'Jeopardy!' devotes entire category to Yiddish theater
Contestants given complicated clues to popular Yiddish plays as part of iconic quiz show's first-ever professors tournament
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Contestants given complicated clues to popular Yiddish plays as part of iconic quiz show's first-ever professors tournament
Ed Hashima, a California history professor, dominated the category, including a "Fiddler"-related Daily Double.
Dr. Julia Williams of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology talks strategy and a dream fulfilled by competing in Jeopardy's first professors tournament.
Expect some high scores in the new edition of "Jeopardy!" which features hyper—intellectual competitors in the Mayim Bialik hosted Professors Tournament.
A professor of African American history at the University of Colorado in Boulder will, in her own words, partake in the "coolest nerd thing" she's ever done next week as she makes an appearance on the first-ever Professors Tournament on "Jeopardy!"