{"id":8161,"date":"2016-04-04T04:36:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T11:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/add-vodka.com\/?p=8161"},"modified":"2016-03-25T14:38:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T21:38:57","slug":"5-awesome-strategies-win-jeopardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/add-vodka.com\/5-awesome-strategies-win-jeopardy\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Awesome Strategies to Win Jeopardy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jeopardy\"<\/a>Walk by my house at 7 p.m. on a weekday and for the next 30 minutes you’ll likely hear me yelling. There’s no need to call the police. I’m somehow expecting the contestants on the game show Jeopardy to hear me through my TV while I curse\u00a0at them for all of the dumb moves they’re making.<\/p>\n

I’m upset for many reasons: They don’t bet much money in a Double Jeopardy round. Some slowpoke doesn’t pick a category quick enough. Leaving money on the board when the game ends. Some contestants struggle with the buzzer. And, of course, simply giving stupid answers.<\/p>\n

Those and other errors drive me crazy. Why? I like to watch a good game, and it’s a shame to see such smart people lose out on making a lot of money when there are some simple things they can do to put the odds in their favor.<\/p>\n

And also because my wife has been trying for years to get on the show as a contestant. After getting through a group audition with about 30 others\u00a0a few times, she’s still waiting for the call to get to L.A.<\/p>\n

I admit I’m not smart enough to get on the show, but she is, and a vast knowledge of the world is needed to get on Jeopardy.<\/p>\n

But once you get into a few levels of testing to be a contestant, and certainly to get picked to be on the show, everyone has a high level of knowledge. Everyone is competing at the same level. \u00a0But there are some things contestants can do to increase their chances of winning that will put them a step or more above their competition. Here are five tactics:<\/p>\n

Figure out the buzzer<\/h2>\n

Six-game Jeopardy champion Alex Jacob<\/a> said on the show that practicing with an empty toilet paper roll holder \u2014 you know, the metal part with the spring inside \u2014 helped him practice to use the buzzer players use to get chosen for each answer\/question in a game.<\/p>\n