"You mean what is the question" LOL Classic Trebek

@ac0257

3 жыл бұрын

Correcting everyone like the legend he is 😂

@Jenga650

3 жыл бұрын

“GENRRRE”

@rubiks_20

3 жыл бұрын

This *GENRRE*

@adrianluis9487

3 жыл бұрын

Good times

@MrKenichi22

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, he always was very good at that in his time hosting.

I had to look it up. It was so disorganized, the audience was laughing and shouting and Alex Trebek seemed at a loss for words. This was actually the SECOND episode ever - Sept 11, 1984.

@CosmicHippopotamus

3 жыл бұрын

That makes more sense. Even Trebek confused “answer” for “question” so clearly they weren’t in the swing of things. Nowadays, almost always someone bets to leave themselves at least one dollar.

@bluebear1985

3 жыл бұрын

If Merv Griffin was in the studio, I'll bet he was wondering if it was such a good idea to revive this show at that time.

@Anno023

3 жыл бұрын

No, it wasn't the first episode of jeopardy was in the 1960's.. If you mean Trebek's second episode ever, then I think your actually right

@axelkyster2642

3 жыл бұрын

@@CosmicHippopotamus Well...NO. The champion "amost always" bets to have one dollar MORE than either of the other opponents. It's such basic math now, J! fans are STUNNED when somebody screws it up....

@brianarbenz1329

3 жыл бұрын

What is it about the date Sept. 11? Day of disasters!

"What's the answer!" That part cracked me up. Kudos to whoever shouted that out.

@remino

3 жыл бұрын

At least he formulated his retort in the form of a question.

@JamesLacerenza

3 жыл бұрын

In fairness to the audience heckler, Trebek was literally about to let the theme music and credits start right before the interruption.

@DueySR

3 жыл бұрын

@@JamesLacerenza But Trebek says "Until next time on Jeopardy, what is the answer? The answer..." right before the heckler shouts "What's the answer?" Presumably he was about to tell us the answer.

@majorneptunejr

3 жыл бұрын

@@DueySR We all knew what the answer was. It was the question that had yet to be revealed .

You will be sorely missed Alex. RIP 1940-2020

@lordfaladar6261

3 жыл бұрын

its already been 2 weeks? what a loss

@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Miss him very much already. He lived a long meaningful life.

@laraweinberg7635

3 жыл бұрын

We lost Alex, yet we still have to deal with Pat Sajak. God dammit.

@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248

3 жыл бұрын

@@laraweinberg7635 yeah... what a contrast in personalities.

@laraweinberg7635

3 жыл бұрын

@@mbdg6810 dammit isn't a swear but ok

I didn't know there was a Heckle Era of Jeopardy!

@alexpollock6932

3 жыл бұрын

The crowd was dying for the answer

@gaborcsuzdi7006

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexpollock6932 You mean for the question!

@williammerkel1410

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexpollock6932 we all were.

@kidfrombrooklyn66

3 жыл бұрын

Alex almost closed the show without revealing the question !

@KalOrtPor

3 жыл бұрын

The atmosphere was originally more raucous and lively like other game shows in the first season, they actively encouraged audience participation and Trebek kept trying to stir up excitement too until they decided a more cerebral style would help it to stand out and work better.

"You don't get to come back tomorrow, you don't even get a lousy version of the home game, youre a complete LOSER!"

@moursundjames

3 жыл бұрын

i hope i do better next weekend on the price is right - ight-ight.

@lifetodamax

3 жыл бұрын

I was tense. I was nervous. I guess it just wasn't my night!

@DSMTheEditor

3 жыл бұрын

RIP boxes of Rice A Roni

@j2simpso

3 жыл бұрын

I lost on Jeopardy, baby! 🤣

@tyvulpintaur2732

3 жыл бұрын

“YOU GET NOTHING! GOOD DAY, SIR!”

The people behind the scenes were probably thinking “Oh crap. We only have TWO home versions of Jeopardy as consolation prizes available. NOW what???”

@gameshowguy2000

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, give a show at least 2-3 years before releasing home editions, whether they be board games, video games, or handheld (beginning in 1995 with Tiger Electronics).

@adrianluis9487

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@gameshowguy2000

3 жыл бұрын

@Victor Charles a.k.a. VicGChad07 Don't you mean 1989? Softie was long gone before GameTek was.

@Watersmith53

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe if they looked in Don Pardo's old locker, they could find some leftover "Compton's Pictured Encyclopedias."

@thunderbird0024

3 жыл бұрын

A years worth of Rice-A-Roni

The sheer speed at which Trebek corrected that guy shouting "What is the answer?" is incredible

@patcon314

Жыл бұрын

But then HE didn't phrase his response in the form of a question and just said "January 1, 1901".

Is anyone going to mention what a dumb wager it was for the guy with $9500? He should have bet $501

@JacobAllen918

3 жыл бұрын

It's not dumb because the wagers are made secretly before the answer is revealed.

