Final Jeopardy round (from the deciding game of 1995 ToC) U.S. PRESIDENTS Clue: 1 of 3 U.S. presidents in the 20th c. who never had a House of Congress controlled by his party Correct response: (1 of) Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, & George Bush
Nixon, Ford and George Bush the elder -- those were the 3, Nona. That was the key to the question, that the Democrats controlled the House of Reps for decades (from 1955-95, I just looked it up). So it pretty much had to be a Republican. Ford was the obvious choice, being in office a short time post-Watergate. (Although I was a bit worried because he took office in August '74, before the first post-Watergate elections.) Nixon was my next choice. Bush was a total surprise to me.
When I saw the clue, I was thinking quickly about Presidents that had the White House and the other party had control of Congress. I thought George H.W. Bush was the gimme on that list. I knew at the end of Reagan's term, the Democrats had Congress and it continued into Bush the elder term as President. When Ford and Nixon were mentioned, I did not know where the Senate stood at that time.
@@hsupower It helps if you grew up in the 1970s. In those days the Democrats had had a lock on the House of Representatives for ages -- I believe it was a hangover from the days of the New Deal. It was a given in politics back then, and all three of us contestants were old enough to have lived through that era.
@@fritzholz Also further more, Richard Nixon was the Answer to the $1 Million Question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire & John Carpenter won the $1 Million.
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This is from the last day of the 1995 Tournament of Champions on Jeopardy! with David Seigel, Ryan Holznagel, & Isaac Segal.
2nd highest total in a TOC when you figure amounts then before they doubled. Tom Nosek got $27600 in 1993.
RIP Alex Trebek.
Alex’s gaffe about the correct response after the lights came back on was cut when the episode aired on GSN…
Go Fritz!!
I said Jerry Ford! though my logic was the post-Watergate backlash in the midterms (but he became president a few months before the midterms).
Final Jeopardy round (from the deciding game of 1995 ToC)
U.S. PRESIDENTS
Clue: 1 of 3 U.S. presidents in the 20th c. who never had a House of Congress controlled by his party
Correct response: (1 of) Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, & George Bush
Nixon, Ford and George Bush the elder -- those were the 3, Nona. That was the key to the question, that the Democrats controlled the House of Reps for decades (from 1955-95, I just looked it up). So it pretty much had to be a Republican. Ford was the obvious choice, being in office a short time post-Watergate. (Although I was a bit worried because he took office in August '74, before the first post-Watergate elections.) Nixon was my next choice. Bush was a total surprise to me.
When I saw the clue, I was thinking quickly about Presidents that had the White House and the other party had control of Congress. I thought George H.W. Bush was the gimme on that list. I knew at the end of Reagan's term, the Democrats had Congress and it continued into Bush the elder term as President.
When Ford and Nixon were mentioned, I did not know where the Senate stood at that time.
@@hsupower It helps if you grew up in the 1970s. In those days the Democrats had had a lock on the House of Representatives for ages -- I believe it was a hangover from the days of the New Deal. It was a given in politics back then, and all three of us contestants were old enough to have lived through that era.
@@fritzholz Also further more, Richard Nixon was the Answer to the $1 Million Question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire & John Carpenter won the $1 Million.
@@markheying2830 Yes! Wish I could get that question for a million bucks. :)
@@fritzholz Do you remember how you spent the $100K?
Alex: (to David) Richard Nixon is correct as well; George Bush was the other president of the three.
I always wondered why he wagers $1,111 on a Daily Double or a palindromic number like 7,887. Any significance to those numbers?
Maybe he likes prime numbers!
@@anthonyguarino4242 maybe he wants the math harder to do
@@nintendonerdsvideos4727 That is right! Also, I thought it was funny.
$ 100,000
From 1:50 to 2:00 that part was cut and edited during the GSN rerun
Also 0:17-0:24 :( :( :(
I had not seen those segments at all until 2008.
Who were the three presidents?
And no, David Siegel did not lose because he got a DD right but forgot to phrase in question form.