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Ilsa

(64,819 posts) Tue Jul 7, 2026, 08:48 PM Tuesday

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Is this a technical error on tonight's Jeopardy?

In the first round, category You Asked For It the champion responded to this clue, "wie viel uhr ist es" with "What time is it?" He didn't precede his correct translation with the question "What is..." or is his response sufficient? His response was treated as correct by Jennings.

I thought the Finance professor was going to win, but since he couldn't remember "Katangi Brown Jackson" he doesn't deserve to win.

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Is this a technical error on tonight's Jeopardy? (Original Post) Ilsa Tuesday OP

"What Ritabert Tuesday #1

I thought it asks how many hours is it. mtairyguy Tuesday #2

My Wife Took 3 Years Of HS German ProfessorGAC 23 hrs ago #3

Ritabert

(2,903 posts)

1. "What

Reply to Ilsa (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 08:55 PM

Tuesday

"What" in the answer qualifies as a question. It's been done before.

mtairyguy

(65 posts)

2. I thought it asks how many hours is it.

Reply to Ilsa (Original post)

Tue Jul 7, 2026, 09:27 PM

Tuesday

The ‘how’ makes it a question. Year ago, in HS German, I thought it was a funny way to ask the time.

ProfessorGAC

(77,780 posts)

3. My Wife Took 3 Years Of HS German

Reply to mtairyguy (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 04:30 PM

23 hrs ago

I took Russian! She remembers more German than I do Russian.
But, I'm modestly conversational in Italian, so I'm not completely monolingual.

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