Michigan Grad to appear on Jeopardy! tomorrow night
Sarah McNitt, a 2005 graduate of the University of Michigan's School of Information, will be appearing on the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions tomorrow night (Thursday, November 13) in one of the tournament's quarterfinal episodes. Sarah won five games in January 2014.
November 12th, 2014 at 11:51 PM ^
As a freshman in third-semester German, I had a classmate who won the Jeopardy college tournament for us. Honestly, kid never struck me as being that smart. Shows what I know, I guess.
Anyway, it's not football, but hopefully she wins. We'll take it.
November 13th, 2014 at 1:12 AM ^
CC: Sarah McNitt
November 13th, 2014 at 9:44 AM ^
I would tell them, "FOOTBALL ALL THE FOOTBALL, YOU GUYS! Football it ALL THE WAY. Maybe try WINNING all the football games and then maybe you will win all the football games and I will get an enormous paycheck and I'll buy EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU some nachos. Let's give it a try!". I assume this is how coaching is done.
In conclusion, I accept.
November 13th, 2014 at 9:45 AM ^
Buying everyone nachos is probably an NCAA violation, isn't it? My career was so promising. Oh well.
November 13th, 2014 at 10:05 AM ^
Would probably still be an upgrade, at least until the sanctions.
November 13th, 2014 at 10:28 AM ^
CongRATs!!! (and by Rats, I mean River Rats)
November 13th, 2014 at 1:13 PM ^
Nachos for fans is okay (I think). Just no nachos for the players or recruits.
November 13th, 2014 at 1:22 PM ^
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November 13th, 2014 at 12:11 AM ^
I might be mistaken but doesn't she happen to a member of MGoBlog, albeit a very infrequent one?
November 13th, 2014 at 12:29 AM ^
November 13th, 2014 at 9:47 AM ^
*waves*
I only show up when qbqrat points me toward specific posts, and rarely comment on them.
November 13th, 2014 at 11:27 AM ^
Congrats on making it to the ToC! A friend of mine who was a 1-day winner in the 90s has great stories from his experience on the show and we enjoy rewatching his episodes every year. His interviews with Alex were particularly cringeworthy.
November 13th, 2014 at 1:14 PM ^
Best of luck! Although I realize that tonight's show is taped and your results are already determined. Don't spill the beans here or Trebek will go apeshit.
November 13th, 2014 at 6:18 PM ^
Its pronounced ther-a-pist Sean...classic
November 13th, 2014 at 2:06 PM ^
so we know it's really you?
[Unfortunately, I'll miss it because I'm going to a concert tonight and didn't know to set the recorder. But it's a concert to benefit Multiple Myeloma research and therefore not even OT on this here board! Good excuse, right?]
Backward best of luck, and forward congrats for finally being able to talk about it.
November 13th, 2014 at 3:30 PM ^
November 13th, 2014 at 5:34 PM ^
I realize I actually watched her first run! (That mustache mug threw me.)
I remembered wondering how she got away to Iowa. Best of luck on that belated honeymoon, Sarah!
November 13th, 2014 at 8:50 PM ^
Jeopardy tournament type question:
So this was the fourth aired of the quarterfinals. Was it also fourth taped and if so did you know the results of the previous quarterfinals? I imagine you didn't because that'd be an enormous unfair advantage for the later taped players. And I imagine you would have bet considerably less, since the scores this week have been fairly low for those wildcard spots.
November 13th, 2014 at 9:35 PM ^
They film the episodes in the order that they're shown, but during tournaments the contestants are sequestered until the time that their episode starts filming. This prevents them from knowing what they need to aim for for possible wild card bids.
November 13th, 2014 at 10:49 PM ^
Thanks, that's what I figured but wanted to make sure.
November 13th, 2014 at 2:27 AM ^
Once met a chick who was on Jeopardy when she was in high school at UM... Crazy how knowledgeable people can be.
November 13th, 2014 at 7:17 AM ^
November 13th, 2014 at 8:20 AM ^
You knew what I meant.... -__-
November 13th, 2014 at 8:46 AM ^
November 13th, 2014 at 9:46 AM ^
had Jeopardy in her High School??? Amazing.
November 13th, 2014 at 3:54 AM ^
she plays well but loses on the final
November 13th, 2014 at 7:36 AM ^
November 13th, 2014 at 9:46 AM ^
didn't have to ruin it.
November 13th, 2014 at 12:04 PM ^
You were going to watch it?
I kid, but that is one of those shows that I never know if it is a re run. It's been on forever, and nothing ever changes.
November 13th, 2014 at 2:21 PM ^
I actually am.
GO SARAH!
November 13th, 2014 at 5:19 AM ^
I would have posted a very funny gif if I wasn't so bored.
November 13th, 2014 at 6:06 AM ^
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November 13th, 2014 at 6:54 AM ^
Chuck Forrest was at UM Law School with me in 1984-87. He went on Jeopardy during his first year and became a champion. During the following year, he watched Jeopardy every night after dinner with many of us in the law quad, as he prepared for the Tournament of Champions. His main focus was on tracking the categories and their patterns (and who know what other preparation).
He went back during his second year and won the Tournament. Alex Trebek talked about his for years as the biggest money winner, best player, etc. It really wasn't until they changed the rules and allowed unlimited runs and Ken Jennings went on the show forever that Forrest was eclipsed.
At graduation, during a reception in the crowd, my mother gushed to me that she had JUST SEEN CHUCK FORREST!
November 13th, 2014 at 7:19 AM ^
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November 13th, 2014 at 7:40 AM ^
What is a muggle?
November 13th, 2014 at 10:24 AM ^
"Suck it Trebek" - Burt Reynolds
November 13th, 2014 at 10:51 AM ^
I hope she has a good week of practice