@CC-ru4rr

3 жыл бұрын

@@JacobAllen918 even so. best strategy is to cover double the dollar value of the one in second place.

@couponsdude

3 жыл бұрын

Gary, I know what you mean. I guess they were still getting their sea legs on that second episode!

@matromc20

3 жыл бұрын

There was also a 5 show limit too

@cagedtigersteve

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe he was just greedy.

Bold strategy, Greg

@brodie2005thegamer

3 жыл бұрын

He should've wagered only $500.

@roryh2241

3 жыл бұрын

@@brodie2005thegamer 501 technically but yeah fr

@xtbum3339

3 жыл бұрын

Stupid strategy.

@nate_kang

3 жыл бұрын

lmaoo ikr just wager $501

@robertt9342

3 жыл бұрын

Hell, if he had only wagered 9499, he'd return as he'd have $1.

Yep, a very common misconception which was reported by the media was that the 21st century started on January 1, 2000. WRONG, it was January 1, 2001. There wasn't a Year "0" on the calendar, yet there are 100 years in a century, so the 1st century was 1 AD to 100 AD, 2nd century was 101 AD to 200 AD and so on.

@almostfm

2 жыл бұрын

I think it happened in part because it got conflated with the y2k bug.

@22espec

Жыл бұрын

Actually many people pointed out that the 21st century didn't start until 2001 but nobody cared

@dragonrings14

2 ай бұрын

What's annoying is decades are the same. But in 2019 everyone was doing their "end of the decade" recaps even though there was an entire year left. Gets even more confusing when people refer to decades. Like is 1980 still technically the 70's? It is part of that decade. Food for thought.

Many years later they had a similar Final Jeopardy. The answer was something along the line of “the host city of the final Olympic summer games of the 20th Century”. If I recall, everyone similarly put Atlanta (1996) down, when the correct question was Sydney (2000) since the 21st Century didn’t begin until 1/1/2001. I’ve never forgotten that one.

I love how angry the guy in the audience is at the end "WHAT IS THE ANSWER??!?"

@Ibhenriksen

3 жыл бұрын

Probably has OCD

@howie9751

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ibhenriksen Or CDO. That's like OCD only it's alphabetized.

@brodie2005thegamer

2 жыл бұрын

Alex: You mean, what is the question.

@seikibrian8641

2 жыл бұрын

The angry guy probably forgot that there was no year zero, and so he likely thought "1900" was correct. Since the calendar starts with the year 1, the new centuries (and new millennia) always end with 1 as well. I pointed that out to several friends who were having "Y2K' celebrations in 2000 thinking they were ushering in a new millennium, and one of them replied "You're correct, as usual, but you'll miss all the parties."

@seikibrian8641

Жыл бұрын

@@camilo1455 You didn't get any invitations? How sad.

The amazing thing to me isn't that all three got fooled by the teaser, but that apparently none of them stopped to think, "Wait, that's such a silly-sounding answer, there MUST be a trick to it."

@ellengrace4609

2 жыл бұрын

Right? That’s what I thought.

@abstractdaddy1384

Жыл бұрын

Well I certainly thought that but I couldn't figure out what the trick was in time.

@mickeyrube6623

Жыл бұрын

I thought there was a trick, too, but only because Jan. 1st, 1901 seemed too obvious. How did they not know this? Where were they educated?

@paulsoxl7739

6 ай бұрын

@@mickeyrube6623At least one of them but I learned it on Seinfeld, No year 0

@JohnsOnStrings

2 ай бұрын

I knew it was probably wrong but not _why_ it was wrong. One could be tempted to say 20th century started in the year 2000, so maybe they thought they already nailed that common "oops" mistake. It's also a sort of arbitrary thing here. mathematically they were all absolutely correct. They are only wrong historically, because for no good reason we historically started counting at year 1, not year 0... whatever, it's interesting. Surprised I had never heard of it before, and I'm mid-50s, pretty well educated or so I thought. Haha.

"Who are three people that have never been in my kitchen?"

@robingourde3324

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, that's Cliff Clavin's question!

@bobsofia68

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@jc425999

3 жыл бұрын

I loved that episode

@clrobertson13

3 жыл бұрын

LOL! Oh, Cliffy!

Savage Trebek even in '84, "You mean what is the question!"

@timmmahhhh

2 жыл бұрын

And on just the second show of his tenure, nonetheless.

@marcpower4167

2 ай бұрын

I think I read somewhere a contestant talking about his experience on the show that same taping day. Apparently there were several technical problems so it ran late, that coupled with the triple 0 put Alex in a foul mood by the time his show was being taped.

"Easy come, easy go!" I can never get enough of that line. And as Alex said in 2016, "We have three players finishing with no money. And what that means, ladies and gentlemen, is that tomorrow, we will have no returning champion. We will introduce three new players to Jeopardy!. So...sorry, folks. See you tomorrow."

