# You’re on Jeopardy: what’s your interview anecdote?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** reality-or-game-show\
**Created:** [July 21, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-re-on-jeopardy-what-s-your-interview-anecdote/1021150 "2025-07-21T14:43:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-re-on-jeopardy-what-s-your-interview-anecdote/1021150/27 "2025-07-21T21:27:14Z")

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Here’s an old thread that asked this same question.

> [@You're On Jeopardy! - Now Regale Us with an Amusing Anecdote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-jeopardy-now-regale-us-with-an-amusing-anecdote/395340):
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> Dedicated to all of those in the Jeopardy! thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405264) You know when Alex is doing the little interview segment with the contestants. You don’t have the time for any long drawn-out yarn. (My guess is that they get but 10 seconds.) Also there isn’t the need to provide your most inspiring tale of triumph -in fifty words or less- you have to save the good stuff for what to say as a returning champion. Since the contestants obviously decide ahead of time what they want to share, what would you g…

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