One of the secrets to Jeopardy success?
“I would open random games [on the archive site] and play them in my head.
I noticed what comes up the most.
‘Jeopardy’ champion Austin Rogers.Jeopardy
“And if it says ‘Thornton Wilder,’ the correct response always has to beOur Town.”
“It showed me that I didn’t know much about Nobel Prize winners.
“It also helped me to figure out where clues were leading.
Amy Schneider has become the fourth ‘Jeopardy’ contestant — and first woman — to earn more than $1 million.Jeopardy Productions
You start to notice wordplay in the clues, which guide you to the correct answers.
You realize that the clues are more than just trivia questions.”
“It’s not a sum of money I ever anticipated would be associated with my name.”
This article was updated to reflect j-archive’s current data holdings.
