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Or, more likely, the 100m world record holder? Of course he happens to be the same person in this case. But you could also make an argument for the current...

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He doesn't As I wrote in my post, Marian Woronin does....

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They did mean Usain Bolt, but the clue wasn't really formulated very well. Many people have been called that at various points in time. The answer to...

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The other day there was an entire category on sprinting on Polish Jeopardy. The clues were as follows (from lowest to highest value):

- He...

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I guess your profile is just very different to most Jeopardy contestants....

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Still, the women run about 10% slower than the men. So if you're going to argue it's about the time spent running, the men's distance should be 10% (or...

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That's not a bad number. Poland currently has two 200m tracks: Spała, which is not conducive to great performances in track races (and only has 4 tracks)...

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Same thing here. Military ranks are common knowledge in my father's generation, at least among men. since pretty much everyone went through military training....

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I don't think any country in Africa does. The only non-European countries where the indoor season really exists are the US, Canada, Japan and China. The...

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There's 12 categories in the two round of Jeopardy. You can afford to have a couple of weak ones, if you have enough strengths. The final is a crapshoot,...

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That's totally true, and vice versa. But what does that have to do with anything?...

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That's exactly my point. A random person, either in the US or in continental Europe, might not be able to convert units, but contestants on Jeopardy are...

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But we literally don't use the English system for anything and never have, and yet people with general knowledge over here will know how much a pound,...

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95% of the world uses the metric system, and yet all my quizzing friends know how long the English mile is in meters (and they're not necessarily interested...

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Sorry to say that, but VERY few viewers of the show in Poland will know who Alex Trebek was....

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But that won't apply to Poland....

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And BTW, I'll be on Va Banque (the Polish version of Jeopardy!) this Wednesday again.

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It will most probably be possible for the athletes (and other team members) to visit Japan in July. The thing I'm more concerned about is the qualification...