No, No Never

I will never be on Jeopardy. I am too old.

Every evening when I watch the show I don't think there are any contestants near, or over 55 years old. They are all fairly youthful, skewing to 30 or 40-years-old—no doubt living with at least one teenager. 

The woman who won last night—advancing in the just started Tournament of Champions—was likely only near 40. She shredded the other contestants to the point that the poor guy in the middle had no money when the Final Jeopardy round was set to begin. As is the custom, he had to leave the stage and could not compete in Final Jeopardy with no money.

Emily Sands was so far ahead that unless she made an incredibly stupid bet, she was going to win. In horse racing, this is called a walkover when for any number of reasons there is only one horse entered in the race. All they have to do is bound out of the gate, gallop the prescribed distance, and accept the spoils of first place. 

The contestants in the Tournament of Champions are all winners of prior competitions. It's like a stakes race in horse racing. They are all at least three plus day winners. It's like the Westminster Dog show. All the dogs are Ch. champions from prior competitions. The best of the best.

I don't know how they create and grade the questions for their value. The lower amounts are easier, but not by much. Increased difficulty  goes with the higher amounts.

Of the 60 questions/clues last might I knew only about maybe 20 of them, and not the Final Jeopardy answer. If I was a contestant, my buzzer would be useless. I'd never get to use it.

I once took the Anytime Jeopardy online test to see if I could be a contestant. They don't grade it, so you only know if you did well if they call you. If the phone don't ring, I knew it was Jeopardy calling someone else. 

I don't remember if Emily mentioned living with any offspring that would know Taylor Swift lyrics by heart and any TV shows on cable, network or streaming. Having someone around 13 years old in the house can't hurt any contestant.

To advance on any show you need to be versed in hip-hop, rap, Greek and Roman mythology, astronomy, opera, the Bible, popular music after 1990, movies and TV shows after 1990, books published after 1990, history from all eras, science and geography. Only polymaths need apply.

Those are all the reasons I will never be a Jeopardy contestant.

I am too old and remember too many presidents.

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