Jeopardy contestants: aren't they brilliant!  

The only thing i know about this show is what i saw in Rain Man (Dustin Hoffman) and i think that Woody Harleson, Rosy Peres and Wesley Snipes film

I dont think we get this in the UK, not even onthe satelitte or cable channels

Yes, whenever the show is one, my son and I some times try to answer the questions. We get 1/100 and the contestant nail every one. It's great that they are so smart and all, but what do they do with their spare time? They are in their 20's and 30's and they still study every day.

Yeah I watch sometimes, and I really don't know how these people do it. I'm lucky if I know a third of the answers, and I consider myself rather well educated: I'll be a doctor in June. It makes me wonder if they hang around and study trivia or something.

On the other hand, my boyfriend is almost as good as the people on the show! He went to top notch private schools all his life, and I think that's where he learned most of it.

Hello manong05.....

I agree.....
30 minutes 61 Q's & A's......the best thing on TV. I've had days when I've been able to get 90% of the questions right......other days I've been lucky to get 4 or 5 right. Always a good time. I hope it's never taken off the air.

Tom

I watch it, I hope to learn something from some of the questions. My hubby and I make it a contest to see who can shout the question first, he usually wins. The other day I was watching it and I was getting most of the answers right. Then I realized that it was a teen tournament lol. Oh well, at least I felt brilliant for 30 minutes!

I do agree that anyone that participates on this show are very intelligent people. You have to have knowledge in a great variety of different subjects to do well on this show. You can not be knowledgeable in just one area but you need to know a lot in different areas. I know that I would not do well on this show. Those are some really tough questions that they ask. Sometimes they have questions that I can answer easily but not often. Last night was amazing as the three contestants finished in a tie with $16000. How incredible is that? :-)

I have been watching the show for many years. I get a lot of the answers right, but they always throw in some really obscure ones which amazes me when people correctly answer them. I like when they air the "celebrity" and kid contestents, because then I get to feel really smart since they dumb the questions donw and the celebrities STILL get them wrong. The episodes where they have children (not teens, but little kids) are amazing because some of these young people are so unbeleivably smart.
Great topic you have here, I always enjoy reading your posts.

They are brilliant. I took the on-line test a few weeks ago in hopes of qualifying (I haven't heard back yet). Some small part of me doesn't want to qualify as the contestants seem a WHOLE LOT smarter than me.