Jeopardy: A couple of questions

5 years ago

Does anyone else play "J6," the 6 leftover questions from the day's Jeopardy program? I play it via Alexa on Echo Show, but I think it can be done in various ways. I have fun with it, but it helps that I don't take it very seriously. A couple of times it has refused to accept my correct answer, saying it was incorrect, and one time it actually did the opposite. In that instance the end of my answer was correct, so maybe that's all it heard.

A lot of times I know the answer but can't retrieve in time. This makes me realize why Jeopardy no longer has a Senior Tournament!

Also, how do you like the current host? He's the Executive Producer, and I'm thinking that's how he got the hosting job. I'm not crazy about him, but I haven't quite identified why. He seems a little slick somehow.

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bpath
5 years ago
I haven’t played the J6. The new guy Mike is so different from Ken, who was so different from Alex! Mike is definitely a game show host, I guess I could get used to him? The game sure feels like it is faster-paced. Alex hosted other game shows before, too, but I haven’t seen them so don’t know whether he handled Jeopardy! differently.

Alex once said that he wasn’t sure he’d do well even in a senior tournament, he wasn’t fast enough anymore.
HU-178658043
5 years ago
I've read that a number of guest hosts will come and go until September, the new season. By then they're planning on identifying a permanent new host.

I like Mike, who was slated for a two-week stint, as I did Ken who is now on a new show.
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The first episode that the executive producer hosted he explained that he was a last minute fill in host. They had other guest hosts scheduled, but they weren't able/unwilling to travel with increased Covid rates. I think that he's doing a fine job.
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Yep, he's last minute, a fill in...and I appreciate THAT. I'd never heard of him....that's a little off-putting for such a BIG platform, it feels like he hasn't earned the right to be there. Filling Alex Trebek's shoes....MAN! ....what a hard task.
Rose Pekelnicky
5 years ago
I really like Mike. I think since he is the executive producer and because he has hosted other game shows in the past that he is more comfortable doing it
Alisande
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5 years ago
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I didn't realize Mike had hosted other game shows. That explains what I picked up about him. I don't dislike him; I just like Ken better--for now. I read somewhere that Ken said his commitments to another show prevent him from being in the running for Jeopardy's next full-time host.

The J6 game is fun. It uses Alex's voice, which is nice.
rob333 (zone 7b)
5 years ago
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I like Alex Trebek, Ken Jennings, and the current host who is a producer... in that order. I don't dislike them but I don't know why. I find him to be entertaining, without overpowering. Seems like he tries to sublimate his own personality, in reverence to the show and Alex.

He comes across, to me, as someone who tries to pay so much tribute to Alex, never is trying to steal his limelight, merely extend the one that Alex earned. And, as has already been explained, he's just a Band-Aid. I'm happy to try on different hosts. I'm hoping for Ken Jennings to be the host ultimately. Much as they did with Jay Leno and The Tonight show.
graywings123
5 years ago
I think Mike (last name unknown) is really good at hosting and especially with pacing the show, which Ken has some issues with initially. Ken was rushing things. My only knock on Mike is that he is sooooo vanilla. I don't know how to say it better than that.

Oh, and Mike's ending tribute to Alex every night is a bit overdone. Honestly, how much tribute do we need to give Alex Trebek? Certainly not daily.
terezosa / terriks
5 years ago
^^^ I agree on the daily tribute to Alex. I liked Ken Jennings' simple "thank you Alex" at the end of each episode.

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