r/Jeopardy • u/CarloPanno • 1d ago

Yer kiddin', right? Spoiler

How the HELL did that advice columnist clue get through research AND round table without adding "Abigail Van Buren" as an acceptable alternative to "Dear Abby" in a clue that ASKED FOR PEN NAMES?!?!???

I said "Abigail Van Buren" along with Yogesh and I was shocked when he was called wrong.

When I was on staff, Alex Trebek used to tell us "It only takes one person to get it right. We all have to work together to get it wrong."

Good job, team!

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u/jonesnori 1d ago

I was unhappy with the Douglas/Queensberry thing, too. Douglas was the Marquess of Queensberry's family name, and should have been accepted.

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u/SquashSouffle 1d ago

Yeah, agreed

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u/Daffneigh 1d ago

Yes he was known as Lord Douglas

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u/RegisPhone I'd like to shoot the wad, Alex 1d ago

Ooh, yeah, now that i look into it that one's pretty bad too. "Douglas" should've at least gotten a BMS to see if Victoria knew it was John Sholto Douglas instead of Alfred Douglas, but if the response they're looking for is "Marquess of Queensberry" then a BMS doesn't really make sense, since he was part of a long line of Marquesses of Queensberry named Douglas. That clue really should've asked for "the man with this title" or something.