@AlexMaxwell2000

3 жыл бұрын

@Andrea Reyes nobody cares

@lisahinton9682

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexMaxwell2000 Maybe you don't care, in which case, there's no need for boorish behavior!

@SayAhh

2 жыл бұрын

They missed it like Newman; as Jerry pointed out: there was no year zero.

There is no better way to feel "smart" than to realize I would have answered a Final Jeopardy question correctly that all three contestants missed.

@colinf3963

3 жыл бұрын

And it doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's the most powerful feeling in the world.

@doktarr

3 жыл бұрын

A lot easier since most of us have lived through 2000/2001. Still, yeah, they should have gotten it.

@cowsagainstcapitalism347

3 жыл бұрын

I beat Ken Jennings. Once. In one round. How good do you think that felt?

@checkj21

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve guessed the answer to Final Jeopardy correctly just based on the category, before seeing the clue, on a few occasions...it’s partially luck but still something which fills me with pride. 😅

@Diesel257

3 жыл бұрын

@@doktarr beat me to it

Great seeing all the classic episodes. So happy the Jeopardy Vault was opened, can't wait to watch all the upcoming episodes the next few weeks!!!

@tiffanymorgan6562

3 жыл бұрын

The classic episodes are all we have left now of the late, great #JeopardyKing. Alex Trebek passed away early Sunday morning at home , surrounded by his beloved wife and family, after courageously fighting a battle against the CURRENTLY incurable, pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years young! R.I.P. Alex, and thanks for the memories! (He finished taping his final hosting episodes just 2 weeks ago, and they will be aired around Christmastime.)

Interesting in the old days the audience was allowed to yell and interact with Alex and the contestants. Now, I bet they want them to be quiet.

@MrTylerNicole1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I believe the reason they started enforcing the no talking rule was because there is a time limit on the game. Nowadays the games go faster. When the audience was talking that slowed down the game quite a bit.

@jehobden

3 жыл бұрын

The first few episodes had audience over-reaction, IMO. Every correct question received applause, and every incorrect question brought about sighs & moans. It was probably smart to have the audience refrain from applause aside from Daily Doubles and going into & out of commercials and the show itself.

@alexpollock6932

3 жыл бұрын

@@jehobden it became more like a chess match

@e.j.johnson5756

3 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of watching the British parliament on BBC.

@YaNeverLearn

3 жыл бұрын

@@jehobden I always liked the applause when a contestant swept a category too. Alex would cue it by saying something like “you know your 18th century history!”

Could've borrowed the Price is Right horns for that one 😔

@tdelfino2509

3 жыл бұрын

Double over! 😬

@marvincohen9290

3 жыл бұрын

A triple stumper or a "triple overwager"!

@brodie2005thegamer

3 жыл бұрын

I think they didn't want to.

@bryanwheeler1708

3 жыл бұрын

Scar:Ahahahahahahahahahahah! Alex Trebek:I dommantion Scar is the new Jeppardy champion

@Justin-Hill-1987

3 жыл бұрын

Or the Wheel of Fortune *"BANKRUPT"* sound effect...

...and yet everyone welcomed the 21st Century on 1/1/00, a year too early.

@UltraLuigi2401

3 жыл бұрын

the same thing happens the year before decades begin as well

@brianm6117

3 жыл бұрын

Because people are stupid. They all welcomed the new millennium in 2000. I've tried explaining to people, but they think I'm the stupid one. I ask what was the first year, they think about it say year 1. I say ok then they first century lasted until the END of year 100. The second century started in 101, then 201, etc etc. They still try to reason and tell me I am somehow wrong because everyone celebrated the century in 2000. I just smh and walk away.

@TheTommyboy63

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianm6117 Good explanation! I consider myself fairly well educated, but I was wrong as well.

@scottbecker4367

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianm6117 technically, a new decade, century, or millennium begins whenever we decide it does. It's just a set number of years.

@brianm6117

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottbecker4367 Yes, its a set number of years. If the first century was 100 years then it went from year 1 to year 100. There is no technicality in those numbers.

I’m really loving watching all these old shows. Can’t wait for more!!

Back in 1999, nearly everyone was declaring that year the last year of the millennium. Drove me nuts. So I'm not surprised this happened.

@bowlchamps37

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on what you mean, colloquial or historical. In Germany, and since taken over by the EU, both is correct, so it´d depend on how it´s phrased.

@billybassman21

3 жыл бұрын

Yep and technically 2020 is 'considered part of the twenty teens decade and 2021 will start the 2020s. However culturally we generally start it at the zero.

RIP Alex you are an absolute legend ❤

Sad how many people got this wrong... I had it before the music even started. Decades go from 1-10/0, not 0-9. There was no year 0.

@adamsyed5535

3 жыл бұрын

@macarion 1990 was the final year of the ninth decade of the century.

