What Jeopardy! category would you be great at?
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. . .here are my thoughts.
What Jeopardy! category would you be great at?
I’ve never been great at Jeopardy! I’m not excited; Jeopardy! just has that confusing exclamation point in its name. I’m constantly amazed at how quickly the contestant’s minds work. Even if I know that I know the answer, the time pressure often gets to me. I constantly claim the ol’ on-the-tip-of-my-tongue excuse. There’s the debate about whether it’s more valuable to overall success in life to be a specialist, or be well-rounded. Jeopardy! success certainly demands the latter. Decades ago, my mother and I occasionally watched together with pen and paper in hand, tracking our scores (no penalty for incorrect guesses, though, otherwise we’d both have ended up ineligible for Final Jeopardy!). I still remember the greatest answer I ever questioned correctly (seems ass-backward, but such is Jeopardy!). The question was “What is enthalpy?” To be fair, I had taken a test on the concept just a few days beforehand, but played it off like the $1,000 Double Jeopardy! clue (the highest value at the time) was common knowledge. The category I’d have the highest likelihood of being great at would probably be “Pharmacy.” Even then, time pressure would be my nemesis.