Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Do you know how I know why I will never be on Jeopardy?

The "smarties" on Jeopardy know a lot about a variety of subjects. They have to...that's how they get on the show. I like to think that I'm pretty good at Jeopardy, shouting out a few answers here and there, but really I would come in last place every single time.

Unless, of course, most of the categories were about tv, movies, (some sports) and other pop culture. I would clear the categories on my own, and the crowd would applaud at how amazingly fast I buzzed in with the right answer.

If you pay close enough attention to Jeopardy most contestants save the pop culture category for last. They pick "The History of the Wheel" or "Around the World." They know things like who invented the apple peeler, or the name of Queen Victoria's head chef, or how much wood could a wood chuck chuck! It's crazy what these people know.

But today I was watching and you know what clue none of the contestants buzzed in for with Spice Girls in the category? "Tell me what you want, what you really really want...is this popular song...?" Okay, I can't remember the clue word-for-word, but they gave part of the lyrics! No one buzzed in. Hello? It's WANNABE!

Typical Jeopardy "smarties." They may have a broad knowledge of everything textbook, but they don't know the most popular song by the Spice Girls. They may know that Millard Fillmore was the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president, but they don't know the name of the actor who plays the lovable Jim Halpert on The Office.

This is how I know why I will never be on Jeopardy. I can't compete with the contestants who choose "American Politics of the 1940s" over "American Pie Sequels." I really have no chance at all.

4 comments:

  1. Shame on them!!!!!! You should start your own version of Jeopardy...I would totally come to play!

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  2. LOL - I get so annoyed when they can't get the "easy" questions too! Rob and I always say that we would be the ultimate tag team on the show - I could do pop culture, movies, tv, and books, and he could do history, geography, religion or anything else nerdy :)

    One of my friends tried out to be on the show ... she is SUPER smart, a member of Mensa in fact, and she didn't pass. She said the test questions are way harder than the ones on the show. They'd probably laugh at my answers!

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  3. Thanks, now that song is in my head!

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  4. Yeah, I find Alex distracting.

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