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Zach Gozlan

@zachgozlan.bsky.social

Data enthusiast. Personality Hire. Some other third thing. zachgozlan.info

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Zach Gozlan@zachgozlan.bsky.social · 2w ago

I think I'm forgetting something big but my ten 21st century shows are: Lost Community The Good Place ITYSL The Bear Adventure Time Steven Universe Chopped BoJack Pop Culture Jeopardy If Widow's Bay S2 is good I'll consider swapping it in.

Zach Gozlan@zachgozlan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I am participating in this for the fourth time next weekend - donate today and please check in throughout the 24 hours as we all slowly go insane yet again, and then donate during the stream to interrupt tense moments of game showdom

James Tyler@jamestylerespn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

it's that time of year for @cory.anota.do and friends to run GAME SHOW MARATHON: 24 hours of game show fanatics recreating their fave shows and playing them for a wonderful cause in @childsplaycharity.bsky.social. Tune in June 6 but donate today! www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6cn...

Advent Calendar House@adventcalendar.house · 6mo ago

Passover starts this evening, so here’s an old podcast with @sarahshay.com and @zachgozlan.bsky.social about the Rugrats Passover Special, featuring grown men throwing temper tantrums and ending up locked in the attic.

Advent Calendar House | A Rugrats Passover

🫓 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we helped our favorite talking babies stop a true meanie in “A Rugrats Chanukah.”  This time, we’re ignoring the rules of another long-standing tradition ...

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Zach Gozlan@zachgozlan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Definitely worth a crack! One thing I mentioned in the article but didn't include as a table is that I did look at how many times a wrong answer was provided per clue, and the results weren't meaningfully different; I suspect zero-guess clues would look about the same

table showing incorrect answers per clue by topic on jeopardy
Willy Z@ztiger93.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Fun read! If you ever have a chance to do a follow-up, I’d love to know how often nobody even buzzes in to try to answer, and how often one contestant runs the category unchallenged. :)

Zach Gozlan@zachgozlan.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A few years ago when I was studying for Jeopardy! I realized why it was so hard to study sports if you don't know ball. Then some other stuff happened and I decided to write about it for @defector.com : defector.com/are-jeopardy...

Are 'Jeopardy!' Contestants Really That Bad At Questions About Sports?  | Defector

There’s a stereotype about Jeopardy! contestants: They can name the stars of 18th-century operas, but not the starting quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. It comes up again and again and again and agai...

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