Question

In the game show jeopardy!, contestants are tested on general information. the type of memory used to answer these kinds of questions is ________.

Answer 1

The game show jeopardy uses semantic memory by testing the contestants general information. Semantic memory is the long term memory that processes ideas and concepts that are not from personal experience.

Answer 2

They need semantic memory to answer the questions.
Semantic memory refers to general knowledge about the world that we have accumulated throughout our lives, such as the names of colors, the capitals of countries and other basic concepts acquired over a lifetime like knowing what a dog is.
This memory is independent of our personal experience and of the temporal context that it was acquired.