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MAD GENIUS HIMSELF?
EXPLAIN YOUR STRATEGY AND WHERE
YOU PICKED IT UP FROM.
>> WELL, LIKE I TOLD PEOPLE, THE
VERY FIRST THING I DID WHEN I
GOT THE CALL TO BE ON JEOPARDY
WAS I SAT DOWN IN FRONT OF MY
COMPUTER AND GOOGLED JEOPARDY
STRATEGY.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 30 YEARS
AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE
ARCHIVE AND COMPILED BY FANS AND
KEITH WILLIAMS DOES A BLOG, THE
FINAL WAGER THAT I USE AS MY
TUTORIAL FOR HOW TO WAGER IN
FINAL JEOPARDY.
IT'S ALL OUT THERE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING USE
OF IT.
ROGER CRAIG, DAVID MADDEN, CHUCK
FOREST, WHICH IS WHY JUMPING
AROUND THE BOARD IS CALLED THE
FOREST BOUNCE.
>> YOU JUMP AROUND THE BOARD
BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DAILY
DOUBLES.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YEAH, IT'S A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
IT'S LOOKING FOR DAILY DOUBLES.
THOSE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
THEY CAN TURN THE COURSE OF THE
GAME AROUND.
TRYING TO GET AS MUCH MONEY AS I
CAN WITHOUT LEAVING MONEY ON THE
BOARD.
IF THEY CUT TO A COMMERCIAL,
THERE ARE STILL CLUES UNCOVERED
AND THAT'S MONEY THAT YOU LEFT
ON THE TABLE.
YEAH, IT'S ALSO TO KEEP AN EDGE
OVER MY OPPONENTS INSTEAD OF
MAKING MYSELF PREDICTABILITY.
THAT'S ONE CONTROL THAT YOU HAVE
IN THE GAME, WHICH CLUES YOU
GIVE.
>> THE STRATEGY ONLY WORKS IF
YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION.
WERE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THAT IF
THERE WAS A CATEGORY THAT YOU
KNEW NOTHING ABOUT?
>> WELL, I THINK PEOPLE DIDN'T
NOTICE THAT WHEN I BUZZED IT ON
A SPORTS QUESTION, THAT WAS A
DAILY DOUBLE, THAT I -- THAT
FIVE BUCKS BECAUSE I WAS VERY
UNLIKELY TO GET THAT DAILY
DOUBLE AND WANTED TO KEEP IT
AWAY FROM OTHER PLAYERS.
FOR THE MOST PART, THOUGH, YOU
DON'T EVER HAVE TO BUZZ IN
UNLESS IT'S A DAILY DOUBLE.
SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU JUST
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
THE KEY IS TO KNOW WHAT
CATEGORIES ARE MOST LIKELY TO
COME UP IN JEOPARDY, WHICH YOU
CAN TELL BY WATCHING THE SHOW,
AND IF YOU'RE NOT AS STRONG AS
YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON THOSE.
>> YOU SEEM LIKE A NICE KID TO
ME.
>> I THINK SOME OF IT IS IN
GIST.
A LOT OF IT IS IN GIST.
I DON'T MIND BEING THE HEEL AS
THEY CALL IT IN WRESTLING.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
OFFENDED AND MY RESPONSE IS IT'S
A GAME AND WE'RE PLAYING FOR
REAL MONEY.
I UNDERSTAND IF YOU FIND -- I
UNDERSTAND IF YOU FIND ME AN
UNPLEASANT PERSON OR UNPLEASANT
TO WATCH.
MY FEELINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT
HURT BY THAT BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S
$10,000 OR MORE EVERY TIME YOU
WIN A GAME OF JEOPARDY AND MY
PRIMARY CONCERN UP THERE WAS
TAKING HOME THE MONEY FOR ME AND
MY WIFE.
>> ARTHUR, YOU DON'T SEEM
UNPLEASANT AT ALL TO ME.
BUT WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE
WHO SAY WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS
LIKE COUNTING CARDS AT A BLACK
JACK TABLE OR YOU'RE MESSING UP
THE FLOW OR EVEN THE INTEGRITY
OF THE GAME, THAT THERE'S A PURE
WAY TO PLAY.
>> WELL, THE THING I WOULD SAY
IS THAT IF YOU DON'T LIKE HARD
COUNTING AT A BLACK JACK TABLE,
YOU CAN MAKE IT AGAINST THE
RULES AND CASINOS ACTUALLY DO.
IF YOU DON'T THINK SOMETHING IS
SPORTSMANLIKE, ULTIMATELY YOU
CAN MAKE A RULE AGAINST IT.
WHAT'S WEIRD TO ME IS THE FIRST
PERSON TO DO THIS WAS CHUCK
FOREST IN 1985, WHICH WAS SEASON
2.
THAT'S WHEN I WAS 1 YEAR OLD.
IT'S COME UP OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
WATSON, THE COMPUTER DID IT.
THERE WERE NEWS STORIES ALL OVER
ABOUT WHAT WATSON DID, ABOUT
ROGER CRAIG.
SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE DO IT,
GENERATE ATTENTION AND THEN
PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT IT AGAIN.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT
KEEPS COMING UP.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT
THIS IS GOING VIRAL FOR WHATEVER
REASON, EITHER MORE PEOPLE WILL
DO IT AND IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY
JEOPARDY IS PLAYED OR IF THEY
DON'T REALLY WANT JEOPARDY TO BE
PLAYED THAT WAY, THEY CAN CHANGE
THE RULES.