Final Jeopardy tonite. All three get it wrong. WTF?

[fairgambit]

I thought it was easy. Answer below the bacon.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEARS.
Prior to 2016 it was the last election year in which the winning candidate had never held public elected office.

1952 Eisenhower

 

[psuro]

And before Eisenhower?

 

[fairgambit]

And before Eisenhower?

I know that as I read a book about the guy so I will leave it on the table.

 

[CF LION]

And before Eisenhower?

U. Grant?

 

[NittPicker]

And before Eisenhower?

In looking at the resume of Herbert Hoover it appears he didn't hold an elected office prior to being elected in 1928. And he wasn't a military man either - just a bureaucrat.

Prior to looking it up I would have guessed Grant (1868) prior to Eisenhower in 1952.

 

[ClarkstonMark]

I thought it was easy. Answer below the bacon.
Prior to 2016 it was the last election year in which the winning candidate had never held public elected office.

1952 Eisenhower

I guessed 1776

 

[Pinkhippo PeanutButter]

Kind of need to know the category at least to get the answer. On TV they did, here not so much.

 

[WDLion]

I thought it was easy. Answer below the bacon.
Prior to 2016 it was the last election year in which the winning candidate had never held public elected office.

1952 Eisenhower

I got it right.

 

[WDLion]

And before Eisenhower?

I'd guess Grant.

 

[mean15]

I got the Prez right, but not the year.

 

[MICH.Nit Fan]

I thought it was easy. Answer below the bacon.
Prior to 2016 it was the last election year in which the winning candidate had never held public elected office.

1952 Eisenhower

I didn't watch tonight, but I got it after reading the top of your post. I will admit that it took me a minute to work my way backwards.

 

[Nittany Ziggy]

Kind of need to know the category at least to get the answer. On TV they did, here not so much.

I didnt watch, but my wife did. She informed me that the category was “Douchebags needn’t reply”. You get zero points, and, may God have mercy on your soul!

 

[fairgambit]

Kind of need to know the category at least to get the answer. On TV they did, here not so much.

You are right. My bad.I fixed it. But hey.. I gave you BACON!

 

[fairgambit]

I didn't watch tonight, but I got it after reading the top of your post. I will admit that it took me a minute to work my way backwards.

Yep. Forgot the category. But not the bacon. Now you have both!

 

[NittPicker]

Yep. Forgot the category. But not the bacon. Now you have both!

The category is shown to the players in the game so they can make their wagers accordingly. Said category is meaningless to anyone else including us here on a message board. It was a good trivia question regardless of category. Don't be cowed by someone who always feels the need to throw a wet blanket over everything. Common sense would lead a reasonable person to believe it was related to presidential elections.

 

[fairgambit]

The category is shown to the players in the game so they can make their wagers accordingly. Said category is meaningless to anyone else including us here on a message board. It was a good trivia question regardless of category. Don't be cowed by someone who always feels the need to throw a wet blanket over everything. Common sense would lead a reasonable person to believe it was related to presidential elections.

I think it was a fair point. Most people would figure it was about US Presidents, but without the category, I could have been talking about governors, for example. In any event, I am usually more precise.

 

[MICH.Nit Fan]

I think it was a fair point. Most people would figure it was about US Presidents, but without the category, I could have been talking about governors, for example. In any event, I am usually more precise.

I thought that you were precise. Maybe I came to this after an edit.

 

[fairgambit]

I thought that you were precise. Maybe I came to this after an edit.

I left the category out of the original post. It should have been included to be completely accurate.

 

[phillybillyreprise]

I got it correct. Do I get to play for the $million$?

 

[PoquosonLion]

Had this been posted before?

 

[fairgambit]

Had this been posted before?

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I'm not sure if it was, but I do remember the show. Then, and now, I find it refreshing that there are people who know very little about football.

 

[Op2]

Here's a Presidential trivia question I came up with just by snooping around and I discovered it.

In the last 100 years there has been one person elected President that both (a) had at least one male child and (b) didn't have a male child named after himself. Who was it?

 

[fairgambit]

Here's a Presidential trivia question I came up with just by snooping around and I discovered it.

In the last 100 years there has been one person elected President that both (a) had at least one male child and (b) didn't have a male child named after himself. Who was it?

I would guess Eisenhower.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Here's a Presidential trivia question I came up with just by snooping around and I discovered it.

