Moving right along

A thread on Matt Ottinger's board discussed the vexed question: just how long is a Jeopardy round?

One poster timed a couple rounds and found that the average length was about six minutes, with all or almost all of the clues getting used. If you do the math, that means a clue every twelve seconds. We're motoring, folks.

Jeopardy does make just about every other show look poky. Well, maybe Pyramid hurries by even faster. And Jeopardy is a little odd among game shows in that the final round is the slowest of the game. After all the speed, we're ready for a change of pace, I guess.

Especially with quizzers, I've always preferred a quicker pace. But I'm getting less dogmatic as the years pile up. Maybe my ancient self is starting to tolerate a more leisurely tour through the Q and A. But I doubt that Jeopardy will slow down any time soon.