprised you've never made the cut* - Sounder January 9, 2026, 20:16:50
        
        It’s random. Everyone with a qualifying score (which I’ve heard is 35/50) goes in the pool - VIV January 9, 2026, 20:22:50
        
        Me too. - SurfTheBoneyard January 9, 2026, 20:18:51
- That is not when last name only as an answer was popularized. Come on. * - VIV January 9, 2026, 19:20:39
  - I disagree, it's definitely more normalized than it used to be* - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:21:23
    - You are very wrong.* - Carl Spackler January 9, 2026, 19:43:35
    - Here’s a forum thread from 2005 talking about this rule. - VIV January 9, 2026, 19:25:19
      - I've very aware that the rule isn't new, - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:28:01
        
        I wouldn't say they take advantage of it WAY more - IlliniSax05 January 9, 2026, 19:44:23
        
        I can’t change how it feels to you, but it’s how it’s always been. * - VIV January 9, 2026, 19:39:34
        
        I'm not trying to change your mind, and you're not going to change mine* - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:43:03
It's the safer response unless they ask you for a first name.* - SurfTheBoneyard January 9, 2026, 19:16:57
- Which they sometimes do* - Sounder January 9, 2026, 19:17:53

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