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"You mean what is the question" LOL Classic Trebek
Correcting everyone like the legend he is 😂
“GENRRRE”
This *GENRRE*
Good times
Agreed, he always was very good at that in his time hosting.
I had to look it up. It was so disorganized, the audience was laughing and shouting and Alex Trebek seemed at a loss for words. This was actually the SECOND episode ever - Sept 11, 1984.
That makes more sense. Even Trebek confused “answer” for “question” so clearly they weren’t in the swing of things. Nowadays, almost always someone bets to leave themselves at least one dollar.
If Merv Griffin was in the studio, I'll bet he was wondering if it was such a good idea to revive this show at that time.
No, it wasn't the first episode of jeopardy was in the 1960's.. If you mean Trebek's second episode ever, then I think your actually right
@@CosmicHippopotamus Well...NO. The champion "amost always" bets to have one dollar MORE than either of the other opponents. It's such basic math now, J! fans are STUNNED when somebody screws it up....
What is it about the date Sept. 11? Day of disasters!
"What's the answer!" That part cracked me up. Kudos to whoever shouted that out.
At least he formulated his retort in the form of a question.
@James Lacerenza But Trebek says "Until next time on Jeopardy, what is the answer? The answer..." right before the heckler shouts "What's the answer?" Presumably he was about to tell us the answer.
@@DueySR We all knew what the answer was. It was the question that had yet to be revealed .
You will be sorely missed Alex. RIP 1940-2020
its already been 2 weeks? what a loss
Yep. Miss him very much already. He lived a long meaningful life.
We lost Alex, yet we still have to deal with Pat Sajak. God dammit.
@@laraweinberg7635 yeah... what a contrast in personalities.
@@mbdg6810 dammit isn't a swear but ok
I didn't know there was a Heckle Era of Jeopardy!
The crowd was dying for the answer
@@alexpollock6932 You mean for the question!
@@alexpollock6932 we all were.
Alex almost closed the show without revealing the question !
The atmosphere was originally more raucous and lively like other game shows in the first season, they actively encouraged audience participation and Trebek kept trying to stir up excitement too until they decided a more cerebral style would help it to stand out and work better.
"You don't get to come back tomorrow, you don't even get a lousy version of the home game, youre a complete LOSER!"
i hope i do better next weekend on the price is right - ight-ight.
I was tense. I was nervous. I guess it just wasn't my night!
RIP boxes of Rice A Roni
I lost on Jeopardy, baby! 🤣
“YOU GET NOTHING! GOOD DAY, SIR!”
The sheer speed at which Trebek corrected that guy shouting "What is the answer?" is incredible
But then HE didn't phrase his response in the form of a question and just said "January 1, 1901".
The people behind the scenes were probably thinking “Oh crap. We only have TWO home versions of Jeopardy as consolation prizes available. NOW what???”
Yeah, give a show at least 2-3 years before releasing home editions, whether they be board games, video games, or handheld (beginning in 1995 with Tiger Electronics).
Ikr
@Victor Charles a.k.a. VicGChad07 Don't you mean 1989? Softie was long gone before GameTek was.
Maybe if they looked in Don Pardo's old locker, they could find some leftover "Compton's Pictured Encyclopedias."
A years worth of Rice-A-Roni
Bold strategy, Greg
He should've wagered only $500.
@@brodie2005thegamer 501 technically but yeah fr
Stupid strategy.
lmaoo ikr just wager $501
Hell, if he had only wagered 9499, he'd return as he'd have $1.
I love how angry the guy in the audience is at the end "WHAT IS THE ANSWER??!?"
Probably has OCD
@@Ibhenriksen Or CDO. That's like OCD only it's alphabetized.
Alex: You mean, what is the question.
The angry guy probably forgot that there was no year zero, and so he likely thought "1900" was correct. Since the calendar starts with the year 1, the new centuries (and new millennia) always end with 1 as well. I pointed that out to several friends who were having "Y2K' celebrations in 2000 thinking they were ushering in a new millennium, and one of them replied "You're correct, as usual, but you'll miss all the parties."
@@camilo1455 You didn't get any invitations? How sad.
Is anyone going to mention what a dumb wager it was for the guy with $9500? He should have bet $501
It's not dumb because the wagers are made secretly before the answer is revealed.
