Missed Jeopardy today and found out Arthur Chu lost! I understand he lost big on the daily double. So all the complaints about his strategy of getting the daily doubles are nonsense. If you can't come up with the correct answer, then the strategy actually hurts you. I understand that a graduate student from Ann Arbor beat him. So Michigan may not win so much in football anymore but we dominate in ice dancing and jeopardy!
Chu said that the 12 games were taped over 3 days back in November. So stamina and consistency are almost as important as knowledge and quickness. It makes the absurd streak of, I think, 74 games by Ken Jennings so much more impressive!
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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I haven't been watching but I had heard he was beat by someone who is from Ann Arbor. Did they say if she went to UM?
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is that Chu got to go on Good Morning America, and was able to meet Ginger Zee, who is the meteorologist and she is from Michigan. So, I suppose losing still has its perks!
Can't believe the streak Jennings was on. You are right, Chu's streak pales in comparison.
-LBOAYM
I have never heard of Ginger Zee. But is she good at zeeing the weather in the future? Heh, heh.
ReplyDeleteI am not 100% sure that the woman who beat Chu went to UM. It seems like a reasonable assumption unless she grew up in Ann Arbor but is too ashamed to be going to grad school in say Columbus or East Lansing. Heh, heh!