# Another Doper appears on Jeopardy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541 "2010-01-11T19:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/41 "2010-01-19T04:15:25Z")
I hope you got someone to record it for you so you have a copy of it yourself. Or does the Jeopardy! staff make you one? ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/42 "2010-01-19T04:24:25Z")
If I may answer for KittenKat: Nope, we don’t get recordings from the show. I’m actually scrambling to find someone who has a way of permanently recording stuff; my friends and family all have DVRs (or nothing) now. Of course, my show is on a Friday night, when the vast majority of people I know (ie Orthodox Jews) don’t watch TV. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/43 "2010-01-19T04:29:22Z")
Dammit, I didn’t see this thread until about four hours after the show was aired here. But you’re on [the list](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12010401), **KittenKat**. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/44 "2010-01-19T04:34:35Z")
Just chiming in to say you did a great job—That Final Jeopardy was a brutal one, but you are obviously a smart lady. Matthew ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/45 "2010-01-19T06:06:00Z")
I don’t watch as regularly as other people. I had it on today, wish I had known / remembered. [I read this thread a few days back] Was this the one with the Final : Out Of Africa I had no clue there. And to be Honest, I didn’t expect that from an engine maker. If so, that Which King is not like the others would have done me in. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/46 "2010-01-19T06:35:59Z")
> [@GilaB](#): > > If I may answer for KittenKat: > Nope, we don’t get recordings from the show. I’m actually scrambling to find someone who has a way of permanently recording stuff; my friends and family all have DVRs (or nothing) now. Of course, my show is on a Friday night, when the vast majority of people I know (ie Orthodox Jews) don’t watch TV. It is no big trick to record off of DVR - I do it all the time. You just need to find someone who has theirs hooked up to a DVD burner. And **KittenKat** , you did a damned fine job! It pissed me off that I could not come up with that final answer! And damn, I am a movie/Oscar junkie and still couldn’t come up with the right answer - for some reason, I had it in my mind that it had to be a one-word answer and kept thinking “Ghandi?!”, “Amadeus?!” “Platoon?!” I would have made a major fool of myself. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/47 "2010-01-19T08:53:29Z")
You did great, Kat. And you’ve inspired me to take the on-line test. And for some reason I got the Final Jeopardy answer right away. I don’t recall ever seeing the movie, but I guess the title stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/48 "2010-01-19T10:32:13Z")
I found this online to gauge how well a person might do on the test by scoring themselves while watching the show. [http://www.pisspoor.com/jep.html](http://www.pisspoor.com/jep.html) I regret never trying out for college jeopardy when I was in school, it seems easier. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/49 "2010-01-19T13:40:17Z")
Fantastic job, KittenKat! I’m very proud of you! ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/50 "2010-01-19T13:45:24Z")
I have to admit that my first thought for Final Jeopardy! was Chariots of Fire, which I conflated with the ultra-mega-woo-woo “[Chariots of the Gods](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariots_of_the_Gods%3F)”. I think I thought of Out of Africa with enough time to scribble it out… Good job, I did not expect Jason to make it to 5 days…he’s sneaky smart. ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/51 "2010-01-19T15:02:32Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Awww. So close! You did very well (and you’re cute as a button, too! 🙂 ) Hi Cat! {waves back} Thank you. ::blushes:: ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/52 "2010-01-19T15:04:50Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > If by some slim chance I ever a) pass the test, b) pass the interview and c) get The Call, should I ask everybody around me that day if they happen to be Dopers? 🙂 You know, we really need to work on a Doper recognition code. ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/53 "2010-01-19T15:06:30Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Dammit, I didn’t see this thread until about four hours after the show was aired here. > > But you’re on [the list](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12010401), **KittenKat**. Congratulations! I’m on _list_?! :eek: Oh, _that_ list! 😃 P.S. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/54 "2010-01-19T15:37:58Z")
Excellent job, **KittenKat**! For a while there I thought you had the game well in hand, then the champ caught fire. Still it was anybody’s game going into Final. I had no clue as to the Final Jeopardy answer. Did anyone make the trip out to LA with you? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/55 "2010-01-19T15:50:16Z")
I just watched the episode. I DVR **Jeopardy!** and I have about 20 episodes in my queue. I skipped all of them, just to watch yours! I’m sorry you didn’t win, I would have done horrible in this show. The "G"eography category would have been easy for me. I even got Gambia. But the others were tough. I guess I would have held my own in the Sports Rivalries, and the “U” category. I am sure you had fun and will value your experience. Did you do anything specific to prepare? ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/56 "2010-01-19T16:26:35Z")
Yes, I know one can burn from a DVR _if one has a DVD burner attached to it_. Nobody I’ve asked seems to have that particular conformation of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![beatlejuice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@beatlejuice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beatlejuice)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/57 "2010-01-19T16:32:45Z")
> [@KittenKat](#): > > You know, we really need to work on a Doper recognition code. OK. The next Jeopardy Doper tug on your right ear. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/58 "2010-01-19T18:40:47Z")
I think the recognition code should be just screaming, “CECIL ADAMS!” randomly. OHOH You should have written “14 k o g f p d” as your answer, **Kat**! ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/59 "2010-01-19T18:52:00Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I just watched the episode. I DVR **Jeopardy!** and I have about 20 episodes in my queue. I skipped all of them, just to watch yours! Wow, I’m flattered! > [@](#): > > I am sure you had fun and will value your experience. Did you do anything specific to prepare? I did have a lot of fun. What did I do to prepare? Not much. I _meant_ to do more, but I’m a major league procrastinator. I bought a book on art/art history because I felt I’m weak in that area, a dictionary of musical terms and composers, and an anthology of poetry, but I never really made any inroads into either of the first two. The poetry book I skimmed through on the trip out to LA. That was about it. ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541/60 "2010-01-19T18:56:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > OHOH You should have written “14 k o g f p d” as your answer, **Kat**! :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-doper-appears-on-jeopardy/524541.md?page=4)