And have you seen the contestants? Hardly any of them wear a tie anymore let alone a suit. And how can you tell they’re intellectuals if the draconian anti smoking laws won’t let them suck on their meerschaum? Did you know they allow women on the show now? And their hair. Colours (excuse me, colors) not known in nature. Once, no twice at least a gentleman had such a hairstyle commonly known as a “mohawk”. His wife let him out of the house like that? At least one of the men had the decency to wear a proper button up vest. No tie or jacket of course. I’m surprised security let him on the grounds. I mean what’s up with that? And. And. And . . .
Jeopardy! has had fun and irrelevant questions and wording for a long time. Noted on the Jeopardy! podcast was ex writer and posthumous Jeopardy! hall of famer Stephen Dorfman who fought to have catagories like “famous pigs” (Wilbur, Porky) in the show and get Jeopardy! to loosen its tie a little so to speak.
You know, it isn’t actually a requirement that the SD take every passing comment and run it to, and well past, the intent, let alone common sense conclusion, intended.
This was a poorly-written clue. It requires that the word “officially” be taken to mean “as part of official duties,” which is only one possible meaning.
The wording failed to rule out situations such as ‘candidate makes an official statement about the election.’ And it needed to rule that out. Because campaigns and candidates DO have ‘off the record’ comments as well as ‘official, on-the-record’ ones.
I disagree. A candidate “officially” conceding the race doesn’t make the other candidate the victor - when they tally the votes, if turns out the candidate who conceded actually won, they’d still become President regardless of their “official” statement. Exit polls and estimated counts aside, there is no victor until the EC meets and the winner of the election is determined, followed by an official declaration.
Thinking about this more today. (I know, I need a life). I’m no prude, and I’m not a stickler for decorum. The thing that rubbed me the wrong way was it sounded like something a 12 year old boy would say in an art museum.
I agree with you, although I was not rubbed the wrong way. In my opinion I have found Ken’s quick to josh and joke with the contestants during game play refreshing. Alex rarely ever did that. I seem to remember a double take or maybe some word play after a response on Alex’s part but Ken seems to keep the game light and flowing. I’m noticing more laughter from the audience and during these seemingly eternal second chance and champion’s wildcard tournaments laughter from the contestants as well.
My bolding. If the clue writers wanted to restrict the possible answers to candidates who, by their action, “made the other candidate the victor”—then they should have so specified.
My point is that making “the other candidate the victor” is NOT the only meaning of “officially declared.” An official declaration can be reasonably understood to mean, for example, that a candidate is speaking for the record, instead of off-the-record.
There isn’t a widely-accepted view that a candidate can become seen as the victor only when an opponent officially states that the candidate is the victor. “Officially” simply isn’t that narrowly-defined a term.
I agree with this except for my having been put off by “boobage.” The comment itself as well as the wording seemed gratuitous and juvenile.
(No longer talking specifically to you, gregorio) For the record I’m most definitely not a prude (far from it), and I love Ken’s work as host, including his uber quick and intelligent humor and comments- to me he’s everything Trebek wasn’t.
But that particular attempt at humor (by the writers, presumably) was a misfire. No big deal
Well. I’m watching Jeopardy today, and right before FJ, up pops an ad for Lume deodorant. In the ad, I’m informed that some the places in which it’s effective are the underboob and buttcrack.