# Are Jeopardy players stupid?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-jeopardy-players-stupid/75599>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 9, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-jeopardy-players-stupid/75599 "2001-08-09T15:14:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-jeopardy-players-stupid/75599/41 "2001-08-09T22:45:56Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Atreyu \*  
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> > Q: Who is the all-time winner?  
> > A: Frank Spangenberg, an officer with the New York Transit Police Department, holds “JEOPARDY!'s” all-time regular winnings record. Officer Spangenberg’s winnings to date total $144,397 and he has played in “SUPER JEOPARDY!” and won “JEOPARDY!'s” 10th Anniversary championship.
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> That should buy him a lot of tacos. \*\*

Actually, I remember Officer Spangenberg and I would guess he’d be spending his money on perogies or knockwurst instead of tacos. 😃

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-jeopardy-players-stupid/75599/42 "2001-08-10T00:59:28Z")

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> \*Originally posted by bughunter \*  
> …But using your assumptions (daily doubles found last, under top row clues,…

I think it’s a policy of the show not to have a Daily Double as the easiest question (top row) in a category. I have seen it as the second question, though.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-jeopardy-players-stupid/75599/43 "2001-08-10T01:48:54Z")

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Yeah, celebrities feel morally obligated to wager it all unless they already have over $10,000(then, they wager the difference). Some are morons and don’t do this, though.

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