@@JacobAllen918 even so. best strategy is to cover double the dollar value of the one in second place.
Gary, I know what you mean. I guess they were still getting their sea legs on that second episode!
There was also a 5 show limit too
Maybe he was just greedy.
Many years later they had a similar Final Jeopardy. The answer was something along the line of “the host city of the final Olympic summer games of the 20th Century”. If I recall, everyone similarly put Atlanta (1996) down, when the correct question was Sydney (2000) since the 21st Century didn’t begin until 1/1/2001. I’ve never forgotten that one.
"Who are three people that have never been in my kitchen?"
Hey, that's Cliff Clavin's question!
Cheers!
I loved that episode
LOL! Oh, Cliffy!
Yep, a very common misconception which was reported by the media was that the 21st century started on January 1, 2000. WRONG, it was January 1, 2001. There wasn't a Year "0" on the calendar, yet there are 100 years in a century, so the 1st century was 1 AD to 100 AD, 2nd century was 101 AD to 200 AD and so on.
I think it happened in part because it got conflated with the y2k bug.
Actually many people pointed out that the 21st century didn't start until 2001 but nobody cared
What's annoying is decades are the same. But in 2019 everyone was doing their "end of the decade" recaps even though there was an entire year left. Gets even more confusing when people refer to decades. Like is 1980 still technically the 70's? It is part of that decade. Food for thought.
The amazing thing to me isn't that all three got fooled by the teaser, but that apparently none of them stopped to think, "Wait, that's such a silly-sounding answer, there MUST be a trick to it."
Right? That’s what I thought.
Well I certainly thought that but I couldn't figure out what the trick was in time.
I thought there was a trick, too, but only because Jan. 1st, 1901 seemed too obvious. How did they not know this? Where were they educated?
@@mickeyrube6623At least one of them but I learned it on Seinfeld, No year 0
I knew it was probably wrong but not _why_ it was wrong. One could be tempted to say 20th century started in the year 2000, so maybe they thought they already nailed that common "oops" mistake. It's also a sort of arbitrary thing here. mathematically they were all absolutely correct. They are only wrong historically, because for no good reason we historically started counting at year 1, not year 0... whatever, it's interesting. Surprised I had never heard of it before, and I'm mid-50s, pretty well educated or so I thought. Haha.
Great seeing all the classic episodes. So happy the Jeopardy Vault was opened, can't wait to watch all the upcoming episodes the next few weeks!!!
The classic episodes are all we have left now of the late, great #JeopardyKing. Alex Trebek passed away early Sunday morning at home , surrounded by his beloved wife and family, after courageously fighting a battle against the CURRENTLY incurable, pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years young! R.I.P. Alex, and thanks for the memories! (He finished taping his final hosting episodes just 2 weeks ago, and they will be aired around Christmastime.)
Savage Trebek even in '84, "You mean what is the question!"
And on just the second show of his tenure, nonetheless.
I think I read somewhere a contestant talking about his experience on the show that same taping day. Apparently there were several technical problems so it ran late, that coupled with the triple 0 put Alex in a foul mood by the time his show was being taped.
...and yet everyone welcomed the 21st Century on 1/1/00, a year too early.
the same thing happens the year before decades begin as well
Because people are stupid. They all welcomed the new millennium in 2000. I've tried explaining to people, but they think I'm the stupid one. I ask what was the first year, they think about it say year 1. I say ok then they first century lasted until the END of year 100. The second century started in 101, then 201, etc etc. They still try to reason and tell me I am somehow wrong because everyone celebrated the century in 2000. I just smh and walk away.
@@brianm6117 Good explanation! I consider myself fairly well educated, but I was wrong as well.
@@brianm6117 technically, a new decade, century, or millennium begins whenever we decide it does. It's just a set number of years.
@@scottbecker4367 Yes, its a set number of years. If the first century was 100 years then it went from year 1 to year 100. There is no technicality in those numbers.
Could've borrowed the Price is Right horns for that one 😔
Double over! 😬
A triple stumper or a "triple overwager"!
I think they didn't want to.
Scar:Ahahahahahahahahahahah! Alex Trebek:I dommantion Scar is the new Jeppardy champion
Or the Wheel of Fortune *"BANKRUPT"* sound effect...
