My first thought: "Damn, I miss Alex."

That line had a very "anime" feel to it. Kind of along the lines of something like, "I could never win against you.... is what I *WOULD* say if I didn't have this secret weapon!"

now i don't feel bad for laughin at longmont potion castle

"Your pancreatic cancer is in remission... is what I'd say for April fools day!"

That was next level savagery. I like! 😊

Really the only appropriate reaction to that answer.

Because the question stated that the answer should be a country. The fact that she offered Tibet as her final answer was awkward and idiotic. She could have said Belgium and it would have at least checked the box for being a country.

That was my dad’s response to that answer, he was like “wtf, that’s so far away from there”

She got two things right Tibet is a country and it's in Asia, a long way from either of these bodies of water.

@@johngammon7891 Tibet isn't a country though, it's a part of China. All she got was that it's in Asia.

"It's OK Manny, you go when you feel like it."

@@Aaronwithaj AND THE WINNER IS ROCKY! 🤣🤣

It’s not like that at all

I don’t this particular scenario has ever happened again has it?

More like, they lost to Iraq.

*looks at the camera* "I got this one, guys"

One of the Duke brothers from Trading Places should've came out with a dollar.

A loonie*

@Miles Doyle K

@Miles Doyle irrelevant but ok

We don’t have to imagine it. That’s exactly what happened.

🤣

And (hypothetically speaking) if a/the one-time champion came in third place the next day, they would walk away from Jeopardy with a grand total of $1,001--still less than any given second-place finisher on an episode!

@@drewconway7135 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@drewconway7135 well they do get to come back so it keeps the dream alive.

More like kansas since Tibet is landlocked

This one time my uncle asked if Belgium was on the Mediterranean. HE GREW UP ON THE MEDITERRANEAN.

It'd be more accurate than Tibet, since it was an independent country at one point.

@@darkknight5541 Tibet was an independent country until it was annexed by China in 1950. Hawaii was an independent country until 1898.

My first time playing poker, I kept winning. But I decided I didn't like playing poker, and this one old guy was being a total asshole, and I wanted to quit but I kept fucking winning. Maybe she decided she hated Jeopardy and tanked on purpose.

This was my exact thought. Really? Tibet

I got it right, where's my money lol

And if you know your answer is wrong, why bet any money?

@@jaymike3302 They make the bet before they are given the question

If he'd bet nothing he'd have walked away with more money.

@@therealCamoron Only if he got it wrong.

I mean that's pretty standard Jeopardy strategy

@@therealCamoron Precisely my thought. He couldn't win without their help, and it isn't as though he was going to (almost) double THAT much if he did win by default, so why not risk nothing and just hope that the others both trip over? Worse still, what if one or both of them also had ended up on $1 because they'd decided to take that risk? Unless he felt that geography was his strong suit, it was pretty basic thinking to play the standard tactic when the circumstances were such as these.

The brilliant part is the other two contestants both got it wrong. He should have bet nothing.

Eh he still won. Won’t hear him complaining

You seem easily stunned.

These are educated guesses. If you have nothing to go by, an educated guess could be for example any country you remember is in the Persian Gulf. Iraq is.

better guess than tibet lmfao

@@HAMAD3US Indeed, for the most part Tibet is not recognized as a country.

Americans don't have maps. everywhere, the Iraq, like, such as.

@@wc6046 That's some funny shit right there.

Every final Jeopardy is easy when you know the answer.

@@rhoonah5849 Not remotely true.

@@evancarlson5805 It's 100% true. When you know the answer to something, it's easy. When you don't, it's hard. You might be able to puzzle out a hard answer but that oftentimes equates to an educated guess.

My guess was Jupiter

Argentina is at least an officially recognized country. Tibet isn't recognized as a country by any government in the world.

I was thinking Cancun and beer.

@@achmedaan Yeah, and at least Argentina has a coast!

@@achmedaan "Tibet isn't recognized as a country by any government in the world." Not even the Tibetan government-in-exile?

The producers probably let him slide in because of the visuals of having a uniform on set.

