Hi Dark,
Maybe not. However, that's just the way the game is played. I suppose
the reason behind supplying the contestant with the answer and having
them reply with the correct question is it adds more challenge to the
game by forcing the contestant to remember to add what is, who is, or
who was to the beginning of their reply. How the question is phrased is
as important as the actual answer. Its a lot more difficult to remember
to do than it sounds.
For example, I can remember in high school I had a teacher who would
prepare the class for a test by having an oral quiz the day before the
test. She loved Jeopardy so natural the oral quiz took on the format of
Jeopardy. She would divide the class up into teams say, boys vs the
girls, and the rules of the quiz were the same as Jeopardy. She would
write the categories for the round on the board, and then quiz the
students questions from the test like this.
"This is an unfertilized human egg."
"What is an ova?"
The problem with the quiz taking on the rules of Jeopardy was that in a
lot of the cases the students would forget to phrase the answer as a
question or phrase it wrong, and therefore the question was passed to
the other team who would rephrase the question getting it right. Our
natural response was just to give a direct answer, and it was easy to
forget to phrase the answer as a question. That's why I think Jeopardy
does it the way they do. It is a kind of reverse logic that slips people
up, and I think that is why you don't understand the purpose of why they
do it. It doesn't make any sense if you aren't use to it.
Of course, it could be a cultural thing. I grew up watching Jeopardy,
because my grandma use to watch it almost every single knight. So
naturally it makes perfect sense to me, I'm use to it, and I find myself
not understanding your own position. If Alex asked the question and the
contestant were to give the answer that wouldn't be Jeopardy to me. It
would lose that reverse logic which sets it apart from other game shows.
You talked about game shows that are pathetically easy. I've seen a lot
of those myself, but Jeopardy definitely isn't one. A lot of the subject
matter is fairly difficult for the average person to answer and/or the
subject matter tends to be obscure making the game show quite
educational as well as entertaining. A person can learn quite a lot
about history, mythology, religion, biology, and plenty of other
subjects just by watching the show. the fact that many of the questions
aren't easy to answer has a certain appeal for guys like me who love to
learn new things or who likes a serious challenge.
Other game shows are too simple for me. There is a show called Are You
Smarter Than a Fifth Grader. Naturally, all the quiz questions are taken
from fifth grade textbooks and I can usually get a perfect score on that
show. However, many adults on that show screw up, and if they don't win
the show they have to say they are not smarter than a fifth grader. I
hate to say it, but that is an abysmal example of how our educational
system has failed the American people. I wasn't aware of how many people
who were absolute dunces when it came to basic history, geography, math,
you name it until that show came on. Its like where were those people
when they were in school? Were they sleeping or what?
Cheers!
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