{"id":9042,"date":"2024-05-22T12:25:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=9042"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:25:24","slug":"jeopardy-producer-addresses-contestants-rare-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=9042","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 producer addresses contestant\u2019s rare accommodation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve watched Jeopardy! at any point during the last week, than you\u2019ve seen Grant DeYoung accumulating thousands of dollars over the course of four wins.<\/p>\n<p>If you paid close attention to the game show, you may have noticed there\u2019s something different about how DeYoung plays the game compared to his fellow contestants.<\/p>\n<p>The grocery clerk from Arizona has been sitting in a chair!<\/p>\n<p>Many took to social media to express their curiosity \u2013 and in some instances their annoyance \u2013 about DeYoung\u2019s accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, producer Sarah Whitcomb Foss spoke about DeYoung\u2019s arrangement for the show on the Inside Jeopardy! podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFans have been noticing that Grant is sitting in a chair during his games,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is something that we always offer to contestants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t ask why; it\u2019s not our business,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cIf you want a chair, we\u2019ll give it to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finally! Grant DeYoung won a 4th <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jeopardy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jeopardy<\/a> game, and will be gunning for a 5th win and automatic TOC invite tomorrow. Will be rooting for that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xv9AAYVy1T\">pic.twitter.com\/xv9AAYVy1T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Sport Dogtor, M.D. (@MartySande34622) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartySande34622\/status\/1792707551416799684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jeopardy! fans on Reddit were surprised when their questions were answered by DeYoung himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey give it if you ask. I have some back arthritis that makes standing still for that long very difficult. I wouldn\u2019t expect everyone who sits for Jeopardy! to disclose their reason for needing one, but I don\u2019t mind saying mine,\u201d DeYoung replied to a comment asking why he had a chair.<\/p>\n<p>Another user asked if the grocery clerk was allowed to sit as his regular day job, to which DeYoung replied, \u201cEven better, they let me walk around and be in continuous motion, but Jeopardy hasn\u2019t quite figured that one out yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Did you know any contestant is able to sit in a chair for any reason? Share if you didn\u2019t know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve watched Jeopardy! at any point during the last week, than you\u2019ve seen Grant DeYoung accumulating thousands of dollars over the course of four wins. If you paid close attention to the game show, you may have noticed there\u2019s something different about how DeYoung plays the game compared to his fellow contestants. The grocery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9043,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9042\/revisions\/9043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}