Is Jeopardy too easy now? galaxyleila on how gamification has changed the show - but promises not all is lost:
champions buzz in with the correct answer over 95% percent of the time. You need to be good at puzzle solving and have a wide variety of general trivia knowledge that takes a long time to learn to even qualify.
But collecting extensive knowledge is not the same as it was in 1984, or even 2004. Online guides and explainers on how to become asuperfans. Trivia websites like Sporcle turn quizzing yourself into a fun exercise. An infinite encyclopedia is in most people’s pocket every single day. Finding and memorizing a wide variety of information doesn’t take libraries and heavy books: all you need are a couple websites.
Should something be done to stop this evolution? Making the questions harder is silly. Barring different styles of play is absurd.can’t be “fixed” in any way that won’t break the show further. A change to the format is out of the question. The handling of Alex Trebek’s succession was tumultuous enough:
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