I caught this on TV today and thought it was pretty funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8h-wvf8X_E
The last guys answer just amazes me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8h-wvf8X_E
The last guys answer just amazes me!
How Smart do you have to be to be on Jeopardy? (pool related)
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The guy who won the show really came up with that answer? "What is Eleven?"
Even if you don't know the numbers on the balls his answer doesn't make any sense.
The 2nd lady was all happy like she got the lucky answer right.
I loved that he explained the entire thing to them all at the end. Like Pool is some crazy foreign game that they never heard of before.
How many of your friends growing up had large amounts of Argon in their basements? And they played a game with them?
But if the jeopardy answer is confusing because the topic itself is confusing, stands to reason a player would just blurt out a confusing answer. Literally, none of them knew wtf they were talking about, therefore they were answering with no logic,,,errr, pool logic.
Anyway, I would bet, given the circumstances of being under the gun to outplay an opponent, with a time limit, with money on the line, and the question being only 1 of a string of questions to be answered in rapid succession, that you could ask that question to a room full of 8ball players and there would be a significant number of wrong answers even though they would all know the right answer.
The point is a lot of these Jeopardy contestants have that kind of knowledge that most of us don't. Something like pool is not something they (or a lot of people would have knowledge of). My friends (outside of pool friends) and family would not have gotten that question right, they have no clue about it and even consider pool a ridiculous pastime. I remember once telling them that I had just won a tournament and first prize was $1500 and their reaction was slightly amused and slightly disdainful, as if I had won it rolling dice on the street with a bunch of degenerates. Most people are just oblivious when it comes to pool.
k so given that these 3 people are taking a stab in the dark at the answer the reply of "ODD" or "EVEN" I can see the reasoning the thinking, but then Ryan who is clearly in the lead hits the buzzer for the 2k hit. His very calm and "don't worry I got this one" attitude answers Is "ELEVEN"...
What the hell since when did "ELEVEN" become a range of numbers? also I love how Alex explains it at the end, you just know there is a bunch of people in the audiance going "hmmm that must be some game they play up there in canada hmm hmm hmm"
What the hell since when did "ELEVEN" become a range of numbers? also I love how Alex explains it at the end, you just know there is a bunch of people in the audiance going "hmmm that must be some game they play up there in canada hmm hmm hmm"
okay, but how many electrons does an atom of argon have??
Alex<-------loved chemistry, especially the periodic table.
okay, but how many electrons does an atom of argon have??
Alex<-------loved chemistry, especially the periodic table.
What is 18???
Damn!!!!...I keep telling my son that kids have it waaaaay to easy these days when it comes to research of subject matter.
so apparrently the answer to your question as to how smart you have to be to be on jeopardy is 11 smart CUZ HE DID DONE WIN!!!
I am saying your overqualified to be on Jeopardy, dumb it down and you can make it through the audition.
This is a prime example of how Jeopardy players are losing and pool players are winning.