I have wanted to go on Jeopardy my whole life, but I know I would mess it up by not answering in the form of a question or getting out of sorts from the cameras or something. It's a game show at the end of the day and it is still entertaining us after 39 yrs and this particular clip after 5 yrs. Lets give props to the guy who somehow went viral after 5 yrs with a clip instead of pointing a shame finger at one another. I also got final wrong and it pissed me off because I did know it lol

Trying to be quippy in the comments section of UKposts but not realizing that the Caspian Sea is a lake where the U.S. has no ships is just shameful. lol

@@rogergreen9861 Yeah, that's probably what they did. I mean, the fact that he was the winner the two days prior with 48k in earnings doesn't mean he's smart or anything *blushing* ☺

Rollo, I couldn't agree more. Surely a Navy lieutenant would have some idea of Asian geography. This was embarrassing.

It may only be a dollar but winning means he gets to play again

Heck, I remember Art Fleming.

@@Frisbieinstein we love you man

Definitely. Alex was Jeopardy and while I like Ken Jennings the most out of all the guest hosts, nobody will embody Jeopardy like Alex. On a different note, Johnny Gilbert's got to be at least 482 yrs old by now!

Ken can't even come close.

That bitch wrote TIBET Lmao she might as well said Japan

As soon as I read Alex's question, Iran. I may be smart but damn this show makes me feel stupid sometimes. 😬

I was skeptical because it was so easy.

@@GrCent This. I thought Iran too considering that the Persian empire was located in what is now modern-day Iran...

Easy if you happen to know it offhand

That was ice-cold!

I know. I was like "Don't say that." 😄 I wonder if Alex realized how he got that guys hopes up.... for a half a second before crashing them down. 😊

Yeah that's right Alex trebek died he got really old 80 years old

@@fornitegood122jr6had it not been for the cancer, he'd be with us today..

@@tiffanymorgan6562 I told you Alex has cancer that he died we love you man amen no more you

Freedom too Tibet!

I'm curious how the one who answered Tibet got second place... they both went from 12300 to 0. *scratches head*

No need to be sexist. At least she didn’t write down gibberish like middle dude did

@@Killer-Frost18x Azerbaijan is a nation in central Asia near the Caspian sea, so close but no cigar, also don't call things gibberish because you don't know what they are.

@@micahstarr8606 They both tied for second place with zero dollars.

@@Killer-Frost18x lol wtf do u mean "no need to be sexist"? is calling someone by their gender sexist now?

and I laugh when you put 1 $ not $1

@@ronrobinson7812 I’m Canadian and I always put the $ after the number

@Bryce Calabaza I was born and raised in Quebec, I sometimes use it before

@Bryce Calabaza No worries, I never realized English Canadians and french canadians use the dollar sign different, I thought it was a American and Canadian difference

​​@@Transitfan93You also spell honour instead of honor and other ridiculous nonsense.

Are you expecting the US Navy to operate in the Caspian Sea?

To be fair he was also probably the closest to being right. Azerbaijan is a lot smaller and a bit of a weird choice. Tibet is also wildly off.

​@@xczechrmaybe some day they will. Doesn't matter though, any person should know the answer to this question.

You are right. A navy dude should know the strategic location of Iran.

​@@xczechr But the PERSIAN Gulf!

😂

Lots of folks forget that the Middle East is really part of Asia (Asia Minor!). When they hear Asia, they think Russia, India, and the countries east of there.

J. Bugz thats not even a country lol

If I'd thought of Iran, I might have second-guessed myself and thought, "No, that's too obvious."

Azerbaijan was a little more reasonable than Tibet.

@@GIJew yeah at least Azerbaijan is a country

Tibet is LANDLOCKED jfc

@@valeriepark9444 And more importantly: not a country.

I agree Lol

Right haha, that would have been great 😀

Someone actually did win with $1 on their first day on Jeopardy! Someone named Daryl.

But you dont know for sure the other person will answer right. You could wager 0.

i dont get it

This is not a prisonners dilemma. Kind of close, but what you described, although true, is not the same thing.

before the change to a tiebreaker question, the only rational choice was to bet 0 and take the tie and play again with the other co-leader.

Well there has never been a three way tie at $0! (I hope!)

@@danbalkwill actually there has. The next day they had three new players instead of two. I don't remember when it was, but I'm sure you can find it in the search bar.

@@juneberry1982 back in the 80s, there was a 3 way tie for $0!

