I hate Joe Buck the sportscaster as much as the next person but he’s doing a good job hosting.
Another textbook runaway for Matt, and another triple stumper FJ.
11 straight runaways, and all 6 of his FJ misses were triple stumpers.
10/16 = 62.5%
other All-time greats:
- Ken Jennings 68%
- James Holzhauer 97%
- Julia Collins 62%
- Dave Madden 70%
- Jason Zuffranieri 55%
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Brianna, last nights runner up, was on the r/Jeopardy subreddit answering questions. She said Matt is an absolute beast on the buzzer. Said he was the sweetest guy and super humble. She didn’t know Joe Buck from Adam but said he was kind and worked hard to get things right, apologized to the crew when he screwed up. They assured him he was way better than most hosts. She was a fan.
She watched two game tapings before she went on so she knew what a buzzsaw she was up against. On the rare occasions she got control she would try to disrupt his patterns - he always clears the bottom row before DD hunting - but every time she go up top he would wrest control back immediately.
I think James blows Matt away on knowledge (though he’s obviously very good) but Amodio is maybe the GoAT on the buzzer. Impressive run regardless, went over $500K last night. Needs around $31-32K to move into 3rd on the money list. The season closes out Friday, which would be his 18th if he keeps winning.
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I’m ambivalent about the host, no one can compare to Trebek and in polling 62% say “keeping the focus on the game” is what matters most (next highest quality of a new host was like 12%.) The forums and Twitter are ablaze with disapproval over Richards choosing himself.
In polling before the announcement, Richards was 12th and Bialik 9th amongst guest hosts. Top 3 were Ken Jennings, Buzzy Cohen, and David Faber.