Interesting in the old days the audience was allowed to yell and interact with Alex and the contestants. Now, I bet they want them to be quiet.
Yes. I believe the reason they started enforcing the no talking rule was because there is a time limit on the game. Nowadays the games go faster. When the audience was talking that slowed down the game quite a bit.
The first few episodes had audience over-reaction, IMO. Every correct question received applause, and every incorrect question brought about sighs & moans. It was probably smart to have the audience refrain from applause aside from Daily Doubles and going into & out of commercials and the show itself.
@@jehobden it became more like a chess match
It reminds me of watching the British parliament on BBC.
@@jehobden I always liked the applause when a contestant swept a category too. Alex would cue it by saying something like “you know your 18th century history!”
I’m really loving watching all these old shows. Can’t wait for more!!
There is no better way to feel "smart" than to realize I would have answered a Final Jeopardy question correctly that all three contestants missed.
And it doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's the most powerful feeling in the world.
A lot easier since most of us have lived through 2000/2001. Still, yeah, they should have gotten it.
I beat Ken Jennings. Once. In one round. How good do you think that felt?
I’ve guessed the answer to Final Jeopardy correctly just based on the category, before seeing the clue, on a few occasions...it’s partially luck but still something which fills me with pride. 😅
@@doktarr beat me to it
RIP Alex you are an absolute legend ❤
I would have been wrong, too. 😂
Me too.
Don't feel bad. I thought that too.
Luckily I remembered all the discussion from when 2000 rolled around about how the 21st century did not start until 2001. I got it right.
just think... the first century started on year 1 not year 0.
Pulling for you Alex! Get well!
@Andrea Reyes 🥰
"Easy come, easy go!" I can never get enough of that line. And as Alex said in 2016, "We have three players finishing with no money. And what that means, ladies and gentlemen, is that tomorrow, we will have no returning champion. We will introduce three new players to Jeopardy!. So...sorry, folks. See you tomorrow."
@Andrea Reyes nobody cares
@@AlexMaxwell2000 Maybe you don't care, in which case, there's no need for boorish behavior!
They missed it like Newman; as Jerry pointed out: there was no year zero.
Amazing how Alex never wavered even when faced with cancer. He never lost a step.
Fun fact: This was the second episode of Jeopardy (the current one) to air. Way to start off with a bang, I guess.
A: This Canadian guy was taken down on Nov. 8, 2020 before retiring Jeopardy! Q: Who was Alex Trebek?
Best part is that this was the second episode of the syndicated series ever.
That would explain why betting strategy was utterly nonexistent!
Jeopardy! pranks their contestants on the very second episode. LOL!
Why is it a prank?
Learn Math with Brian Sapinski no clue
@@Manima108 I mean, I know why the answer is what it is, just look at the video I made in my other comment on this thread. And in fact, I can thank Jeopardy for teaching me this when several years after this moment, they did a similar Final J asking for the date that the 20th Century ended, and THAT time, everyone correctly wrote December 31, 2000, NOT 1999.
@@SapinskiMath And THAT is why I thought we were misled about Y2K being called the Millennium Bug, and thus, the start of the millennium.
how is it a prank
RIP Alex. You worked very hard and inspired many people. You will truly be missed. Guess we’ll see you in heaven one day. :(
HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY, Alex 🥳 May your day be abundantly blessed and joyous. Everyone loves you, Alex.💝🎇🎂🎊🎉🎁🎈🎆
That guy pulled a Cliff Clavin.
Wow....I remember this! This was one of the few times Jeopardy ended on a cliffhanger lol but it was mad cool to see a finale end like that every now and then
I love how some rando guy in the audience was like “Wull! Wut wuz duh ansrr den??”
I'm amazed that I don't remember this...I've been a Jeopardy! fan since Art Fleming was the host, starting way back in 1964 as a daytime show! I rarely miss an episode.
Back in 1999, nearly everyone was declaring that year the last year of the millennium. Drove me nuts. So I'm not surprised this happened.
Depends on what you mean, colloquial or historical. In Germany, and since taken over by the EU, both is correct, so it´d depend on how it´s phrased.
Yep and technically 2020 is 'considered part of the twenty teens decade and 2021 will start the 2020s. However culturally we generally start it at the zero.
It's so odd to see Alex so stunned that he forgot to give the correct response until prompted. Probably didn't help that this was just the second episode!
