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[@aaronhill9376]

What a great final Jeopardy question to have the day after the Rickwood Field MLB game in Hank Aaron's home state of Alabama.

[@tabathabrabham6384]

YESSSS YESSSS YESSSS! I was like HAMMERIN HANK AARON 🙏✊👆

[@Chris55433]

the clue confused me. i thought he (Vin Scully) got a standing ovation. i'm like .......what? are we supposed to guess the record Vin Scully broke?

[@handyatmusic]

Terribly awkward, misleading wording. I thought “he” referred back to Vin Scully. I thought it was asking what record was broken. Should have said something like “this person” instead of “he.”

[@MikeCee7]

I agree, this was a really poorly scripted question. It should’ve said more of what Vin Scully said. about a black man in the deep south, beating a white man’s record - Or maybe even saying: breaking a legends record from 1935. - I would say 95% of America under the age of 55, would not know the answer to this question, the way this was worded.

[@someguy5708]

I got that right away. Gosh, 50 years ago - I'm really old 😁

[@josephosheavideos3992]

Little known fact: three Ford Frick Award announcers called Henry Aaron's record-breaking home run that night in Atlanta - Vin Scully (calling the game for the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers), Milo Hamilton (the host Atlanta Braves), and Curt Gowdy (for the rest of the nation on NBC).

[@Ernwaldo]

Also, the left fielder for the Dodgers, who climbed the fence in an attempt to catch the ball before it went into the Braves’ bullpen, was Bill Buckner. Few years later he would be central in a play during the World Series while playing first base for the Red Sox. Coincidentally, about the same time as Aaron’s record breaking home run, a former Dodgers player’s funeral was happening in California. As a players representative, the Dodgers sent future HoF starting pitcher, Don Sutton, since he wouldn’t be needed again until they were back in Los Angeles. He would later become a long time announcer for the Braves, among others. R.I.P., misters Aaron & Sutton.

[@MikeCee7]

Thanks for posting that. I was only 8 when this happened. Watching on TV from NY. OW know I was hearing that called played from Curt Gowdy.

[@elizabethmcmeniman559]

I was excited (😊) for the tiebreaker

[@daleadams6947]

Me too.

[@mboyd92]

That was a terribly, awkwardly worded final clue

[@teelink204]

Yeah I didn't know what it was asking 😆

[@brownro214]

I got it right away. Didn’t think it was poorly worded at all. Maybe it helped that I was in Atlanta that day, still pretty easy.

[@MikeCee7]

@@brownro214 If you were in “Atlanta that day” then you got to take a “10 steps back”, and be more subjective about how poorly the question was worded/scripted. (practically everybody, breathing in Atlanta then,knows of Hank Aaron, 1974, & “715”) - It should’ve said more of what Vin Scully said. about a black man in the deep south, beating a white man’s record - Or maybe even saying: breaking a legends record from 1935. - I would say 95% of Americans, under the age of 55, (& not from Georgia) would not know the answer to this question, (based on the way it was poorly worded) - I would be almost like asking what subway station line, or street, in NYC, did Marilyn Monroe do her famous skirt blowing scene. Only a significant percentage of people that lived in midtown Manhattan, would know the answer to that question.

[@rashaadjorden1187]

@@MikeCee7 I'm under 55 and not from Georgia ... and the clue was a piece of cake for me. Probably because I'm a sports junkie.

[@CaseyLaarkamp]

Agreed. I thought they were asking for the record that was broken.

[@AlexMaxwell2000]

Wow. A TIE game on my birthday

[@theweysermanisback5205]

Happy Birthday!

[@AlexMaxwell2000]

😊​@@theweysermanisback5205

[@jpmackey1607]

Happy birthday!

[@mr.timetraveler8784]

Circling back to yesterday's game, Bob replied to my question asking if he needed to have written "Nora Barnacle/Nora Joyce". He since the replied to my comment: Yes we did need to have the first name as well, we were told in advance we had to be '"very specific."

[@jb6407]

Was Bob one of the contestants yesterday? The one who wrote Molly Joyce? If so then that makes sense. I actually thought, ‘hm James Joyce’s wife? But no, her first name would be too obscure, so I’m guessing Zelda Fitzgerald.’ If I’d known we had to be ‘very specific’ then that might clue me in I was right about Joyce, but I then would’ve had no other choice than to do the same thing and guess Molly Joyce hoping for the best.

[@mr.timetraveler8784]

@@jb6407 Bob Longstreth is the contestant who wrote Molly Joyce, yes. I noticed Zelda Fitzgerald was the most common guess in this episode. All I could think of was Emma Hardy. I watched a documentary on Joyce last year and I still got this wrong.

