Every so often when watching Jeopardy! I’m dismayed not only by what I don’t know, but by what the contestants don’t know — cultural references that remind me of my age. For example, William Holden wasn’t recognized from a photo.
I thought a recent Final Jeopardy! was a giveaway. “What is Hawaii Five-O?” None of the contestants got it, which was strange for a couple of reasons. First, the Hawaii Five-O reboot has been running for almost as long as the original series. Second, one of the contestants appeared to be my age.
“The 1980s ‘Magnum P.I.’ used a soundstage of this long-running drama that had just ended, and even referred to its lead character.” All three contestants were wrong; the correct response was “Hawaii Five-O.
https://www.krtv.com/entertainment/former-mtn-news-journalist-ian-marquand-competes-on-jeopardy