@@justrelax1539 Game #2 in 1984. They all thought the 20th century began 1/1/1900

@@mark99k it's actually $2000 for second and $1000 for third...many years ago it was noncash prizes for second and third

Yeah I'm not sure either, it's been getting a lot of views lately, must be some kind of algorithm thing.

@@jamiewashere all hail the algorithm overlords because I didn't catch this ep and it was an exciting final 5 yrs later!

Due to inflation, it is fair to say this was the smallest win ever (at the time, I don't know if someone has won $1 since then).

In a long time also means since the last person who did many years ago...

There was one game where everyone finished on $0. Returning champ got to return i guess

@Space Penguin King ahhh, i see. Man I wish jeopardy wasnt region locked outside of Australia

@Space Penguin King i mean geez ive seen more jeopardy episodes where ken jennings was HOSTING. Come on guys, I'm begging ya

2020

@@davidtokyo2312 You're right. It was 2020 when he passed. Whoops... That was a mistake on my part. Thanks.

hahah! right!? I hadn't thought of that but its true, that would be funny.

@@jamiewashere Well, you could hear that in Daryl's 2nd game, when he won $1 in his first game. If only someone had a clip of that, though...

They still havent found a replacement.

It's not cocky to bet it all in that situation. It's literally the only strategy to keep control of your own destiny.

@@yamomwasthebomb7159 Their attitude was cocky, not their strategy.

Have they declared a national holiday yet?

@@keythdanielsen5533 Crazy how I made this comment a god damn year ago, and you’re just now getting around to a negative comment. Gotta love it.

@@ianalex9062 What's crazy is you not being able to figure out I just saw it.

John Lewis I didn’t even think of that but yes I think you’re right!!

2nd place got $2,000, and 3rd place, $1,000.

Yes. So while he won, it was sort of a Pyrrhic victory, in that he didn't get the most money out of everyone.

It's fine that he earned less this game given that he gets to play again the following day

@@Flufayy But imagine if the next day he came in 3rd? then he would have been better off financially speaking to come in second somehow? Also what would happen if all 3 were to tie at 0 dollars?

I’m not that great at geography, but I got it right!

Some of those questions blow my mind. It amazed me how people know knew this stuff

The Chinese don't call it a country. Everyone is too scared of them to correct them

I do not consider Azerbaijan to be a particularly good guess, considering that it is fairly obvious that it is not on the Persian Gulf.

Lt JG

you are a marine, so you are also a navy man

@@ProfGlitch True…we Marines are a department of the Navy. But we are the Men’s Department!

I think it was the Asia part that threw them.

but you would think that most jeopardy contestants would know that tehran is near the caspian

@@c0mputergenius7 But if asked them all to name an Asian city, I bet none would name Tehran.

@@stephenolan5539 true, most people think east asian like china korea japan, vietnam when they hear asian and forget russia, india, and the middle east

Quince Banner yes I thought so too!

@@ABC-ej1sd Haha! :)

No it wasnt

Rocket Science is easy...if you're a rocket scientist.

Ok brain man

Who are people who’ve never been in my kitchen?

Well, wagering $999 is the same as gambling $1 if he thought the other two were going to stupidly wager everything. if you’re tied, wagering everything is wagering you know the answer. It’s always the smart move to hedge your bet and leave some left over. If I were them I would have wagered enough enough to leave me with $2001 left. That way, if the dummy next to me wagers it all, I win, and it would make no difference if the guy with 1k got the question right or wrong. It was more a stupid play on the tied contestants behalf than it was a smart play on the other guy’s behalf.

it's not an easy question if you're not from the region and don't study middle eastern geography.

Well, nobody said you have to be a genius to be in the military.

They do teach geography there. Only Murican geography though.....

Okay but that’s also like… your side of the continent lol. If it were on the Western Hemisphere we would know

This is why the schools need to do a better job at teaching in general lol

Yeah, but geography changes all the time. Countries change names. New countries are formed. Others get taken over. It's always changing.

It's the question to a final jeopardy answer.

​@@engrownhare2427Picky, picky.

Saudi Arabia wouldn’t mind extend its borders to the Caspian Sea 🤪

SO funny like how tf did that guy not know that?!? How can you be in the navy and not know the geography of the seas and gulfs around the middle east? And Tibet? WTF Tibet is landlocked!

Geez, do you think "Persian Gulf" might have given it away?

wow you are very smart