[@ajsy1090]

Among the 6 regular tiebreakers: 2 games hosted by Alex, 4 games hosted by Ken 2 games taped during pre-pandemic, 3 games during pandemic (behind closed doors), 1 game during new normal/post-pandemic (audience returned in Season 39) 3 games won by returning champion, 3 games won by the challenger

[@MikeCee7]

So it’s only been 6 tiebreakers in the whole history of Jeopardy?

[@ajsy1090]

​@@MikeCee7 in regular play since it was implemented after 2014 TOC

[@kristaselene]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a tiebreaker!!! 😮🎉

[@daleadams6947]

It happens sometimes on Jeopardy.

[@CatsInTheHouse48]

Easy question today!

[@rashaadjorden1187]

Easy for me as a sports fan.

[@christianheaps9711]

Let’s go Drew!

[@elizabethmcmeniman559]

Hank Aaron (1934-2021)

[@Maysnyder-g5p]

I couldn't even understand the question

[@oginaz]

Who is Hank Aaron? He was a baseball player for the Atlanta Braves. Vin Scully was the announcer for the Dodgers, the team the Braves were playing when Hank broke the record 50 years ago

[@andrewklang809]

Babe Ruth was white. Hank Aaron was black. A black man surpassed a white man (and arguably the most famous baseball player of all time even today) to become the new holder of one of baseball's most hallowed records. Aaron played for Atlanta, in the Deep South. It was the early 70s, which was only a few years past Jim Crow. A lot of white Southerners who grew up with segregation being the norm (and most of whom were probably against its ending) had to acknowledge a black man surpassing a white man's greatest achievement.

[@SueUTube]

It was asked in a vague way.

[@iwaspaidtoflywithyoubatman]

You mean the clue. I thought Vin Scully was referring to himself in the clue.

[@sqnkk]

@@iwaspaidtoflywithyoubatman I think "He" should have been replaced with "that this man"

[@Lanearndt]

Tie breakers should be another final jeopardy style question to avoid buzzer glitches!!

[@MikeCee7]

I agree, but that will add an extra few minutes to the show. Everything has to fit in a specific time frame. Where I live, the Final Jeopardy question, starts at =7:28pm. - & the show is only, on for about 22 minutes (of the half hour airing)

[@Lanearndt]

So then no long theme song, the first to write it down hits the buzzer😃

[@MikeCee7]

@@Lanearndt suggesting that they don’t play the (“30 second” Jeopardy theme song) & the first person to write it down wins. (is pretty much the same as the first person that buzzes in) So, how would it work, with your suggestion? The first person who writes it down, & then they have to raise their hand (or something?) to indicate that they’re fully done answering the question. (which is pretty much the same as the first person to buzz in) or maybe just switch from buzzing in, to raising your hand. (so there’s no buzzer glitches)

[@joeym5243]

Sports is always a tough category to write on jeopardy ever since the famous NFL bagel. Most of the time you either can run the category or you'll be stumped on the easiest of questions. Congratulations to those who got it right though!

[@hsupower]

I saw the category tonight, I thought this could be interesting. When I saw the clue, I did the quick math to see we were looking for something that took place in 1974. The give away were the Deep South and Vin Scully. That got me on to baseball. I knew the event was the breaking of Babe Ruth's career home run record (which was at 714) when another great home run hitter hit his 715th career home run in Atlanta. That is how I got to the correct response of, "Who is Hank Aaron?" Only fitting that last night was a tribute to another great player in baseball history at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. I'm talking about Willie Mays who just passed away this week at 93 years old. That covers two great baseball players in that era of the 1950s to the 1970s.

[@theemmjay5130]

​@@hsupowerRIP Willie Mays.

[@danereinhart869]

What’s the famous NFL bagel?

[@joeym5243]

@@danereinhart869 there was an NFL category and none of the contestants knew any of the answers, not even the $200 one. And most of them weren't that difficult. I think you quite literally needed to know exactly nothing about football to have done that. Also, bagel is a term for when you don't get any questions right in a category, which comes from collegiate quiz bowl.

[@donaldpaluga]

​@@joeym5243If any of you get this.....I WILL DIE!-Alex Trebek

[@bondfool]

I guessed Reggie Jackson just based on 1974 and baseball. However, I did correctly predict Drew’s wager!

[@BobSullivanAKABuffy]

Got them both!

[@davidellis5141]

His nickname is hammering 🔨 ....

