While hilarious, i can't find a trace of that on a web search
Comment on On Jeopardy, does getting the Who/What/Where/When/Why part of the response necessary?
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
There was one funny episode of celebrity jeopardy where an actor responded with to the answer with …
“The Eiffel Tower … what’s that?”
Everyone laughed but at the time, Alex Trebek had to wait for the judges to be able to accept that response. And the celebrity actor continued to respond in the same way for the rest of the show.
Beacon@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I used to watch jeopardy on a daily basis in the late 90s, early 2000s. My wife’s mother loved watching the show every night and we even kept score with one another to make our own guesses. My wife’s mom was a really bright lady, well read and a great mind. She won in our group most nights.
I remember watching this episode and thought it was funny … I’ll have to search for it as well.
Beacon@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
Don't waste too much energy on it, it's really not a big deal. I can totally believe that it happened but that it's not something that would ever turn up on a websearch
thenextguy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
What if your intonation just made it sound like a question?
“The Eiffel Tower?”
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
lol … I know several young people who practically speak as if everything they say is a question.
Hello? … I went to the store? … in the car? … with my friends?
protist@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
This is called “uptalk,” and it’s most famously associated with the “valley girl” culture of 1980s Southern California
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
It might have originated there in the 80s but I live in northern Ontario in Canada and things tend to take a while to percolate through to our part of civilization.
RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
What’s uptalk?
Not much, what about you?