Will that guy on Jeopardy ever lose?

haha yes

lol

Arthur Chu ‏@arthur_affect Feb 26

Anyway Alex says that he 1) does not hate me and 2) thinks I'm a "very good player"

hahaha

Wow wow wow, that was fun to watch. I do get that the category-jumping is slightly bewildering; it demands that you really watch the show, you can't tune in and out at all. But mannnnn I love seeing somebody just clobber a game. When he made and won the utterly casual $10,000 bet I went "holy fuck" out loud.

amazed there aren't at least more people starting at the highest value, just to make sure the round doesn't end with 1000s and 800s left on the board

All the dude's appearances are on YT. Just search the show + yyyy + mmm + dd

First appearance is interesting. He never dominates, and wins primarily because his opponents made huge bets in Final (and were wrong).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww0gQz8wXKE

wow the first five minutes are pretty brutal for him

maybe just the first 3 mins haha

Wow, totally forgot Ken Jennings won 75 games! The next in line after him won 19.

I wonder how Alex Trebek would do as a contestant?

THat girl cut off Alex mid-sentence. What a scumbag. What a VILLAIN

ppl should cut alex trebek more often, with knives if they have em, what a dickhead

I want to give arthur a hipster makeover

Get him some moscot frames, skinny tie, dog print shirt :))))

Wow Semret. Ease off on the buzzer there

Dawn you're jumping categories & not going in order. Making it Hard for Alex... and all the viewers playing along at home!!!!!!

what are Alex Trebeck's favorite foods?

I wonder how Alex Trebek would do as a contestant?

I think he'd get steamrolled.

how much repetition has there been in Jeopardy questions over the years? zero? a bit? what % of questions in an episode would he have heard before as host? not that he'd necessarily know or remember, i just wonder.

7% of all questions are about the Etruscans

I think Alex would do pretty well as a contestant

I bet he knows a lot more about state capitals and birds than most Canadians.

chu talks about how he studies the topics that come up most often (states and presidents etc) and that apparently gives him an edge, no doubt alex has that shit seared into his brain

you don't think he's just on autopilot up there

or got his mind on his cornball repertoire instead of on the cluez

Maybe. But he's seen more Jeopardy shows and strategies than anyone else. Even if he forgot half of it he'd have an edge.

chu talks about how he studies the topics that come up most often (states and presidents etc) and that apparently gives him an edge

but lots of jeopardy contestants do that. they're pretty much expected to at this point, aren't they?

didn't rosie perez study?

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but lots of jeopardy contestants do that. they're pretty much expected to at this point, aren't they?

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i'm not sure! obv i don't mean that it's the only thing that's given him an edge, he's obv a very smart dude and his strategies seem to be working out, but from that AVC interview he made it sound like he took an extra step or two with the most common categories

so no chu this week?

yup, i will skip "'90s Week"

is blossom a contestant is that what that means

Vedder vs. Corgan vs. Weiland

Arthur is back tonight!

Could be wrong on this, but I do believe that if Arthur wins tonight he will move into sole 3rd place all time for longest Jeopardy streaks, after Ken Jennings at 75 games and Dave Madden at 20. Nobody else is higher than the 10 games Arthur is at now.

too close!

do a lot of people really go for the +$1 bet?

Today's clues seemed harder than usual, but then they ended with one of the easiest Final Jeopardy clues I've seen in ages (I'm assuming that at least most of us on ILX would have gotten it).

Definitely note one of the easiest FJ clues in ages. Earlier in Arthur's run, I remember "Dating from 1973, this 4-letter suffix indicates a person or thing that has become associated with public scandal". Now that's an easy FJ. I can't imagine anybody who is able to qualify for Jeopardy missing that.

erg, definitely NOT

Fine, second easiest. Or maybe I'm just overestimating the answer's popularity (come on, people who qualify to get on this show must know who he is, at least).

Chu never does well on the music questions. One clue was "J.D. _____ co-wrote 'Best of My Love,' 'Victim of Love,' and 'Heartache Tonight.'" Chu guessed Salinger.

And last night he guessed Franny and Zooey for a question about Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury (I think it was).

Chu never does well on the music questions. One clue was "J.D. _____ co-wrote 'Best of My Love,' 'Victim of Love,' and 'Heartache Tonight.'" Chu guessed Salinger.

Not knowing anything about the Eagles is an admirable plus in my book.

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@arthur_affect Bruno also read the Bible randomly, seeking daily doubles of perceived wisdom, a grave heresy.

lol

Just found out another Clevelander, this one someone I know, is going to be on the Mar. 24 episode.

lol I couldn't ID those titles as Eagles songs much less name an Eagle aside from Don Henley

But would you assume "Heartache Tonight" was a Salinger short story?

should've guessed "(The Other) J.D."

Terrified of missing the episode when someone beats Arthur.

he mentioned something about "flying back out" i think on twitter yesterday which leads me to believe he's safe for this week of shows, but maybe i read into that incorrectly