In the last 100 years there has been one person elected President that both (a) had at least one male child and (b) didn't have a male child named after himself. Who was it?

Ike.

He had 2 sons:

Doug Dwight Eisenhower
John Eisenhower

 

[Op2]

Ike.

He had 2 sons:

Doug Dwight Eisenhower
John Eisenhower

Yes. I didn't realize until I was reading and discovered that info that Eisenhower had a son that died young.

 

[demlion]

Took me a while. So now we are going to have threads about Jeopardy.

I have to say I was hoping this would turn into a giant spite war about Ike's merits vs. his failings, or for that matter Alex Trebec's merits vs. Ike's failings. A deeply tragic post, though.

Next, a flame-filled, bitter thread about the proper/most effective way to communicate your wishes regarding the presence of an interloper on the sod adjacent to your dwelling.

Fairgambit: "Kind sir, I implore you to remove your lower appendages from my curtilage posthaste."

Step.eng: : "rotate your orientation 180 degrees and propel yourself beyond the boundary whence you came."

Most of the board: "Git off my lawn."

demlion: "Git off'n mah proppity!"

 

[LemonEars]

It was an easy question and the "best of the best" didn't get it right. Disappointing. However, if you watched the show before final jeopardy, the contestants were amazing.

 

[olelion]

BACON, THE CANDY OF MEATS

 

[Metal Mike]

To be fair one contestant came very close to the correct question (answer) by listing 1956. He forgot that Ike was first elected in 1952. Therefore in 1956 Ike had held office from Jan 1953 to Nov 1956. So only his first election was the one where he had not held public office before. I almost made the same mistake.

 

[CF LION]

Here's a Presidential trivia question I came up with just by snooping around and I discovered it.

In the last 100 years there has been one person elected President that both (a) had at least one male child and (b) didn't have a male child named after himself. Who was it?

Impossible to answer with 100% certainty if you know what I mean.

 

[psu1969a]

I thought it was easy. Answer below the bacon.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEARS.
Prior to 2016 it was the last election year in which the winning candidate had never held public elected office.

And you had it correct. Good for you. Like to see you or anybody be asked an inane question with $1M riding on the answer.

1952 Eisenhower

 

[fairgambit]

"And you had it correct. Good for you. Like to see you or anybody be asked an inane question with $1M riding on the answer."

I'm not buying what you're selling. They are the "best of the best" and answer all sorts of obscure questions, many of which, as daily doubles, carry more weight than final Jeopardy. This was not "inane". It was "mundane". It was a fairly easy one, perhaps too easy. They all should have gotten it.

 

[fairgambit]

Took me a while. So now we are going to have threads about Jeopardy.

I have to say I was hoping this would turn into a giant spite war about Ike's merits vs. his failings, or for that matter Alex Trebec's merits vs. Ike's failings. A deeply tragic post, though.

Next, a flame-filled, bitter thread about the proper/most effective way to communicate your wishes regarding the presence of an interloper on the sod adjacent to your dwelling.

Fairgambit: "Kind sir, I implore you to remove your lower appendages from my curtilage posthaste."

Step.eng: : "rotate your orientation 180 degrees and propel yourself beyond the boundary whence you came."

Most of the board: "Git off my lawn."

demlion: "Git off'n mah proppity!"

 

[fairgambit]

Impossible to answer with 100% certainty if you know what I mean.

 

[psu1969a]

"And you had it correct. Good for you. Like to see you or anybody be asked an inane question with $1M riding on the answer."

I'm not buying what you're selling. They are the "best of the best" and answer all sorts of obscure questions, many of which, as daily doubles, carry more weight than final Jeopardy. This was not "inane". It was "mundane". It was a fairly easy one, perhaps too easy. They all should have gotten it.

so be it!

 

[Parkland Fan]

so be it!

And the one before Eisenhower? Woodrow Wilson?

 

[psu1969a]

And the one before Eisenhower? Woodrow Wilson?

Wrong, Hoover

 

[The Spin Meister]

I thought it was easy. Answer below the bacon.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEARS.
Prior to 2016 it was the last election year in which the winning candidate had never held public elected office.

1952 Eisenhower

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Even I got that one right!

 

[fairgambit]

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Even I got that one right!

Yes, but you're a genius.

 

[harbest]

Had this been posted before?

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Name one sport I have never watched in my kitchen, Alex.