[@AeroRanger100]

It's not that bad of a clue if you can pick it apart: -50 years ago (1974) -Vin Scully (most famous baseball commentator ever) -Deep South (Georgia is in there, Hank Aaron was playing for the Atlanta Braves at the time) -Breaking a longtime record (the career HR record) Put it all together: Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's career HR record in 1974 while playing for the Atlanta Braves. If you know your baseball history like I do, it's obvious. Haha

[@rashaadjorden1187]

It was a slam dunk for me! I know I just used a basketball analogy.

[@TonyCrenshawsLatte]

I got both correctly!! Woohoo!!

[@kileg3000]

yo is this drew from survivor? making the rounds lol

[@isamn7319]

Yes, that’s him

[@54raynor]

Always fun to get final jeopardy before Ken is done reading the clue.

[@hsupower]

Yeah. I had an idea from the start. I like to read the clue one more time before committing to a response. I knew who it was and what happened that led to the standing ovation.

[@jad1079]

Me: "Who is Jackie Robinson?" WRONG.

[@rashaadjorden1187]

Jackie Robinson had passed away by 1974.

[@chennis134]

As a science teacher who grew up playing/following baseball, I got both questions right

[@bjhm89]

There needs to be a Jeopardy Overheard video to see what was going through Drew and Josh’s minds during the tiebreaker

[@Sharpshooter649]

Buzz in the fastest I guess

[@michaelfsmith3208]

Unfortunately, an overhead camera doesn’t let you see through skulls to read thoughts.

[@johnboehmer6683]

Jeopardy asked a similar question once concerning Aaron breaking the home run record, and I got it easily. But the wording of the question here really lead me to think it was about Skulley, very badly done.

[@RoyMelhado]

Who is going to break the tie the champ or or Josh let's see if Drew gets it right.

[@ezioaltairac]

What’s wrong with having multiple champions for the next game?

[@27pattywhack2]

If you want ties watch soccer, JEOPARDY! is for winners

[@BrentWolgamott]

Because contestants started to wager for the TIE instead of the WIN so they could all share in the money (or at least two of them). Production hated it, so they instituted the TIEBREAKER rule.

[@kurtjohnson4816]

The very fabric of the universe would be torn asunder.

[@ce7.0]

Tied champions significantly increase the prize budget, throw off the production schedules (they tape five shows a day, so every tape day there are ten new players along with the last taoe day's returning champ; if you have co-champions so that one game only uses one challenger instead of two, then one of the people who flew out to California to play has to go home and come back on another tape day), and can create the appearance of collusion.

[@ajsy1090]

Fans loved it but contestants' coordinator & casting department hated it?

[@TripSoul10]

If I was the champion knowing I could be tied if player doubled his winnings, I would wager something instead of going to tiebreaker.

[@KatherineReilly-ef7qh]

Even if you thought the other guy probably knew the category (in this case Sports) better than you did?

[@MikeCee7]

@@KatherineReilly-ef7qh I agree with you, Katherine. But I haven’t seen Drew play in his 3 wins. (I’ve only seen the final Jeopardy on KZbin) Does Drew know sports? or was this just a fluke that you got this question, right?

[@mr.timetraveler8784]

Ken's preamble in today's game: Emma Boettcher, Jonathan Fisher, Eric Ahasic, Danielle Maurer, Lloyd Sy, and now Drew Basile. These are the names of the Jeopardy giant killers who have gone on to win more games after their upset of a superchampion. Ken's preamble the game after Cris Pannullo lost: Nancy Zerg, Emma Boettcher, Jonathan Fisher, Rhone Talsma, and Danielle Maurer. These are the names of the giant killers of Jeopardy. And today, after his defeat of a 21 game superchampion, Cris Pannullo, we can add a 6th name to that list: Andy Tirrell. It should also be noted that Emma Boettcher, Jonathan Fisher, and Eric Ahasic all advanced to their respective Tournament of Champions. Emma advanced to the 2019 TOC Finals, came in second place, and played a rematch against James Holzhauer! Jonathan Fisher lost in the 2022 TOC quarterfinals (no rematch against Matt Amodio) and Eric Ahasic lost in the 2022 TOC semifinals (no rematch against Ryan Long), both to Andrew He, who also came in second place in the 2022 TOC Finals. Drew Basile is now the 4th giant killer to win at least three games since Eric Ahasic.

[@theweysermanisback5205]

Earlier this year, Andy Tirrell competed in Champions Wildcard, and he made it to The Finals, where he finished 2nd to Juveria Zaheer.