Fun fact: This was the second episode of Jeopardy (the current one) to air. Way to start off with a bang, I guess.

@brodie2005thegamer

2 жыл бұрын

A: This Canadian guy was taken down on Nov. 8, 2020 before retiring Jeopardy! Q: Who was Alex Trebek?

Wow....I remember this! This was one of the few times Jeopardy ended on a cliffhanger lol but it was mad cool to see a finale end like that every now and then

RIP Alex. You worked very hard and inspired many people. You will truly be missed. Guess we’ll see you in heaven one day. :(

It's so odd to see Alex so stunned that he forgot to give the correct response until prompted. Probably didn't help that this was just the second episode!

"WHAT'S THE ANSWER" "You mean what is the QUESTION?"

I'm amazed that I don't remember this...I've been a Jeopardy! fan since Art Fleming was the host, starting way back in 1964 as a daytime show! I rarely miss an episode.

Pulling for you Alex! Get well!

@jrod1986

3 жыл бұрын

@Andrea Reyes 🥰

The start of the 20th century was January 1, 1901. I saw it on the news a few years ago when the then-oldest verified living woman was the last known person to have been born in the 19th century. I think that was Nabi Tajima of Japan, who had become the second, possibly third, oldest person who had ever lived. (August 4, 1900 - April 21, 2018)

@jgr2045

3 ай бұрын

Both born and died on Saturdays.

HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY, Alex 🥳 May your day be abundantly blessed and joyous. Everyone loves you, Alex.💝🎇🎂🎊🎉🎁🎈🎆

After this happened, I bet Alex was wondering if the show would make it past its first season. Nothing like having this happen on just the second episode of the revival.

They had to know 1/1/1900 was too obvious for a Final Jeopardy question! Come on people! Then again, I remember all the "technically the 21st century doesn't begin until 2001" talk two decades ago, so in retrospect it's easier for me with that experience versus people in the 1980s.

@rondatepfer3195

3 жыл бұрын

It's not that "technically" the 21st century (and the third millennium) didn't begin until 2001. It's factual.

@emgrey

3 жыл бұрын

Ronda Tepfer - Technically means factually. Technically, you are wrong.

@gameshowguy2000

3 жыл бұрын

Well, remember the Y2K hype? That's why we called it the Millennium Bug.

@seikibrian8641

3 жыл бұрын

@@gameshowguy2000 But Y2K was a computer date issue, not the actual beginning of the 21st century. There was no year AD Zero. The common calendar begins with year 1, so each millennium starts with an X001.

@sarysa

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, hindsight is 20/20 no pun intended. I didn't learn about the whole "no year zero" thing and its implications on centuries until it became relevant, so most people in the 80s (myself included) would gave gotten that wrong. I hope Jeopardy! is still around in the 2080s so they can stump a generation who never witnessed a change in century.

I remember once when Art Fleming was the host, all three contestants were in a deficit situation at the end of Double Jeopardy. There was no Final Jeopardy round, and three new contestants were brought in the following day.

That guy pulled a Cliff Clavin.

Amazing how Alex never wavered even when faced with cancer. He never lost a step.

Best part is that this was the second episode of the syndicated series ever.

@YourPalJamieEllis

3 жыл бұрын

That would explain why betting strategy was utterly nonexistent!

I would have been wrong, too. 😂

@Devo_gx

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@ktgbw

3 жыл бұрын

Don't feel bad. I thought that too.

@donnaw1835

3 жыл бұрын

Luckily I remembered all the discussion from when 2000 rolled around about how the 21st century did not start until 2001. I got it right.

@quiltface83

3 жыл бұрын

just think... the first century started on year 1 not year 0.

Trebek is a legend, RIP. Didn't realize he had been doing this show since 1984, that's my entire lifetime and I don't even consider myself "with it" anymore lol

There was no year "0".

Alex....i'm glad you enjoyed every episode you were in...be in peace Alex...we love you.. ❤❤❤ you brought us so much joy at 7pm each day..I always watched you, but then stopped for some odd reason..now you brung us together again, ❤ have peace in heaven!

Yes, this is not the only time this ever happened. It's happened three other times: In 1998 where two remaining players were tied coming in, in 2013 during a Teen Tournament semifinal which resulted in the first ever wild card finalist, and in 2016 again with two out of the three players tied for the lead. AND... I did a video about this very thing once: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zphn18tredfRfrg.html

I find it quite amazing and inexplicable that even today, most people still seem to have a wrong notion of when a century begins-it's all because there wasn't a year 0, so 1 BC/BCE was followed by 1 AD/CE

I love how some rando guy in the audience was like “Wull! Wut wuz duh ansrr den??”

R.I.P. Alex. There will never be another host just as good as you. You will be truly missed.🙏🙏🙏🙏

People are puzzled , until you explain there was no " year 0" ...

