[bksvol-discuss] Re: o.t sleep and Jeopardy
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 07:17:18 -0500
Cindy,
In Jeopardy's recent Ultimate Tournament of Champions, Alex explained that
there are lights around the board which the television audience can not see
that indicate when the contestants are allowed to ring in. The blind
contestant you spoke of competed in this tournament, and Jeopardy provided a
tone that could be heard on TV as well as in the studio which was
synchronized with the lights so the contestant you spoke of would not be at
a disadvantage when ringing in. It was interesting since it gave the TV
audience a chance to see how quick the contestants have to be with their
signaling devices.
Gerald
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: o.t sleep and Jeopardy
I don't think he was really all that much smarter than
a lot of the people he played against, but he was
quicker on the buzzer. I read somewhere that he
watched the person who controlled when you could buzz
in. I had read that you can't buzz in until Alex
finishes reading the question, but I didn't know until
the article about Ken that there was someone we don't
see who controls, somewhere, when that is. If you buzz
too soon, it doesn't --show or sound, I don't know.
That's probably why we see some of the contestants
keep hitting their buttons frantically.
I'm sure you know of the blind man, whose name I
forget, who did so well -- won 5 games I guess-- and
was in the recent championship contests. He would have
had the disadvantage of not being able to watch the
engineer or whatever -- would have to time his buzzer
anticipating when Alex would end reading the answer.
I think that's why he didn't do as well in the
championship rounds. I was routing for him and the New
York fireman.
Cindy
--- Kasondra payne <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cindy,
>
> Our TV station out here reruns old episodes of
> Jeopardy during the day.
> Right now they are rerunning the episodes with Ken
> Jennings. The other day
> I was watching one while my husband was taking a nap
> after a long shift. He
> woke up and said he dreamed he was in the game, but
> his buzzer wouldn't
> work, and he couldn't answer any of the questions.
> Sleeping and watching TV
> really does strange things to you. By the way, I
> might like to play Ken.
> We know a lot of the same stuff, and we have a lot
> in common based on the
> things he said on the show.
>
> Kasondra Payne
>
>
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