Jeopardy!/Headscratchers


 * It just bugs how they rank post-doubled winners (2001-present), especially those with unlimited tenure, alongside pre-doubled, tenured winners (pre-2001), as if there never was a difference between the two groups. The $100,000+ Frank Spangenberg earned back in 1990 is not the same $100,000 on the show today! It's like ranking Trebek-era champions alongside Fleming-era champions. There has to be consistency!
 * That's why they played the Ultimate Tournament of Champions.
 * It's ranking the regular winnings of all the post-doubled/untenured winners alongside those of the pre-doubled/tenured winners. Those two groups won under completely different rules, and more notably, under two completely different scoring systems.
 * What does the main page mean "Aired in a 7-8 block"? Where this troper lives, at least, "Jeopardy!" Airs at noon every weekday, and it's just on episode, immediately followed by "The Bold And The Beautiful".
 * Different affiliates run the eps at different times. This Troper spent almost eighteen years in an area where the show did indeed air in the 7-8 block, only to move out to college and find that the local network affiliate there ran the shows at 4:00.
 * If they can bother to edit the show to ensure that all 60 clues are played in tournaments, why can't they do the same in every other game? Leaving clues on the board looks unprofessional. And unless the contestants are total sloths (granted, a couple have been), it's not like it's going to take that long to get that one last clue played.
 * Because it's especially important that the players get as many clues as possible to have a better chance of going further in the tournament. This is doubly true in the quarter-finals, as the highest-earning non-winners get a "wildcard" pass to the semis.
 * I know why they do it in tournaments. But why don't they do it in regular games too?