[@mr.timetraveler8784]

@@theweysermanisback5205 Lloyd Sy also competed and lost to Andy Tirrell. Rhone Talsma and Danielle Maurer also competed in Champions Wildcard last autumn. And as we all know, Victoria Groce, David Madden's giant killer, went on to win the Jeopardy Invitational Tournament and the Masters Tournament, against James Holzhauer and Yogesh Raut!

[@stevea2588]

Who worded this question? I thought the "he" was referring to Vin Scully.

[@phyllism.abrams1444]

Easy - Hank Aaron

[@MikeCee7]

I agree, this was a really poorly scripted question. It should’ve said more of what Vin Scully said. about a black man in the deep south, beating a white man’s record - Or maybe even saying: breaking a legends record from 1935. - I would say 95% of America under the age of 55, would not know the answer to this question, the way this was worded.

[@OconByrd519]

Easiest final jeopardy ever!!

[@IsaacBeImont]

Sheldon Cooper just helped a lot of people get this question right.

[@Molson-xg9hs]

Who is Huey Lewis? Oh, Sports is the category, not the clue! When you saw how those scores lined up heading in to Final, you knew this could get interesting!

[@davidellis5141]

Patrick Bateman likes its Hip To Be Square.

[@ZdzichuWiertara96]

What they are asking about? The year it happened? Where did it happen? What happened? I assumed the last, but usually the clue would have some clear indication of the thing they're interested in, like "breaking *this* longtime record", and I don't see it here. Maybe it's my non-native speaker point of view, but I got lost here. E: Oh, so it was who did it! Still, I would've phrase it "...Scully announced *this man* got...". At least the tiebreaker was easy!

[@freezer8530]

The phrasing of the clue was fine. One would have to go back to the MLB season of 50 years ago to see what was happening then.

[@mageta621]

​@@freezer8530no I agree with the people who said it was poorly worded. I got the response easily...AFTER having to read the clue a second time. It's an easy question if you know baseball but using "this person" instead of "he" is an easy switch for clarity

[@freezer8530]

@@mageta621 Aha! ... So, if you're reading the clue rather fast, then it could've been interpreted as Vin Scully himself being the one who got this "Standing ovation ..."; and he's just announcing that fact 50 years ago. I think all that was needed was either a comma or a colon after the word "announced". At least Ken Jennings paused after the word "announced", so as not to lead anyone astray as to what response they were looking for.

[@mageta621]

@@freezer8530 the pause was the only thing that helped a little bit. It could have been written much better with a small change so as to fully alleviate confusion

[@888jerm888]

Who is HANK ARRON?

[@elizabethmcmeniman559]

It's just same as Brian Chang and Emily Fiasco

[@blue04mx53]

I don't see anything in that sentence that requires a response. (maybe, "What is True?")

[@RobertOfenloch]

Why don't they bring back the old rule where the tie results in both people coming back as returning champions?

[@stevevasta]

It was costing them too much, plain and simple.

[@donaldpaluga]

Better question-why didn't Drew bet $1

[@staceyparker4272]

He didn’t want to risk losing in final jeopardy. He’d rather take his chance on a tie breaker.

[@leewalters214]

This way is better.

[@dishdog215]

​@@donaldpalugaBetting $1 is a horrible decision. The 2 best options are $9999 or zero as bets. If he is wrong, and he bets money, he gets 2nd place. If he is right and bets money, he gets his earnings. So risking the loss for a mere dollar is foolish

[@theemmjay5130]

When I saw the category was "Sports," I wasn't expecting to get it right. But the clue being about baseball made it much easier.

[@mageta621]

I never actually seen a tie before

[@frankiereinares8892]

i like tiebreakers

[@donhailer4994]

Again, the Final Jeopardy clue is poorly worded. It read like Vin Scully received the standing ovation.

[@pablotorres2675]

Better wording, ...announced "He got a standing....,"

[@kristaselene]

What would happen if the tiebreaker answer is incorrect and the opposing player didn’t respond correctly, either?

[@ce7.0]

If neither player buzzes in with a correct response, they do another tiebreaker, keep going until someone gets one of them right, and then that's the only one that airs.

[@michaelflaherty3202]

I was trying to figure out how Roger Maris was connected to the south and then I was like “is 1974 too early for Pete Rose?” and then I ran out of time.

[@aro327]

Henry Aaron.

[@fishamaphone]

Another poorly-worded clue, this time due to an ambiguous pronoun. I was trying to figure out who Vin Scully was, and what record Scully might have broken. Simple fix, and common in Jeopardy clues: "...Vin Scully announced this man got..."

[@henryhill7991]

Anyone super thrilled to get a free extra question!!!

