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Aristus

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

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 1, 2023, 12:54 PM

Jul 2023

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:'

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Why on Jeopardy do the contestants say originally from such and such city, why don't they just say [View all] a kennedy Jun 2023 OP

the same reason people are nostalgic about their hometown. drray23 Jun 2023 #1

Maybe to avoid stalkers? Nt spooky3 Jun 2023 #2

Perhaps there is more variety in where the contestants are born than there is in where the RockRaven Jun 2023 #3

Having once appeared on Jeopardy, I know the answer. Mister Ed Jun 2023 #4

How'd ya do on Jeopardy?? a kennedy Jun 2023 #5

I won my first game, and went down in flames in Final Jeopardy on the second. Mister Ed Jun 2023 #8

Color me impressed. bottomofthehill Jun 2023 #9

My daughter was on Jeopardy, too. murielm99 Jul 2023 #10

I was on "Jeopardy!" too, back in 2006. Aristus Jul 2023 #11

I will always think of myself as an bottomofthehill Jun 2023 #6

and almost ditto here......Was an Irish Catholic Democrat from Madison Wi. a kennedy Jun 2023 #7