"WHAT'S THE ANSWER" "You mean what is the QUESTION?"
"You don't get to come back tomorrow. You don't even get a lousy copy of our home game. You're a complete loser!"
Who is Don Pardo on Weird "Al" Yankovic's parody "I Lost on Jeopardy" of the Greg Khin Band early 1980s song "Jeopardy"?
@@thomthom6268 Correct! Select again
The start of the 20th century was January 1, 1901. I saw it on the news a few years ago when the then-oldest verified living woman was the last known person to have been born in the 19th century. I think that was Nabi Tajima of Japan, who had become the second, possibly third, oldest person who had ever lived. (August 4, 1900 - April 21, 2018)
Both born and died on Saturdays.
Alex....i'm glad you enjoyed every episode you were in...be in peace Alex...we love you.. ❤❤❤ you brought us so much joy at 7pm each day..I always watched you, but then stopped for some odd reason..now you brung us together again, ❤ have peace in heaven!
Reminds me of Seinfeld: "There was no year zero!"
And yet in the months leading to the alleged millennium their were commemorations of that nonexistent year. Possibly because it justified 2000 as the beginning of a century. I can just imagine the thinking, "Now, if the first century is zero to ninety nine"....Because that's, of course, how people count...
looks like you'll be caught between the moon and New York City
People are puzzled , until you explain there was no " year 0" ...
Actually nobody every said they were in year 1AD. The years AD weren't labeled until 525. Astronomical year numbering does have a Year 0, it being 1BC in the Julian Calendar. 2BC is known as -1.
Also makes sense that the year "1900" be part of the 19th Century even if that makes it the last year in its group. Once you have completed a full 1900 years in the common era, let the new century begin!
Just like these 3 players, nearly the entire country wrongly celebrated "the new millennium" a year early! The 1st millennium: 1-1000 The 2nd millennium: 1001-2000. The 3rd millennium: 2001-3000. Yet every TV network claimed that the new millennium started on January 1, 2000.
Which is mathematically ludicrous
Jeopardy! The classroom of America!
There was no year "0".
Sad how many people got this wrong... I had it before the music even started. Decades go from 1-10/0, not 0-9. There was no year 0.
@macarion 1990 was the final year of the ninth decade of the century.
R.I.P. Alex Trebek "Mr. Jeopardy!".🌹
Trebek is a legend, RIP. Didn't realize he had been doing this show since 1984, that's my entire lifetime and I don't even consider myself "with it" anymore lol
After this happened, I bet Alex was wondering if the show would make it past its first season. Nothing like having this happen on just the second episode of the revival.
What was he thinking going all in? Someone should have said "...you're no James Holzhauer."
Holz-who?
@Anthony Guarino I know he was born that year this month. It was sarcasm.
R.I.P. Alex. There will never be another host just as good as you. You will be truly missed.🙏🙏🙏🙏
Alex: "Tomorrow on Jeopardy!, we'll have 3 new players to play the game."
I remember once when Art Fleming was the host, all three contestants were in a deficit situation at the end of Double Jeopardy. There was no Final Jeopardy round, and three new contestants were brought in the following day.
I saw this when it first aired! I remember it raising quite the stink, many debating the correctness of the response, but the show of course had it right.
It's amazing how many people don't get this. The same thing happened in 2000 when almost everyone was saying it was the 21st century and the second millennium. There was no year 0. 1+2000=2001.
@@seikibrian8641 that is so stupid, though. A human isn't born 1 year old. They have to live through a year before they become one year old. Why should it be any different for centuries? How can a calendar begin at year one when it hasn't been a year since the calendar began? I know people will say that it's the first year of the new calendar therefore it's year one, but a calendar that's centered around the birth of a person should be subject to the same laws as the life of the person it's centered around. A century is a hundred years, so the new century should begin when the number in the hundreds place of the year changes. If the 20th century is the 1900s then it should contain all of the days of the 1900s, not all of the days except the first 365 of them. I say that the contestants are right and it's the calendar that's wrong. Although what's REALLY wrong is the religion that forces everyone that they do regardless of whether or not they share the same beliefs as them, but that a whole other kettle of fish altogether. I still maintain that January 1,1900 should've been the right answer, but I suppose at this point it doesn't really matter anymore, does it? I still find it annoying, though...
