I’m starting a GoFundMe to get Greg a new prescription for his glasses.
He’s won over $74k. He can afford new frames now.
Assumedly you mean Greg?
Hey does come off better, more of a geek than arrogant. He seems kind of shell shocked.
Yes, thanks, I don’t know where Doug came from.
That’s my second mistake this year!
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Kate Brody, a novelist who won on Thursday, April 30, 2026, had a slightly interesting story. A Jeopardy! round clue from 2024 mentioned her and one of her novels, so she was both a clue and a contestant. I can’t imagine that happened to many people, aside perhaps from some of the celebrity contestants.
Indeed it does with celebrity contestants. I’ve been watching some old ones, and I think there were at least two who were clues.
With all due respect, Railer13, I believe you missed the point of K364’s comment. IT WAS A JOKE! Greg had a tick of leaning forward and squinting at the Clue Board as if he couldn’t see the words clearly. A new PRESCRIPTION would change the LENSES, not the frames.
I realized it was a joke, but I was certainly whooshed on the lenses prescription. I see it clearly now. Thanks for setting me straight.
I still think he needs new frames, however.
I was only half-listening to that part, so I’m probably wrong, but I thought she merely has the same name as the novelist, not that she actually is the novelist.
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No, she is the novelist.
The returning champion, Kate Brody, is a novelist, but one of the other contestants on the Friday (May 1) show has the same name as another novelist.
Got it. My eyes (and ears) sometimes take a nap during story time.
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I am 15 episodes behind on my DVR, (I don’t mind Jeopardy! spoilers). Judging by these comments, I am going to catch up as soon as possible. This week’s episodes sound very interesting.
My wife and I just fast forward right past this, most of the time.
As I said, in this particular case, the player’s story was slightly interesting.
Thanks for the tip — we’ll give it a listen.
I consider it respectful to listen to the interviews. The contestants worked very hard to accomplish something I could never do - get on Jeopardy! I think it is polite to spend 30 seconds to give them an actual personality rather than being just a trivia automaton. On the other hand, past some arbitrary threshold (number of wins), the amount of interesting information falls off.
Point taken. Mrs. Map and I just don’t have the time, typically…but we’ll try to make time for this a little more often.
Now that Jamie has moved on, we’ve had a string of one and done winners. But most everyone seems so much more competent. Maybe they do filter and select contestants.
Well, I assumed they did actually filter and select contestants, rather than just randomly letting anyone appear.