One of my favorite clues on “Jeopardy!” appeared again Wednesday.
“Total cubic feet of earth in a hole 1 yard wide, 1 yard long & 1 yard deep,” was a clue in “Tricky Questions.” This time the first to buzz in got it right.
On February 15, 2000, it stumped all three College Championship semifinalists and Alex Trebek stared into the camera to shame them.
Two other clues from that 2000 category appeared along with that one Wednesday. In addition, Double Jeopardy repeated an entire category from 2004 about pipe organs, but with new HD video.
The fact that clues were going to be recycled wasn’t a secret. The Writers Guild of America strike also applied to game shows. The strike was resolved at the start of this week, and writers are returning, so the period where old clues reappear will be short-lived.
It’s just funny that it happened to include something I yelled at the TV long ago, “What is, there is no dirt in a hole!”