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Mayim Bialik on Hosting the Jeopardy! Professors Tournament And Her Love of Academia
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The first-ever Jeopardy! Professors Tournament is officially underway and Mayim Bialik couldn’t be more excited to be hosting a competition showcasing some of the brightest minds in education.
“Being surrounded by so much knowledge and also such enthusiastic professors, it reminded me of the best of academia,” Mayim said. “And that’s really what we have here…
We Asked: Misty Copeland
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In today’s "We Asked" feature, Misty Copeland gives young dancers some valuable advice. Misty is a game-changing performance artist: she is the first African-American principal ballerina in American Ballet Theatre history.
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A Note From Jeopardy! EP Michael Davies
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Running “Jeopardy!” makes you think a lot about time. Partly because you have none: it is less a television program than a universe. And partly because one is constantly mentally switching between JPT (“Jeopardy!” Production Time), where we’re currently making shows which air in February ’22, and JAT (“Jeopardy!” Air Time), where we’re now just three days into our…
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For me, “Jeopardy!” starts and ends with our brilliant writers and the clues they come up with, arranged into the cleverly named categories that populate our game boards round after round with literal (and literary) and cultural magic.
This was my favorite time-related category, PERIODS OF TIME, which appeared on November 24, six games into Amy’s…
Overheard on Set: 2021 Professors Tournament Quarterfinals Wrap With Wild Card Surprise
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“What a terrific ending to a terrific game!”
The 2021 Jeopardy! Professors Tournament quarterfinals concluded with an exciting matchup between University of San Francisco's J.P. Allen, Warren Wilson College's Alisa Hove, and University of Delaware's Deborah Steinberger. See what the contestants had to say about today’s surprise ending, the wild card qualifiers…
We Asked: Debra Messing
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Here at Jeopardy!, we’re normally in the business of giving out answers. So when a special guest drops by, it’s a treat for us to finally get to ask a question. In today’s "We Asked" feature, actress Debra Messing tells us the most fun person she’s had the opportunity to work with.
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Can You Ace This Quiz of Professor-Themed Clues?
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You've been watching 15 elite educators compete on the Jeopardy! stage in our first-ever Professors Tournament. And now you have a chance to play professor, too.
We’ve rounded up clues from the Professors Tournament to see if you’ve got what it takes to school these instructors!
Don’t forget to tune in every weeknight and see who will be crowned head… FAMOUS PROFESSORS Math professor John Nash, who won a Nobel Prize for his work on game theory, was the subject of this Oscar-winning film Submit THEY EARNED A PhD We will rock you when we tell you that this…
Can You Respond Correctly to These Clues Like Professors Tournament Champion Sam Buttrey?
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Sam Buttrey has been crowned the champion of Jeopardy!’s first-ever Professors Tournament!
For fun, we’ve rounded up some of the clues he responded to correctly. See if you’ve got the skills to take on the winning professor. Good luck!
*Quiz Rules: Respondents do not have to answer in the form of a question. Moderate spelling errors will receive… THE RULES OF THE GAME With no game clocks on the field, only a referee such as Daniele Orsato keeps time Submit PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES That’s a secret! Keep it below one’s deerstalker, or to put it another way… this…
Turd Ferguson Makes the Jump From SNL to Real Jeopardy!
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In case you missed it, the infamous Turd Ferguson was mentioned on yesterday’s Jeopardy! Way to go, Talia.
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Here Are the Finalists of the 2021 Professors Tournament
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They came, they played, they conquered! Sam Buttrey, Alisa Hove and Ed Hashima are heading to the finals in the first-ever Jeopardy! Professors Tournament.
The semifinals concluded on Wednesday with Ed Hashima, a professor of history at American River College, claiming the last finalist spot after a close game between Roanoke College’s Gary Hollis and…
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Ken Jennings Part 2: 11 More Musings in His Own Words
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ICYMI: We caught up with Ken Jennings at his home in Seattle to talk about the impact of Jeopardy! (or the J!Effect) on his life. With such a big story and a knack for telling it (he is a writer, after all), the discussion of the J!Effect in Ken’s life couldn’t fit into just one video.