@@justinmiles7265 "A human isn't born 1 year old. They have to live through a year before they become one year old." And a century has to "live" through one hundred years before it becomes a century. Just as a newborn is in its first year before it becomes one year old, so too with the calendar. A child is never "zero years old," and there was no "year zero."
@@seikibrian8641 What about the time between conception and birth? Is the child zero years old then? At what point does it actually become a child? Are you only pregnant with a fetus until you give birth? But aren't pregnant people referred to as being "with child"? I don't believe this calendar issue is as black and white as it's being made out to be.
@@justinmiles7265 "I don't believe this calendar issue is as black and white as it's being made out to be." You can "believe" whatever you want. If you want to believe that 2+2 does not equal 4, that's your choice. You'll be wrong, but that's on you.
I find it quite amazing and inexplicable that even today, most people still seem to have a wrong notion of when a century begins-it's all because there wasn't a year 0, so 1 BC/BCE was followed by 1 AD/CE
That moment when the champion only need to bet $501, but he thought Cliff Clavin was a good role model.
That's what Greg should have wagered instead of it all. #OneDollarRule
To be fair, this was probably before Cliff Clavin.
@@robertlunderwood Good catch! Yes, this was 1984, and the Cliff Clavin episode aired on January 18th, 1990. I have been told I have a strange sense of humor.
He didn't pull a Cliff Clavin here. Looking at the scores going into Final, he didn't have a runaway game like on the first show.
1:57 (cue "Curb Your Enthusiasm" theme song)
Yes, this is not the only time this ever happened. It's happened three other times: In 1998 where two remaining players were tied coming in, in 2013 during a Teen Tournament semifinal which resulted in the first ever wild card finalist, and in 2016 again with two out of the three players tied for the lead. AND... I did a video about this very thing once: kzhead.info/sun/Z8hspc1qgKahgY0/bejne.html
It's really amazing to see how far Jeopardy! wagering strategy has evolved since the early days
everyone: that's such a stupidly easy question. also everyone: got it wrong too.
I was confused when it came up. I thought "So Jeopardy used to be a show for morons?" Then the first guy got it wrong and I thought "I guess I'm a moron, too."
They had to know 1/1/1900 was too obvious for a Final Jeopardy question! Come on people! Then again, I remember all the "technically the 21st century doesn't begin until 2001" talk two decades ago, so in retrospect it's easier for me with that experience versus people in the 1980s.
It's not that "technically" the 21st century (and the third millennium) didn't begin until 2001. It's factual.
Ronda Tepfer - Technically means factually. Technically, you are wrong.
Well, remember the Y2K hype? That's why we called it the Millennium Bug.
@@gameshowguy2000 But Y2K was a computer date issue, not the actual beginning of the 21st century. There was no year AD Zero. The common calendar begins with year 1, so each millennium starts with an X001.
Absolutely, hindsight is 20/20 no pun intended. I didn't learn about the whole "no year zero" thing and its implications on centuries until it became relevant, so most people in the 80s (myself included) would gave gotten that wrong. I hope Jeopardy! is still around in the 2080s so they can stump a generation who never witnessed a change in century.
ALEX TREBECK WITH MOUSTACHE
Yup
Only reason I knew this was because of Seinfeld. Newman's party was quite lame.
tolman33 The NEWMANIUM!
We need to go back a year to start 2020 all over again to fix this Georgian Calendar issue. I wouldn’t mind!
Who would want to relive this year?
insomniacsnorlax We can’t. We’d just wind up with more coronavirus cases.
Nononononononono. We need to get to 2021 to get out of this nightmare
I didn't mean pressing rewind. I am suggesting we should call next year 2020 and forget about this year and delete it from the database. Hope that clarifies things.
@@yakxattack Problem is, the curse is in the numbers. Any year called 2020 will be cursed
I wonder if there was anybody who watched this episode, either in-person or on TV, and walked away at the end thinking the Jeopardy team was wrong and the contestants were right. Was kind of surprised myself when I looked up the different calendars and realized there was no year 0, except maybe in astronomy.
Thank u. Your comment was the first one I found that explained the question. No year o, of course.
They lost on Jeopardy!, baby....
At least they will get a year's supply of Ricearoni.
