Talk:Jeopardy!

Nightmares and Dreamscapes

Also missed out of this article is the references from Stephen King's short story 'The Moving Finger' in his collection 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes'. In the save vein as the story mentioned below, the show is key in the telling of the story. The protagonist talks about the show almost all the way through the story, and it ends with him saying "Final Jeopardy, Officer. How much do you wish to wager?" It is a clear reference and deserves to be part of this article. KnuXles (talk) 20:58, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Jeopardy! in The Netherlands?!

I don't know of any Jeopardy! version on the Dutch television in the Netherlands. Yes, quizzes of course, but nothing specifically like this. Why is the country colored yellow in the map? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdruiter (talk • contribs) 13:48, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Error in "Tournaments and events"???

It says "The IBM Challenge, aired February 14–16, 2011, featured IBM's Watson computer facing off against two former Jeopardy! champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, in a two-game match played over three shows.[29] This was the first man-vs.-machine competition in Jeopardy!'s history.[30] Watson locked up the first game and the match to win $1 million, which IBM divided between two charities. Jennings, who won $300,000 for second place, and Rutter, who won the $200,000 third-place prize, both pledged to donate half their winnings to charity.[31] The competition brought the show its highest ratings since the Ultimate Tournament of Champions.[32]"

In NYT [[1]] it reads "The final tally was $77,147 to Mr. Jennings’s $24,000 and Mr. Rutter’s $21,600."

How come?? --83.46.109.86 (talk) 10:27, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

The final scores from the two-game match determined who won the $1 million, $300k and $200k prizes, similar to the finals of other tournaments in which the combined two-day score determines how the total purse is divided. Sottolacqua (talk) 11:11, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

I edited the article to be less sexist by replacing the infamous "him or her" with a neutral "them" in the sentence which was originally written as "(...) and gives him or her (...)" Marceki111 (talk) 10:41, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

This is late, but "him or her" is hardly sexist, and is actually more grammatically correct than using "them" to refer to a single individual. JTRH (talk) 23:05, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

"Is Jeopardy Rigged?"

The April 30, 1993 issue of the Enquirer had a story based on Harry Eisenberg's book to the effect that the boards were rigged by George Bosburgh to favor women contestants. That would certainly fit my own experience, which took place during the years when that is alleged to have taken place. The 1993 version of that book, Inside Jeopardy!: What Really Goes on at TV's Top Quiz Show, is the source of that allegation, and it was omitted from the 1995 edition (I have both).

Shouldn't this controversy be addressed in the article? It goes far beyond rumor. Solarbuddy (talk) 19:54, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

A tabloid magazine is not a reliable source. Your own experience is WP:OPINION and WP:SELFPUB. What are the specific details mentioned in the 1993 edition of Inside Jeopardy!? Sottolacqua (talk) 20:07, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Click on the link in my paragraph and see for yourself. It is all spelled out in Eisenberg's own words in his 1993 book. Solarbuddy (talk) 15:37, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Is there a Web-accessible edition of the book? The fact that you quote it on your own Website doesn't make it verifiable (sorry). JTRH (talk) 22:52, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Uhhhhh, no. The web accessible edition from Google does not include a preview of the book. Unless someone has the actual book itself, we may not include it. Darth Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 23:17, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

I have the book (both editions). IMO the Eisenberg controversy is not of sufficient impact to merit coverage in this article--it would basically be one sentence of trivia. It didn't result in a standards & practices investigation or a major shakeup--at least, none that was publicized. Robert K S (talk) 01:19, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Figures need a fix

Jeopardy!#Returning champions states that "Ken Jennings ...amassed a total of $2,520,700" while the same section is accompanied by a picture subtitled "... Ken Jennings ... won a total of $3,172,700 on the show ...". Obviously, only (at most) one of these contradictory figures can be correct.

--87.175.62.2 (talk) 00:43, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

He won $2,520,700 in his initial appearance and an additional $652,000 in later tournaments. Sottolacqua (talk) 03:07, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Let's find a theme song composer source

Instead of changing, undoing, redoing, and reverting changes to the Theme music composer section of the infobox, let's instead find a source for these claims. If we can't find solid references, then the controvercial unsourced information will have to be deleted altogether—a situation I'd like to avoid, if possible. Let's back up our claims, everyone, and keep it civil. —LinkTiger (talk) 01:40, 2 January 2012 (UTC).