SPINOFF:How'd you all get so smart?

Factual Questions
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I agree with the concept that manny of us read & post to topics which interest us or are something we know well. Here’s a novel way to announce these interests…

On another board I read, a new poster introduced herself by listing the categories in her “dream Jeopardy board”. Everyone else quickly posted a list & I learned more about some of the people who’d been posting in the week or so that followed than I’d learned in 2 years of reading their “normal” posts. I’ll post dream Jeopardy categories here:

Glands (or any other medical topic)
Olympic Swimmers
Horses
Detroit Tiger history
Chocolate
Middle Earth

and for Final Jeopardy:
Songs by Harry Chapin

Sue from El Paso
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Interesting idea. . . let’s see, my favorite Jeopardy board would have:

Sci-Fi Authors
Relativity (I’d clean this one up)
Southeast Asia
Cartoon Characters
The Taming of the Shrew

Why The Taming of the Shrew? I changed high schools three times and each time the drama department decided to put on The Taming of the Shrew. I got to where I could almost recite the whole bloody thing myself. . .

–Sylence

“A friend of mine once sent me a post card with a picture of the entire planet Earth taken from space. On the back it said, ‘Wish you were here’.” - Steven Wright

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Dream Jeopardy Game:

Veterinary Medicine
Animal Behavior
Horror Movies
Anthropology
Psychology
Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Flavors

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…only on account of villainy…

Sports Team Nicknames
Stephen King
20th Century Poetry
Potent Potables
Human Anatomy
Spelling

And for Final Jeopardy, The Kinsey Report.

–elm

“I’ll take Famous Titties for $200, Alex.”

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Dream Jeopardy board:

Famous Titties
Things That Go “Boom”
Toxins
The Funny Papers
Plumbing
The Windy City

And for final, John Steinbeck

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let’s see…I’d go with

Shakespearean drama
Dickens
soccer
Kate Chopin
child psychology
and Scooby Doo trivia

final Jeopardy: Maya Angelou

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The idea is swiped from Douglas Coupland’s Microserf. Very good read BTW.

My categories:
The works of Robert A Heinlein
The history of Radio & Television
#1 songs from the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s
James Bond in the movies
Capitals of the world
Spanish history & Culture

and for final jeopardy:
Disney Theme parks (don’t ask)

CT
38 yo (no kids) and just returned from 10 days in Disneyland Paris

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This is a great thread.

Football (the real American kind)
The Secret of Flight
Human Anatomy
Esoteric Science
Star Wars (Modern films)
Classical Civilizations

Final Jeapordy
The Windy City

The facts expressed here belong to everybody, the opinions to me. The distinction is
yours to draw…

Omniscient; BAG

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Trafalger
The Golden Age of Science Fiction
Surfing
The Sixties
Sun Records
World War I Aviation

Final Jeopardy:
Film Noir

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New Age
Science & Nature
Construction
Comics
TV
Mammals

Final: Spider-Man

Sure, the final category isnt a broad topic, but it would gaurantee me a correct answer!

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I knew I’d seen this in a book but couldn’t remember which one :slight_smile:

mine are:
The Bee Gees
The Simpsons
MST3K
the works of Douglas Adams
the works of John Irving
This Old House

final: the Pet Shop Boys

I don’t know much, but what I do know, no one else does, hahaha – sweep!

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BTW, for those of you who haven’t yet visited the online version of jeopardy, hop on over to http://www.station.sony.com/jeopardy . Cool.

The Indianapolis 500
Science and Technology
Desserts
JRR Tolkien
US History
Card Games

Final Jeopardy:
The Beatles

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Jeopardy Board:

Geography
British/Canadian Military History
Obscure British Comedians
Bad 70s TV & Music
Obscure Jangly Brit-Pop of the 1980s
Those Darn Romans

Final Jeopardy:

Famous Canadians Who Made a Wad in the USA.
Alternate Reality Jeopardy Categories:

What’s That Smell?
Does This Look Infected to You?
Things That Ooze
Painful Rectal Itch
Dan Quayle Aphorisms
Say It in Urdu, Please

Final Alternate Reality Jeopardy:

Stuff Found Under Alex’s Fingernails

“A friend will help you move house. A best friend will help you move a body.”–Alexi Sayle

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Hmm…good question.

Mine would be

Hacking
Frank Miller and Comics
Mardi Gras
Customizing 50’s cars
Monty Python
Japanese Anime

and the final:
Major characters in the world of Shadowrun

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Physics
The Internet
Taoism
Scotland
The Eighties
Pink Floyd

Final Jeopardy: Star Trek

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Sex
How to Pick up women
TTY’s
Closed-captions
Words with one letter
Signs for sex

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Ummm…

Literary Characters (or Fictional Characters)
The Middle Ages
Colonial America
SF/Fantasy
Country Music
Greek/Roman Mythology

Final Jeopardy:
Urban Legends

“We’re gonna have lawyers here. It’ll be a fun time.”
–R.R.S.

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Wow, all the good one’s seem to be taken already. Let’s see what I can come up with.

Bible History
Star Trek
Composers
Carl Sagan
The Comics Page
Jazz

Final Jeopardy: Things Only Pathunt Knows

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Karasses, foma and granfaloons
Archery
4th dimensional imagery
Shakelton and the Endurance
Insurance contractual issues
How to pet a dog
Eurovan Campers
The best things about Colorado

I’ll take all of the above for $1000.

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Mine would be:

Chemistry
Comic book superheroes
Naval History
Mormons
Composers
Bad Songs of the 70’s and 80’s

Final Jeopardy—Classic Automobiles