@shoredude2

3 жыл бұрын

Actually nobody every said they were in year 1AD. The years AD weren't labeled until 525. Astronomical year numbering does have a Year 0, it being 1BC in the Julian Calendar. 2BC is known as -1.

@kevincassidy7233

3 жыл бұрын

Also makes sense that the year "1900" be part of the 19th Century even if that makes it the last year in its group. Once you have completed a full 1900 years in the common era, let the new century begin!

@craighenry802

3 жыл бұрын

Just like these 3 players, nearly the entire country wrongly celebrated "the new millennium" a year early! The 1st millennium: 1-1000 The 2nd millennium: 1001-2000. The 3rd millennium: 2001-3000. Yet every TV network claimed that the new millennium started on January 1, 2000.

@jayit6851

3 жыл бұрын

Which is mathematically ludicrous

@ChibiSothe

3 жыл бұрын

Jeopardy! The classroom of America!

Jeopardy! pranks their contestants on the very second episode. LOL!

@SapinskiMath

3 жыл бұрын

Why is it a prank?

@Manima108

3 жыл бұрын

Learn Math with Brian Sapinski no clue

@SapinskiMath

3 жыл бұрын

@@Manima108 I mean, I know why the answer is what it is, just look at the video I made in my other comment on this thread. And in fact, I can thank Jeopardy for teaching me this when several years after this moment, they did a similar Final J asking for the date that the 20th Century ended, and THAT time, everyone correctly wrote December 31, 2000, NOT 1999.

@gameshowguy2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@SapinskiMath And THAT is why I thought we were misled about Y2K being called the Millennium Bug, and thus, the start of the millennium.

@killerbowser7046

3 жыл бұрын

how is it a prank

So they all got a years supply of 🎶 Rice a Roni that San Francisco Treat.🎶 Ding Ding 🔔🔔

"You don't get to come back tomorrow. You don't even get a lousy copy of our home game. You're a complete loser!"

@thomthom6268

3 жыл бұрын

Who is Don Pardo on Weird "Al" Yankovic's parody "I Lost on Jeopardy" of the Greg Khin Band early 1980s song "Jeopardy"?

@jwavada

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomthom6268 Correct! Select again

Alex: "Tomorrow on Jeopardy!, we'll have 3 new players to play the game."

What was he thinking going all in? Someone should have said "...you're no James Holzhauer."

@duomaxwell6523

3 жыл бұрын

Holz-who?

@tjhaeussler

3 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Guarino I know he was born that year this month. It was sarcasm.

Reminds me of Seinfeld: "There was no year zero!"

@brianthomas2434

3 жыл бұрын

And yet in the months leading to the alleged millennium their were commemorations of that nonexistent year. Possibly because it justified 2000 as the beginning of a century. I can just imagine the thinking, "Now, if the first century is zero to ninety nine"....Because that's, of course, how people count...

@blahblahmeowchow6383

3 жыл бұрын

looks like you'll be caught between the moon and New York City

I saw this when it first aired! I remember it raising quite the stink, many debating the correctness of the response, but the show of course had it right.

@seikibrian8641

Жыл бұрын

It's amazing how many people don't get this. The same thing happened in 2000 when almost everyone was saying it was the 21st century and the second millennium. There was no year 0. 1+2000=2001.

@justinmiles7265

Жыл бұрын

@@seikibrian8641 that is so stupid, though. A human isn't born 1 year old. They have to live through a year before they become one year old. Why should it be any different for centuries? How can a calendar begin at year one when it hasn't been a year since the calendar began? I know people will say that it's the first year of the new calendar therefore it's year one, but a calendar that's centered around the birth of a person should be subject to the same laws as the life of the person it's centered around. A century is a hundred years, so the new century should begin when the number in the hundreds place of the year changes. If the 20th century is the 1900s then it should contain all of the days of the 1900s, not all of the days except the first 365 of them. I say that the contestants are right and it's the calendar that's wrong. Although what's REALLY wrong is the religion that forces everyone that they do regardless of whether or not they share the same beliefs as them, but that a whole other kettle of fish altogether. I still maintain that January 1,1900 should've been the right answer, but I suppose at this point it doesn't really matter anymore, does it? I still find it annoying, though...

@seikibrian8641

Жыл бұрын

@@justinmiles7265 "A human isn't born 1 year old. They have to live through a year before they become one year old." And a century has to "live" through one hundred years before it becomes a century. Just as a newborn is in its first year before it becomes one year old, so too with the calendar. A child is never "zero years old," and there was no "year zero."

@justinmiles7265

Жыл бұрын

@@seikibrian8641 What about the time between conception and birth? Is the child zero years old then? At what point does it actually become a child? Are you only pregnant with a fetus until you give birth? But aren't pregnant people referred to as being "with child"? I don't believe this calendar issue is as black and white as it's being made out to be.

