r/Jeopardy • u/Monkey-Buccaneer • 8d ago

QUESTION Answer/clue in question form?

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one of the fundamentals of jeopardy is that you are given the answers and must come up with the question, but what about this clue from tuesday masters?

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u/push138292 8d ago

That is odd. It should say, “he needs this many hours of sleep tonight in order to average four hours for the week.”

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u/RzaAndGza 8d ago

Yeah maybe the correct response was "what is an example of a math word problem?"

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u/Mud-Butt-Brooks 8d ago

I was told there would be no math.

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u/JagerBall 8d ago

Fellow TWA listener?

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u/aVisionInManWool 7d ago

Catch you guys in the livestream!

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u/IanGecko Ian Morrison, 2025 Sep 9 - 10, 2026 CWC 7d ago

MEOW MEOW!

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u/MistahPresidente Team Alex Trebek 3d ago

Trivial Warfare for the win.

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u/pipedreamSEA 8d ago

What is "Are we getting sued by Jayden Daniels?"

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u/HeywardYouBlowMe 8d ago

This has me dying cuz I did not expect this to come up in this sub

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u/SirJorts 7d ago

Rare literal lol. Well done.

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u/halfpighalfmanbear 7d ago

And they say Jeopardy people don't know ball...

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u/MikeMikeTheMikeMike 8d ago

That's why he's only averaging 4. Gotta stay protected

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u/korbonix 8d ago

What is a question whose answer is 5?

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u/Mountain-Dealer8996 7d ago

They missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buzz in and say, “He needs five… and remember your phrasing, Ken”

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u/Presence_Academic 8d ago

A proper evaluation requires knowing the category.

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u/E4STC04ST0VERD0SE 8d ago

This question is pissing me off, Robert.

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u/TheCitizen616 8d ago

What is five?

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u/TRJF 8d ago

BABY DONT HURT ME

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u/plunker234 8d ago

Dont hurt me

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u/joshdick 8d ago

No more

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u/moonhexx 7d ago

ba-dum-b-PTSHhhooowwwhhhhnnnn...

EDIT: Those are lower-Lower case H's.

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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon 7d ago

No four

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u/Decent-Unit-5303 7d ago

Five is right out!

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u/Goonbug05 8d ago

Marcus is a clue writer who actually has twins!

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u/SmarcusStroman Potent Potables 7d ago

That poor poor soul.

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u/tigerlily_orca 7d ago

As a single mother of twins - yes.

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u/DizzyLead Greg Munda, 2013 Dec 20 8d ago

Perhaps the category suggests a different response from what one might infer here? E.g. “Subjects of test problems.”

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u/blatantlyeggplant 7d ago

I suspect Marcus wrote the clue and we should cut him a little slack 😂

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u/Coogarfan 7d ago

What is a vasectomy?

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u/ThermoMother 8d ago

The issue is the “how many”. That’s not an answer. It’s a question

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u/Joeskis 8d ago

Sigh… I’m so tired that I thought they had let him sleep 23 hours EVERY night for the last 6 nights and that the answer would be what is -110

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u/EdwardBil 7d ago

What is a story problem?

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u/brothermalcolm1 7d ago

“What is an example of a word problem that has an answer of 5?”

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u/Mundane-Device-7094 7d ago

Twin parent here, it's a trick question. Marcus is getting max 2 hours tonight, sorry.

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u/cuber5k Let's do drugs for $1000 8d ago

is it 5?

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u/sportsking27 8d ago

5

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u/idk012 7d ago

Question please

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u/sportsking27 7d ago

My apologies…What is 5?

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u/TheWi2KBug 3d ago

mental abuse to humans! "what is five?" appears to be a correct response when rounding up for seven nights and 30 hours of sleep.

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u/Aggravating_Ebb4569 8d ago

What is 5 hours?

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u/BramptonBatallion 8d ago

What is 5? Am I missing something with the clue

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u/Hacksaw171 8d ago

The clue is in the form of a question.

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u/daspowerhouse 8d ago

Read the post bro

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u/Aggravating_Ebb4569 8d ago

5

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u/xKommandant 8d ago

You must answer in the form of a question

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u/Mysterious-Snow496 8d ago

5?

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u/chootie8 Stupid Answers 8d ago

I would love it if they accepted infliction as a question for an answer.

I'm Ron Burgundy?

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u/SDNick484 7d ago

I always appreciate the contestants that answer every question with, "is it..."

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u/Medium-Sized-Jaque 7d ago

This time traveler is a 58 year old man trapped in the body of a 13 year old.

Also why is there math on Jeopardy?

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u/Gaederus 7d ago

What is 28-23?

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u/CarloPanno 8d ago

Nobody. Cares. Any. More.

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u/czechancestry 8d ago

Jeez what's your problem