@Andrea Reyes Thanks. :)
Has Weird Al ever been on Jeopardy!? He would win.
So they all got a years supply of 🎶 Rice a Roni that San Francisco Treat.🎶 Ding Ding 🔔🔔
Alex Trebek was young there. It is so hard to imagine he was like that, but I have been watching Jeopardy Since it first came on back in 1984. Seeing an episode like that reminds me of my younger days!
I've never seen a three way tie ending with no money. That's crazy
It happened again in 2019
Think of all the people these three beat during the regional tryouts who were sitting at home fully aware that a century starts on the year ending in 1, not 0.
There was a week before there was a month. A day before a year. And there was a second before all of them.
So this must be where my high school teachers got their trick questions from
2022..I hope Mr. Trebek is playing Jeopardy! in Heaven with everyone...
Alex Trebek is one of the best human beings on the planet.
Jessica Barnes Alex became an American citizen in 1998.
George Master kzhead.info/sun/Y9SectVwcIyKpZs/bejne.html
@@jabarnes77 and sadly, we lost him 2 days ago to pancreatic cancer. 😢💔😭 R.I.P. Alex.....and thanks for the memories! #JEOPARDYKING
@@tiffanymorgan6562💙 ✨💙
This question is now too easy for those of us who had to live through all of 2000 listening to know-it-alls tell us that the millenium hasn't "technically" started yet...
It really depends on what you want to call it. If you just referred to it as the "1900s century" versus the "2000s century" like they do with decades, there would be no issue at all. But "20th" and "21st" centuries are clearly defined as 1901-2000 and 2001-2100, respectively. There'd be no 20th century if it didn't include the year 2000.
@@kevincassidy7233 There was no year zero, and a century is a 100 year interval. Consequently all centuries begin on January 1 of the first year of each subsequent interval.
Then a split second even less after 12 midnight on Jan 1 1900 would in fact be in the 20th century. If there is no zero. Where do you start counting the first year? My brain hurts every time this comes up. What happened between BC and AD that missed 1 year??
Jac Cristoforo there is no missed year. We just define the year after 1 BC as 1 AD.
@@jcripp7974 It's not like babies where the first year is in months. The first year is called "1" through all 12 months. Now look at your fingers. How many do you have? 10. Your tenth finger belongs to you, not to another set of hands, right? So #10 ... all of it ... Belongs with #s 1 - 9. Your fingers represent a decade .. or represent a century ... And could also represent a millennium.
I wish I can see the first and only three-way tie in Jeopardy! history from March 16, 2007. That was a day to remember on Jeoaprdy! and now since November 24, 2014, a tiebreaker is put into regular-play games. I want ties back!
Whew! I am so old, and I am such an avid Jeopardy watcher, I remember that episode!!
Alex: “And Greg will remain our champion unless he pulled a Cliff Klavin and wagered all of his money........”
Funny. Except that the Cheers episode had not yet aired... And it's CLAVIN...
The distant third place contestant should have wagered nothing and hoped the other players wagered all and got it wrong which is exactly what happened. The lady wagered correctly but got it wrong, the defending champ should have wagered only $501...
Exactly what I was thinking.
Even though I just knew this game show But also express my condolences to Alex. R.I.P. Alex 1940-2020
This is from the September 11, 1984 episode and it's the first game with a heartbreaking triple zero loss.
Exactly 17 years before the biggest Terrorist Attack in NYC
At Pentagon and Somerset County, Pennsylvania@@samchristie913
The standards to get on Jeopardy back then were very low
Within a couple of years, the contestants got a hang of wagering strategy
This was only the 2nd edition of Jeopardy! that Alex hosted. Things were still WAAAAAY early in how things would shake out for the show. You'd probably need to have a game show be on TV for at least a full season before things would start to round into form. And that's okay, because 'growing pains' are going to happen for any facet of human life, the ever-so-humble game show included in that. =P
@@RaginRonic And in addition, they implemented the rule to allow home viewers to play along: contestants could NOT ring in until Alex finished reading the clue.
Ragin' Ronic usually I’d agree but Jeopardy had been on for ten years as a daytime show.
Greg is now a distinguished college professor.
I can’t be the only one who legitimately knew this. The same way that one is not in their 30th year until AFTER their 29th birthday. The reasoning is fairly simple.