@seikibrian8641

Жыл бұрын

@@justinmiles7265 "I don't believe this calendar issue is as black and white as it's being made out to be." You can "believe" whatever you want. If you want to believe that 2+2 does not equal 4, that's your choice. You'll be wrong, but that's on you.

1:57 (cue "Curb Your Enthusiasm" theme song)

It's really amazing to see how far Jeopardy! wagering strategy has evolved since the early days

I wonder if there was anybody who watched this episode, either in-person or on TV, and walked away at the end thinking the Jeopardy team was wrong and the contestants were right. Was kind of surprised myself when I looked up the different calendars and realized there was no year 0, except maybe in astronomy.

@mariyamwaniki

Жыл бұрын

Thank u. Your comment was the first one I found that explained the question. No year o, of course.

ALEX TREBECK WITH MOUSTACHE

@adrianluis9487

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

This question is now too easy for those of us who had to live through all of 2000 listening to know-it-alls tell us that the millenium hasn't "technically" started yet...

@kevincassidy7233

3 жыл бұрын

It really depends on what you want to call it. If you just referred to it as the "1900s century" versus the "2000s century" like they do with decades, there would be no issue at all. But "20th" and "21st" centuries are clearly defined as 1901-2000 and 2001-2100, respectively. There'd be no 20th century if it didn't include the year 2000.

@darkwood777

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevincassidy7233 There was no year zero, and a century is a 100 year interval. Consequently all centuries begin on January 1 of the first year of each subsequent interval.

@jcripp7974

3 жыл бұрын

Then a split second even less after 12 midnight on Jan 1 1900 would in fact be in the 20th century. If there is no zero. Where do you start counting the first year? My brain hurts every time this comes up. What happened between BC and AD that missed 1 year??

@sw3aterCS_

3 жыл бұрын

Jac Cristoforo there is no missed year. We just define the year after 1 BC as 1 AD.

@JohnnyAngel8

3 жыл бұрын

@@jcripp7974 It's not like babies where the first year is in months. The first year is called "1" through all 12 months. Now look at your fingers. How many do you have? 10. Your tenth finger belongs to you, not to another set of hands, right? So #10 ... all of it ... Belongs with #s 1 - 9. Your fingers represent a decade .. or represent a century ... And could also represent a millennium.

Alex Trebek was young there. It is so hard to imagine he was like that, but I have been watching Jeopardy Since it first came on back in 1984. Seeing an episode like that reminds me of my younger days!

This is from the September 11, 1984 episode and it's the first game with a heartbreaking triple zero loss.

@samchristie913

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly 17 years before the biggest Terrorist Attack in NYC

@patrickfehr7340

2 ай бұрын

At Pentagon and Somerset County, Pennsylvania@@samchristie913

That moment when the champion only need to bet $501, but he thought Cliff Clavin was a good role model.

@HopkinsTheMovie

3 жыл бұрын

That's what Greg should have wagered instead of it all. #OneDollarRule

@robertlunderwood

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, this was probably before Cliff Clavin.

@urbanlegendsandtrivia2023

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertlunderwood Good catch! Yes, this was 1984, and the Cliff Clavin episode aired on January 18th, 1990. I have been told I have a strange sense of humor.

@gameshowguy2000

5 ай бұрын

He didn't pull a Cliff Clavin here. Looking at the scores going into Final, he didn't have a runaway game like on the first show.

We need to go back a year to start 2020 all over again to fix this Georgian Calendar issue. I wouldn’t mind!

@insomniacsnorlax

3 жыл бұрын

Who would want to relive this year?

@cbsteffen

3 жыл бұрын

insomniacsnorlax We can’t. We’d just wind up with more coronavirus cases.

@DNP_10

3 жыл бұрын

Nononononononono. We need to get to 2021 to get out of this nightmare

@yakxattack

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't mean pressing rewind. I am suggesting we should call next year 2020 and forget about this year and delete it from the database. Hope that clarifies things.

@DNP_10

3 жыл бұрын

@@yakxattack Problem is, the curse is in the numbers. Any year called 2020 will be cursed

Even though I just knew this game show But also express my condolences to Alex. R.I.P. Alex 1940-2020

If it was released in 1984, I would say it was a huge debate between January 1, 1900, and 1901, ONLY IF... But here's why: The simpler thing is because of the Application of *ASTRONOMICAL YEAR NUMBERING* , in which was firstly applied to Gregorian and/or Julian Calendars. It was introduced in the 3rd and 41st year of the 18th century, in which were 1702 and 1740 by not one but TWO French astronomers. The show took place 4 YEARS BEFORE another successor of *There-Is-A-Year-Zero* in our calendar - *ISO8601* . So that the answer *WAS* 1901. Soon that International Standards 8601 released and had massive developments and revisions around a decade later, it stated that *A Century is a Period of 100 Calendar Years Duration Beginning On Which Years DIVISIBLE WITHOUT ANY REMAINDER BY 100* And cannot be 1901-2000 or 2001-2100, which applies also to decades (like 2020-2029 but not 2021-2030). Hence, still right if the episode DID RELEASE *BEFORE JUNE 1, 1988* . But also wrong because of the Astronimical Year Numbering I explained above.