[@theemmjay5130]

It's even better when you know both answers.

[@manodakshin6020]

Good thing Drew Basile is no Jake DeArruda (no grudge against Jake but he’s one of the rare few contestants who qualified for a Tournament of Champions yet did not get a single Final Jeopardy question right). I was happy to see Drew get Final Jeopardy correct

[@markheying2830]

For this Final Jeopardy Clue, I would have guessed 1 of the following 3. 1: Hank Aaron 2: Sammy Sosa 3: Mark McGwire

[@rashaadjorden1187]

Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire started their MLB careers in the 1980s.

[@MikeCee7]

I agree. A better 2nd or 3rd choice would’ve been Roberto Clemente or Pete Rose. (I know Clemente died in 1972, but that’s still a lot closer than Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire) who’s most famous record breaking year was in 1998.

[@kennygr8ify]

I got this Final Jeopardy! clue right and also, the tiebreaker clue right too.

[@jonathanparks207]

Now who was on the mound when it happened?

[@BrianONEILL-qf2cs]

Al Downing

[@freezer8530]

No, Who's on first.

[@geomodelrailroader]

I knew it was Hank Aaron he's the one who broke the Curse of the Bambino. he slugged 715 Home Runs thats why they called him Hank the Hammer.

[@Ernwaldo]

He didn’t break the curse of the Bambino. That was on the Boston Red Sox for trading him to the Yankees.

[@martyklestadt6766]

The Curse of the Bambino was the Boston Red Sox not being able to win a World Series after selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920. The Red Sox finally broke that curse in 2004.

[@cambonious23]

If the category was baseball, I would wagered everything even with the tie. Sports is too general for me. I don’t know much history about other sports. Baseball history I grew up on stories from my family and filled in that blanks later. I know boxing history too.

[@henrywong4843]

Fun Fact: This is the same month in June 14 2022 with Eric Ahasic almost twice as Megan Wachspress that also go on a 6 day streak.

[@wickedpawn5437]

He didn't say Doppler! He said Dopper !!! What's going on??

[@freezer8530]

I think he corrected himself before time ran out on him. He initially said the man's name only, but they were looking for phenomenon (bearing the man's name) which he managed to say within the allotted time.

[@aaronmenard9508]

Comment to prevent spoilers!

[@59771006]

People can just scroll through the comments

[@elizabethmcmeniman559]

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[@calebos268]

Now time for the oH i ThOuGhT tHeRe wErE cO-ChAmPiOnS!!111! comments

[@birdy1numnum]

*Drew does not impress me. Something just isn't right...*

[@lashendawest7509]

Congratulations drew on winning the tiebreaker question and winning a 3 day total of $53,282

[@markjackson6431]

EASIEST QUESTION EVER. the fact that the woman didn’t know/attempt to answer it hurt my soul

[@LegenDove]

I have never heard of either guy in my life

[@klingervocalstudio]

Is it me, or did he mispronounce the tie-breaking answer without the L in it?

[@bondfool]

The L’s very quick, but I hear it.

[@martyklestadt6766]

Comment to prevent spoilers for those who insist on watching videos on badly-programmed devices.

[@martyklestadt6766]

And remember, if you must share spoilers, do it in a REPLY and not in a main comment. The people who use devices that force the comments on them will thank you.

[@LegenDove]

What point are you trying to make?

[@martyklestadt6766]

@@LegenDove I'm trying to help out the folks that watch videos on devices that force them to see comments as they watch the videos--they don't want the answers to be spoiled. If the "spoilers" are in a reply, then those with those types of devices won't see them--only the main comments are forced on them.

[@thatguy20861]

How is that an answer??? Awful. Is AI doing your game show now? I and at least 50 of my family is not going to watch.

[@johnnycahan3809]

Welp, I was wrong. Drew is a bit smarter, than the lower-average survivor... Who would've thunk it 🤷

[@kali3665]

Too easy, and I don't even follow sports.

[@matthewdubay1180]

Who is Jim Crow?

[@joeym5243]

Bruh get outta here

[@matthewdubay1180]

@@joeym5243 my bad, wrong decade. That was a terrible guess, you are correct

[@robd5713]

Can’t stand drew.

[@edbennett4467]

The old rules was they were both come back

[@calebos268]

Well, it hasn't been a rule for almost 10 years now

[@freezer8530]

Thank goodness we don't have the "old rules" anymore.

[@chadho9701]

Hank Aaron that correct, drew is a 3 day of $53,282. Congratulation 🎉

[@matthewdubay1180]

You must be so happy. Did you celebrate? Someone I don't know won money! Congratulations!