misterdoctor@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIf a contestant on Jeopardy! gave the correct response "Alexandre Dumas" but pronounced the surname as "dumb ass", would the response be accepted?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down14
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareIf a contestant on Jeopardy! gave the correct response "Alexandre Dumas" but pronounced the surname as "dumb ass", would the response be accepted?misterdoctor@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48arrow-down2·1 month agoIf they gave the response “Alexander Dumas” wouldn’t it be rejected, regardless of pronunciation, because it wasn’t in the form of a question?
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoI want to go on Jeopardy and never use the phrase “who is” or “what is.” “Mitochondria is…what again?”
If they gave the response “Alexander Dumas” wouldn’t it be rejected, regardless of pronunciation, because it wasn’t in the form of a question?
I want to go on Jeopardy and never use the phrase “who is” or “what is.” “Mitochondria is…what again?”