Think of all the people these three beat during the regional tryouts who were sitting at home fully aware that a century starts on the year ending in 1, not 0.

@infonut

2 жыл бұрын

There was a week before there was a month. A day before a year. And there was a second before all of them.

Only reason I knew this was because of Seinfeld. Newman's party was quite lame.

@dr.stevebrule4511

3 жыл бұрын

tolman33 The NEWMANIUM!

Interesting how (so far) none of the rounds has resulted in clearing the board (getting through all 30 answers). So great that they are airing these old shows, I love it.

@JayTemple

2 жыл бұрын

I watched most of the first season, and I was convinced at the time that they were deliberately ending the round once it got down to one clue unrevealed just so the choice of clue and amount would carry some weight.

@stevek2340

Жыл бұрын

@@camilo1455 Been a year, so can't recall for sure. Have you tried searching KZread?

@ajk

Жыл бұрын

@@JayTemple It was more because of the buzzer timing, more incorrect responses back then from early ring ins before the answer was fully read. The Fleming era didn't have a ton of completed boards either cause of the same.

R.I.P. Alex Trebek "Mr. Jeopardy!".🌹

I've never seen a three way tie ending with no money. That's crazy

@infonut

2 жыл бұрын

It happened again in 2019

Alex Trebek is one of the best human beings on the planet.

@georgemaster689

3 жыл бұрын

Jessica Barnes Alex became an American citizen in 1998.

@jabarnes77

3 жыл бұрын

George Master kzread.info/dash/bejne/YqSZpNNxab26osY.html

@tiffanymorgan6562

3 жыл бұрын

@@jabarnes77 and sadly, we lost him 2 days ago to pancreatic cancer. 😢💔😭 R.I.P. Alex.....and thanks for the memories! #JEOPARDYKING

@jabarnes77

3 жыл бұрын

@@tiffanymorgan6562💙 ✨💙

Cliff did the same thing on Cheers.

I wish I can see the first and only three-way tie in Jeopardy! history from March 16, 2007. That was a day to remember on Jeoaprdy! and now since November 24, 2014, a tiebreaker is put into regular-play games. I want ties back!

The distant third place contestant should have wagered nothing and hoped the other players wagered all and got it wrong which is exactly what happened. The lady wagered correctly but got it wrong, the defending champ should have wagered only $501...

@davidho2977

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking.

I can’t be the only one who legitimately knew this. The same way that one is not in their 30th year until AFTER their 29th birthday. The reasoning is fairly simple.

@kiley3030

3 жыл бұрын

So you're one the day you're born? No, you're 0.

@SusanatorBot

3 жыл бұрын

@@kiley3030 I see where you're coming from. Think of it as ordinal numbers, so at 0 you aren't 1, but you are in your first year, since the entire "first year" is from 0-12 months.

@kiley3030

3 жыл бұрын

@@SusanatorBot On your 100th birthday you've lived a century. That ends a century and starts a new one

@Bikebrh

3 жыл бұрын

I'm shocked that all three got it wrong. It's not that hard. People should look at it this way: If you were born 01/01/1901, your hundredth year of life would start on 01/01/2000, and finish at midnight of 12/31/2000. 01/01/2001 would start your second century. A century starts at 01/01/01 and finishes at 12/31/00 midnight.

@kiley3030

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bikebrh that's if you start at 1901. We do not start at 1 when we are born. We start at 0

22 years ago, I remember people saying that January 1st, 2001 was the actual first day of the 21st Century, not January 1st, 2000. Yet, when January 1st, 2001 came about, no one made as big a deal about it as the year before. And to think, KZread didn't even exist back then.

@StaticBlaster

Жыл бұрын

It makes sense if you think about it. When you're born, you're 0 years old. You don't turn 1 until a year later. So naturally the 21st century starts on Jan. 1, 2001.

Fun Fact: The original airing of this episode had -$5000 on the Paul's lectern after revealing Lynne's question and wager. This error was fixed in the later broadcasts of this episode.

They lost on Jeopardy!, baby....

@Maniaxe613

3 жыл бұрын

At least they will get a year's supply of Ricearoni.

@Maniaxe613

3 жыл бұрын

@Andrea Reyes Thanks. :)

@lifetodamax

3 жыл бұрын

Has Weird Al ever been on Jeopardy!? He would win.

Alex: “And Greg will remain our champion unless he pulled a Cliff Klavin and wagered all of his money........”

@axelkyster2642

3 жыл бұрын

Funny. Except that the Cheers episode had not yet aired... And it's CLAVIN...

