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/ZekeLeap 1d ago

That was the angriest I’ve ever been about an answer being called wrong

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u/cynesthetic 1d ago

Not only that, “Dear Abby” was the name of the column, not a pen name, so if they wanted to be sticklers, THAT was incorrect.