I think I figured out tonight's Jeopardy question in "20th century presidential elections" but I

[CTyankee]

won't tell and be a spoiler. Besides, I may be wrong.

Took me long enough just to figure out how to Google it.

Here it is in case you want to give it a try

"In this year, there were no pres's or vp's running, but 3 of the 4 men on the 2 major party ballots would become president."

Whew. How anyone can get that in 30 seconds I'll never know...

[Little Star]

1. How do you know what the questions will be tonight?

[CTyankee]

3. It is published in the New York Times every week day. My husband and I like to vye against each

other every morning when we read the Times. The answer is posted at the bottom of the page the next day. Sometimes this makes for a lot of Google research time but luckily we're retired...

[Little Star]

6. Thanks yank! I'm going to....

keep that bit of info in my pocket. My family will be surprised when I know more answers than usual. Don't tell on me.

[malaise]

7. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahhaa

Too good

[Little Star]

9. Looky here...

http://www.jeopardy.com/gamesandmobile/clueoftheday/

Even with just one good question I bet I can have some fun It'll shock the sh*t out of them after a few times.

[malaise]

12. Seriously I can see the fun

from my porch!!

[CTyankee]

8. they only publish one question not all of the questions. I don't know if it is in the online

version of the NYT because we like the paper each day. We're old...

[tritsofme]

2. That's a pretty easy one. 1920.

Maybe I should go meet Alex Trebeck?

[CTyankee]

5. Oh, boy. Now you've done it...

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. Well done!

[WinkyDink]

15. Why do you think the OP eschewed SPOILING THE ANSWER?

[Sanity Claws]

4. I had to look it up (Spoiler)

My first guess was 1960 but that was wrong because Nixon had been a VP.

I see that it was 1920.

[CTyankee]

11. I thought 1960 at first. I was racking my brain...

I finally just Googled all the candidates for pres and vp in the 20th century and scanned all of them and the answer popped out...

[malaise]

13. The two day finals will be something else

Julia Collins, Arthur Chu and Ben Ingram.

http://www.jeopardy.com/minisites/tournamentofchampions/

[WinkyDink]

14. I don't get the clue. There was an election but nobody was running for office?

BTW: I was actually ON "Jeopardy" once upon a time.

[Art_from_Ark]

16. In other words, no one who had previously been President or Vice President

was in that year's presidential election, but 3 of the 4 candidates who had been on the major party tickets went on to become President.

In 1920, Warren Harding won the election and when he died in 1923, his Vice President Calvin Coolidge became President. Neither of them had previously served in either office. The man who had been the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 1920 went on to be elected President in 1932. That man was, of course, Franklin Roosevelt.

[WinkyDink]

19. Well, pooh. 'Cuz I then would've guessed 1788 (89?).

[Takket]

17. Guessing without looking...

1960? Kennedy defeats Nixon and Johnson is pres after the assassination.

[Takket]

18. 1920? Pfft. I never would have guessed that lol