Jeopardy

[asterroc]

I'm home visiting my parents, and my mom's addicted to TV, including Jeopardy. Today's double Jeopardy categories included "Not a Prime Minister," "Before & After" (aka Smush), and "Math & Science."

C'mon, you've GOT to be kidding me! ONE SINGLE puny little category for ALL of Math and Science? That'd be like having a category on "Literature & History" with the others being "Particle Physics," "Not a Neurotransmitter," and "20th Century Set Theory"! Gimmie a break people.

Comments

[arctangent.livejournal.com]

To be fair, "Before and After" is not really a category but an answer format, and could conceivably include questions on any concept that could exist, anywhere.

"Not a Prime Minister" could also conceivably include nearly all the concepts in existence minus those few that have to do with Prime Ministers. Really, "Math & Science" is by far the most restrictive category out of those three.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

You are right in theory that I picked poor examples. However, in practice, "Not a Prime Minister" listed three last names, all sounding somewhat similar, one of which/whom was not a prime minister. It is also rare to see Math and Science questions outside specific Math and Science categories.