 Editor in Chief Bill   | 08 Jun 2023 9:14 p.m. PST |
Does playing wargames help you with other games, such as the TV trivia game of Jeopardy? Rate your Jeopardy skill from 0 (none) to 10 (Ken Jennings level). |
bandit86  | 08 Jun 2023 9:47 p.m. PST |
4 I can usually get the answer but not in the time limit |
martin goddard  | 08 Jun 2023 11:29 p.m. PST |
Not really.
Miniatures gaming does not usually have any urgency. martin |
 Old Contemptible | 08 Jun 2023 11:35 p.m. PST |
5 The older I get the lower the number. |
| Bunkermeister | 08 Jun 2023 11:44 p.m. PST |
My friend Col Jim used to clear the board on Jeopardy, he certainly could have been a Ken Jennings. Mike Bunkermeister Creek |
| HMS Exeter | 09 Jun 2023 2:04 a.m. PST |
I used to play along with Jeopardy game in the day and I usually came in 2nd. It was always about general knowledge and the only tie in was a minor advantage in historical knowledge. It seemed the show sort of came apart about 1995-2000 with controversies over badly framed questions, humiliating the contestants, especially the kid'testants, and just general bad form. P'tooey. I parted ways with the show long ago. The Sturm and Drang over Trebek's replacement just solidified my distaste. |
 Tacitus | 09 Jun 2023 4:36 a.m. PST |
I hold my own with the answers but I can never remember to put them in the form of a question. I wouldn't win a dollar… |
 etotheipi | 09 Jun 2023 4:46 a.m. PST |
Rate myself at Jeopardy … 8 (given that I am at home, not under pressure) Does wargaming help trivia? Sometimes. I would bet TMP membership overall has a better geography score than the average. Probably a couple other topics … maybe the poll in in which trivia areas does wargaming help you? |
 Stosstruppen | 09 Jun 2023 5:19 a.m. PST |
Probably in the 4-6 range. I have always been good at trivia, but i haven't kept up with pop culture so that would be a hindrance. I doubt any of this has anything to do with wargaming. |
| Deucey | 09 Jun 2023 5:28 a.m. PST |
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 Parzival | 09 Jun 2023 6:48 a.m. PST |
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| CVA31bhr | 09 Jun 2023 8:58 a.m. PST |
9 at home. 8-9 for real, on the set, playing for blood, so to speak. I went 6 for 8 on the show, and that was when there was a 5 game limit for the regular season. Made the semis in the 1999 TOC and got an invite to the 2005 Ultimate TOC. It'd be interesting to see how age and a stroke have affected me, or not. And not directly translatable to gaming, but being able to retain AND retrieve info is a handy asset, no matter the endeavor. link |
| jurgenation | 09 Jun 2023 10:02 a.m. PST |
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| smithsco | 10 Jun 2023 6:00 a.m. PST |
7-8. I have 2 older brothers. As teens we would play along at home and keep score. Did more than wargaming for my jeopardy but wargaming has helped the obscure history |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 10 Jun 2023 12:37 p.m. PST |
Do I usually remember to frame my answers in the form of a question? |
| Ed Mohrmann | 10 Jun 2023 1:07 p.m. PST |
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| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 11 Jun 2023 1:11 p.m. PST |
I'll take Dungeon Crawls for one hundred, Alex. |
