# Another goof from "Jeopardy"

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 7, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-goof-from-jeopardy/238689 "2004-04-07T04:33:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-goof-from-jeopardy/238689/1 "2004-04-07T04:33:57Z")

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On tonight’s episode, there was a question pertaining to what system gopher was used with in the 1960s. (The category was “Gopher Broke”)

The answer they were looking for was “The Internet.” In 1960? Bzzzt! ARPANET didn’t even happen until 1969, and gopher was even later - released in 1991.

Normally, _Jeopardy_ is much better with their research.

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**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:** [April 7, 2004, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-goof-from-jeopardy/238689/2 "2004-04-07T10:33:06Z")

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I don’t remember the exact phrasing of the clue, but I think the implication was that the internet could be traced back to the 60s, not that Gopher was necessarily that old.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-goof-from-jeopardy/238689/3 "2004-04-07T12:22:42Z")

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Moving this to MPSIMS.