Why on Jeopardy do the contestants say originally from such and such city, why don't they just say

[a kennedy]

where they’re living now?? Curious.

[drray23]

1. the same reason people are nostalgic about their hometown.

which they associate to be part of their identity even if they don't live in it anymore.

[spooky3]

2. Maybe to avoid stalkers? Nt

[RockRaven]

3. Perhaps there is more variety in where the contestants are born than there is in where the

contestants currently live, and that variety seems more relatable to a broad audience?

[Mister Ed]

4. Having once appeared on Jeopardy, I know the answer.

The producers told contestants to do that because it's more interesting to the audience. If they only told of their present circumstances, most would have to say, "Well, I live in L.A."

Contestants were likewise told that if they consider themselves actors, they should say their occupation is whatever they're doing right now to support themselves. L.A., after all, is full of aspiring actors, and many of them audition for game shows. But hearing, "I'm an actor living in L.A." over and over again would be very uninteresting to the audience.

[a kennedy]

5. How'd ya do on Jeopardy??

[Mister Ed]

8. I won my first game, and went down in flames in Final Jeopardy on the second.

We finished in a virtual three-way tie. Only one of us knew the question to the Final Jeopardy answer, though, and it wasn't me.

In both games, I pretty much bet the farm each time I hit a Daily Double - and scored! One of those was just a lucky guess.

[bottomofthehill]

9. Color me impressed.

You got on, won money and were in it at the end on round 2

[murielm99]

10. My daughter was on Jeopardy, too.

You will find a couple of other DUers who were on Jeopardy.

My family loved being in the audience for the show.

[Aristus]

11. I was on "Jeopardy!" too, back in 2006.

I gave my current home (where I still live today), rather than my birthplace. It never occurred to me that someone would prefer to state one place over another as their 'From:'

[bottomofthehill]

6. I will always think of myself as an

Irish Catholic Democrat from Boston. I am a lapsed Catholic and have not lived in Boston for over 30 years but make no mistake about it, gone a long time and get to mass about 20 times a year, I am an Irish Catholic Democrat from Boston

[a kennedy]

7. and almost ditto here......Was an Irish Catholic Democrat from Madison Wi.

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