[fr_freak]

Not exactly but I could imagine how Einstein would do on Jeopardy if he applied himself.

Probably very badly. Even if Einstein wanted to waste his time and brain power learning trivia, being able to ring in on time and spurt out the correct answers on a clock is entirely different from researching and developing theories over years and years. In fact, I would bet that most of the best scientists in our history would all suck at Jeopardy.

[StoneRainbow68]

——Even if Einstein wanted to waste his time and brain power learning trivia, being able to ring in on time and spurt out the correct answers on a clock is entirely different from researching and developing theories over years and years.——

Right. Either your brain works a certain way that makes you good at Jeopardy!, or it doesn’t. You can’t really train yourself for it if your mind doesn’t already work that way. Meaning: Retaining facts you may only be exposed to once or twice, and being able to recall those things immediately.

One of my successful Daily Doubles involved identifying the father of Hester Prynne’s baby in “The Scarlet Letter”. I got it right, even though I hadn’t read the book since 9th Grade. Don’t ask me how I remembered the man’s name. I just did. Shrug.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Well I suspect they would train their brains a little differently. Or their brains would develop differently.