So you're one the day you're born? No, you're 0.
@@kiley3030 I see where you're coming from. Think of it as ordinal numbers, so at 0 you aren't 1, but you are in your first year, since the entire "first year" is from 0-12 months.
@@SusanatorBot On your 100th birthday you've lived a century. That ends a century and starts a new one
I'm shocked that all three got it wrong. It's not that hard. People should look at it this way: If you were born 01/01/1901, your hundredth year of life would start on 01/01/2000, and finish at midnight of 12/31/2000. 01/01/2001 would start your second century. A century starts at 01/01/01 and finishes at 12/31/00 midnight.
@@Bikebrh that's if you start at 1901. We do not start at 1 when we are born. We start at 0
Cliff did the same thing on Cheers.
RIP game show legend
If COVID ever goes away, when will the teen tournament be on, because I’m going to take the online test for it (hopefully)
Try explaining this to all the people that celebrated the new millennium on Jan 1, 2000.
I remember my dad explaining to me that it actually started on Jan 1, 2001. So when I watched this clip I knew right away it was Jan 1, 1901.
As you know, there was no year, zero.
Don´t know the rules for US, but here in Germany it was the new millenium because both ways are correct here. One is historically, the other colloquial.
@@bowlchamps37 According to the Gregorian calendar, the first millennium A.D. was year 1 to 1000, the second millennium A.D. was year 1001 to 2000, and the third millennium A.D. is 2001 to 3000. You can celebrate a 100 years or a 1000 years of anything anytime you want to, but if you want to talk about the 20th century or the next millennium, the Gregorian calendar is used by most of the world. On Jan 1, 2000 people were actually celebrating the end of 1000s and beginning of the 2000s which is fine but it was *not* the next millennium according to the Gregorian calendar.
22 years ago, I remember people saying that January 1st, 2001 was the actual first day of the 21st Century, not January 1st, 2000. Yet, when January 1st, 2001 came about, no one made as big a deal about it as the year before. And to think, KZhead didn't even exist back then.
It makes sense if you think about it. When you're born, you're 0 years old. You don't turn 1 until a year later. So naturally the 21st century starts on Jan. 1, 2001.
Alex should have made a "boom" sound after he whistled at 2:10.
WARNING: Some dude named Andrea Reyes took too much Adderall and is now replying to most comments.
Lmaooo I saw
Not this one apparently
I see
Yes 🤣🤣🤣
I decided to check the replies of comments that had them, and noticed this person. Should I be alarmed or laughing?
I knew this because of the big deal everyone made out of January 1, 2000.
I thought the response was January 1, 1900 also! But I did some research while the contestants were writing down their guesses! Shocked me also, because I sure as Hell thought that 1-1-2000 was the beginning of the 21st century
@@justrelax1539 Me too.
I still don’t understand the answer?
@@justrelax1539 The 20th century could not end until all 20 centuries or 2000 years where completed Jan. first is only the first day of the year. Dec. 31 is last. The year 2000 had to be completed. So Dec. 31 was the last day of the 20th century. All 20 centuries completed .
@@sherrysusan The year 1900 had to end in order for the 19 century to end. Petty simple. Same as the year 2000 ended at the same time the 20th century ended.
Somewhere Cliff Clavin is smiling.
And 3 Contestants Going Home With A Consolation Prize.
I hope the guy that had $9,500 is watching this.
Perhaps this is why contestants now leave a dollar on their bets.
Greg employed the “Cliff Claven strategy”
Interesting how (so far) none of the rounds has resulted in clearing the board (getting through all 30 answers). So great that they are airing these old shows, I love it.
I watched most of the first season, and I was convinced at the time that they were deliberately ending the round once it got down to one clue unrevealed just so the choice of clue and amount would carry some weight.
@@camilo1455 Been a year, so can't recall for sure. Have you tried searching KZhead?
@@JayTemple It was more because of the buzzer timing, more incorrect responses back then from early ring ins before the answer was fully read. The Fleming era didn't have a ton of completed boards either cause of the same.
Thank you for everything Alex Trebek
"See you next time on Jeopardy" - did anyone else kind of tear up when he said that?
Yeah!!!!!!!
WHAT A BURN!! Thank you, Alex!
lol I laughed when Alex told them the correct year, it sounded like one of my college classes