So this must be where my high school teachers got their trick questions from

Many people argue that they were all correct. We had the same debate on when the 21st century began. Was Y2K 1/1/2000 or Y2K 1/1/2001

@DannySleepwalker

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, Year 2000 literally was "Year 2K" since "2 kilo" is 2000. But it wasn't start of the 21st century yet.

@charlesbaldo

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Kobela Thanks, i miss debating this. It all depends on whther you start counting at 0 or 1. I was writing Y2K software in 99 and we started at 0. Is the century 0 to 99 or 1 to 2100?

The standards to get on Jeopardy back then were very low

@ABCEasyas--

3 жыл бұрын

Within a couple of years, the contestants got a hang of wagering strategy

@RaginRonic

3 жыл бұрын

This was only the 2nd edition of Jeopardy! that Alex hosted. Things were still WAAAAAY early in how things would shake out for the show. You'd probably need to have a game show be on TV for at least a full season before things would start to round into form. And that's okay, because 'growing pains' are going to happen for any facet of human life, the ever-so-humble game show included in that. =P

@gameshowguy2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@RaginRonic And in addition, they implemented the rule to allow home viewers to play along: contestants could NOT ring in until Alex finished reading the clue.

@TheKeyboardKing1

3 жыл бұрын

Ragin' Ronic usually I’d agree but Jeopardy had been on for ten years as a daytime show.

@urbanlegendsandtrivia2023

3 жыл бұрын

Greg is now a distinguished college professor.

If COVID ever goes away, when will the teen tournament be on, because I’m going to take the online test for it (hopefully)

lol I laughed when Alex told them the correct year, it sounded like one of my college classes

everyone: that's such a stupidly easy question. also everyone: got it wrong too.

@pyrobryan

3 жыл бұрын

I was confused when it came up. I thought "So Jeopardy used to be a show for morons?" Then the first guy got it wrong and I thought "I guess I'm a moron, too."

I hope the guy that had $9,500 is watching this.

Try explaining this to all the people that celebrated the new millennium on Jan 1, 2000.

@ap70621

3 жыл бұрын

I remember my dad explaining to me that it actually started on Jan 1, 2001. So when I watched this clip I knew right away it was Jan 1, 1901.

@garymorris1856

3 жыл бұрын

As you know, there was no year, zero.

@bowlchamps37

3 жыл бұрын

Don´t know the rules for US, but here in Germany it was the new millenium because both ways are correct here. One is historically, the other colloquial.

@AlaskaBlueCat

3 жыл бұрын

@@bowlchamps37 According to the Gregorian calendar, the first millennium A.D. was year 1 to 1000, the second millennium A.D. was year 1001 to 2000, and the third millennium A.D. is 2001 to 3000. You can celebrate a 100 years or a 1000 years of anything anytime you want to, but if you want to talk about the 20th century or the next millennium, the Gregorian calendar is used by most of the world. On Jan 1, 2000 people were actually celebrating the end of 1000s and beginning of the 2000s which is fine but it was *not* the next millennium according to the Gregorian calendar.

A: Calendar date with which the 20th Century began I immediately knew that the correct response was, "What was January 1, 1901?" but I had a feeling that at least one contestant was going to respond with "What was January 1, 1900?". I knew because I remember in the late 90's everyone was saying that on January 1, 2000 we'd be starting the 21st century and a new millennium but it actually didn't start until January 1, 2001.

The funny thing about this clue, it might seem trivial to those of us who were self-aware during the turn of the millennium, but those in 1984 never lived through the oddity of a new century. (not to mention how everyone celebrates it a year early anyway) They could easily recycle this clue in 2084 and I would bet the same thing would happen. [minus the triple-loss]

WARNING: Some dude named Andrea Reyes took too much Adderall and is now replying to most comments.

@ThisisSirLancelot

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo I saw

@EleetCanoe

3 жыл бұрын

Not this one apparently

@theKevronHarris

3 жыл бұрын

I see

@executive-x5532

3 жыл бұрын

Yes 🤣🤣🤣

@Ryvucz

3 жыл бұрын

I decided to check the replies of comments that had them, and noticed this person. Should I be alarmed or laughing?

"See you next time on Jeopardy" - did anyone else kind of tear up when he said that?

@yaphettvazquez9796

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah!!!!!!!

though filmed in 1984, it would have been more interesting to answer: "On what calendar day will the 21st Century Start?" since 17 is less than 83---closer to the 21st, making it more relevant to people. so many STILL get this 'question' wrong.

WHAT A BURN!! Thank you, Alex!

Thank you for everything Alex Trebek

I could understand the two challengers risking it all, but the champion did a foolish wager. All he needed was $501 to win had Lynne been correct.

Whew! I am so old, and I am such an avid Jeopardy watcher, I remember that episode!!

I was fooled as well. It makes sense when you think about it. There was no Year 0. 1 CE was preceded by 1 BC.