Aaron J. Waltke (PRO writer and executive producer) debates the answer to a poorly written Jeopardy clue.
Aaron J. Waltke (PRO writer and executive producer) debates the answer to a poorly written Jeopardy clue.
“What is a deuterium-antimatter reaction regulated by a dilithium matrix — or in the case of Romulans, a quantum singularity; or quantum slipstream which utilizes benamite crystals, though whether it is a fuel source is ambiguous and the subject of much speculation…?”
In Jeopardy, if you provide an unintended answer that's still technically correct, and still fits the category, they'll still mark you as correct - or if they fail to, they may rectify the mistake with a change to the scores after the next commercial break.
What was the category? If it was vague enough I'd guess they'd accept either "dilithium" or "antimatter", but if it's something like "Fictional substances" then by traditional Jeopardy rules only dilithium would fit.
Jeopardy clues in general reward people who have shallow knowledge in lots of topics. As a rule of thumb when giving clues on specific topics, those clues will be answerable by an enthusiastic layman - you never really need to be an expert to get them right. If they ask a clue in a subject you do happen to be an expert in, you'll occasionally notice they get the details wrong - rarely even to the point of judging responses incorrectly.
Once, during the jeopardy Masters tournament, they prompted "The bubbly type of Alka-Seltzer can contain sodium or potassium bicarbonate, both types of this neutralizer"
Jennings didn't accept "Base" or "buffer" when looking for "Antacid"
They overturned the ruling after the break and eventually credited both answers
Yup, any time they pull psychology (my field) clues out, I usually turn to my dad and finish most responses with "well, kind of... you see..."
He gets rattled and confused by some history and government clues for the same reason.
but if it's something like "Fictional substances" then by traditional Jeopardy rules only dilithium would fit
"I'm sorry, we were looking for dilithium crystals"
It's supposed to be a fun show, so they really do try to help out with the clue.
So not midi-chlorians then.
A friend of mine liked to explain that the reason why there were no engines on the Death Star was that it had a theme music drive.
https://old.reddit.com/r/MawInstallation/comments/hzou7z/the_death_stars_engines_are_ridiculous/
According to this geek, they were flying past the 123 main thrusters while flying down the trench in the first movie.
Also they provide a ridiculous amount of thrust.
I'm guessing they wanted "dilithium" and not "matter/antimatter reaction always mixed at 1:1".
Every matter/antimatter reaction will be mixed 1:1 eventually.
The correct answer according to Jett Reno:
If you cant provide me with a recipe link for that I'm going to make it my mission in life to find out where you live and make you pay.
Mushroom pizza is absolutely and unreservedly my favorite thing to eat anywhere ever and probably always will be and that particular one looks like about the best one I've ever seen.
I am also in the middle of a cutting phase, pizza is absolutely off the menu at the moment and I am physically angry that you made me look at this.
Oh my god that looks delicious
WHAT ARE MUSHROOMS
What is the plot?
So what answer(s) did they accept?
What is the plot
For anyone else who's curious, the category was "TV Show Lingo" - so yes there are many answers that would fit!
https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7777&highlight=spaceships#clue_DJ_4_4