# Ask the guy in the Jeopardy! UToC **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219 "2005-02-28T01:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/41 "2005-03-01T23:45:01Z")
Just came on here in NYC. Must.not.hit. spoiler.box. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/42 "2005-03-01T23:59:30Z")
This is so cool 😉 I love that there was an Onion category. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/43 "2005-03-02T00:08:18Z")
> [@Kaitlin](#): > > Blah, I wish I didn’t have class tonight. I love Jeopardy, and tonight’s ep would normally have been impetus to skip, but I just can’t. > > Frown. Also missing Gilmore Girls. Please don’t skip class on my account-- you may end up taking 32 years to earn a degree like it has me :eek: ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/44 "2005-03-02T00:09:02Z")
Kevin, You did a great job man, I think you did the Dope very proud! ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/45 "2005-03-02T00:11:06Z")
Good job, Kevin! And I think you’re cute. I think I missed the final Jeopard SDMB reference, though, as I was reading this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/46 "2005-03-02T00:11:10Z")
Excellent job. You did well. But what was the “I blew it” thing that Alex was talking about? Good show making the total 19,200. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/47 "2005-03-02T00:11:48Z")
My husband and I watched, cheered, and rooted you on, Kevin. GREAT show! What was up with that last stupid category? We were baffled. Great job- you did us proud!! ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/48 "2005-03-02T00:16:41Z")
The last category was pretty stupid, yeah. I was cheering you on. Another question, though. How did the other guy end up winning by a dollar? Isn’t wagering a dollar something a person does when they already know their opponent’s score and want to beat them? Did he know what you were going to wager already? ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/49 "2005-03-02T00:23:14Z")
> [@DarkSideoftheFloyd](#): > > The last category was pretty stupid, yeah. I was cheering you on. > > Another question, though. How did the other guy end up winning by a dollar? Isn’t wagering a dollar something a person does when they already know their opponent’s score and want to beat them? Did he know what you were going to wager already? He didn’t wager a dollar, didn’t he wager $1 more then double what Kevin had? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/50 "2005-03-02T00:31:27Z")
Exactly so. The meanie 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/51 "2005-03-02T00:43:50Z")
Forgive me, not wagering a dollar. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/52 "2005-03-02T00:43:54Z")
> [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > It just ended here (Colorado). > > "Did you just say ‘I blew it?’ " > > Apparently not! I thought he mouthed “Hi Opal!”, but I didn’t pick up on a 1920’s style death ray in the FJ wager, so I could be pretty wrong there. Ok, back to my regularly scheduled programming. ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/53 "2005-03-02T00:46:09Z")
Pretty cool watching when it’s someone you know. Great job, fun to watch. Was the SDMB reference the mouthing after writing down your answer in Final Jeopardy? It looked to me as though it could have been “Hi Opal”. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/54 "2005-03-02T00:46:28Z")
> [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > "Did you just say ‘I blew it?’ " > > Apparently not! I thought he said “Hi Opal!” 😉 Just finished watching it here (Boston TV market). I was so nervous for you! Good show! It was too funny when you were answering the Great Lakes questions with the other guy’s wrong answers. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/55 "2005-03-02T00:46:58Z")
> [@DarkSideoftheFloyd](#): > > Forgive me, not wagering a dollar. The winner knew the most that 5TC could win - double 5TCs current winnings. He just bid enough to bring his winnings a dollar OVER that, so that, if they both answered correctly, he was guaranteed to win. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/56 "2005-03-02T00:47:48Z")
Ok, three-way simulpost, and I’m last. I feel like I’m on Jeopardy and I got beaten to the buzzer, twice. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/57 "2005-03-02T00:50:53Z")
> [@Dewey Finn](#): > > Some of you have already seen today’s show? What time does it air where you are? It was over at 03:00pm CST where I was. I’m still curious about the SDMB reference, though: Was it something to do with **NoClueBoy’s** spoiler box, or was it to do with your silent lippage that Alex tried to interpretThe “I blew it” thing that Alex referred to? Inquiring minds want to know! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/58 "2005-03-02T01:25:11Z")
For those of us who tuned in too late, how about a blow-by-blow? ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/59 "2005-03-02T02:03:02Z")
I also thought he mouthed, “Hi Opal!” Maybe not, though? Either way, excellent job, **5TC**! ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219/60 "2005-03-02T02:05:19Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > The winner knew the most that 5TC could win - double 5TCs current winnings. He just bid enough to bring his winnings a dollar OVER that, so that, if they both answered correctly, he was guaranteed to win. Ah, thank you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-in-the-jeopardy-utoc/292219.md?page=4)