# Celebrity Jeopardy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788 "2006-11-10T00:21:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/21 "2006-11-10T05:31:41Z")
I have watched and have no idea why Trebec would stoop so low. I guess I look in to see: \* That’s not my name Very well, then Turd Furgeson Yeah, whadda ya want?\* Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/22 "2006-11-10T06:45:24Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] I suppose some people may enjoy seeing celebrities make idiots of themselves, but I find it more fun to see some celebrity I never suspected had a functioning brain cell turn out to be very smart. [/QUOTE] Very true. I watched one once with Reggie Jackson, Martina Navratilova, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Reggie got maybe one or two questions right, aand Martina at least made a respectable showing, but Kareem seriously mopped the floor with both of them. It was awe-inspiring. ---
**Author:** ![JacksonRoykirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@JacksonRoykirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacksonRoykirk)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/23 "2006-11-10T08:39:43Z")
I see two-thirds of **Spinal Tap** is in the lineup. Was Christopher Guest busy? ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/24 "2006-11-10T10:23:05Z")
[QUOTE=brownie55] Time for all the overpaid celebrities to get the smack down on questions too easy for the Teen Tournament. Did anybody else enjoy seeing Nancy Grace get her hind parts handed to her after crossing out the right answer last night? This is always a period of dire schadenfrude for me. Anybody else enjoying this guilty pleasure? [/QUOTE] I totally forgot it was on! Has Isaac Mizrahi been on yet? I adore him and hope he’s smarter than he sometimes comes across 😃 VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/25 "2006-11-10T16:08:21Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] More people watched Jane Kaczmarek’s show in the average week than watch Red Sox games in an entire season; she’s quite famous, the best actor on a very successful TV show. [/QUOTE] I don’t think this is possible. More people watch the Red Sox in the Stadium than watched Malcolm in the Middle in the later seasons. When the Red Sox won the world series, more people probably watched the Sox in the playoffs than watched MitM the whole season. That said, I take your point that she is not a “nobody”. She is a worthy addition to Celebrity Jeopardy. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/26 "2006-11-10T17:02:32Z")
So what kinds of categories do they have on _Celebrity Jeopardy_? “The number five”? “Vanilla Ice hits”? “States that end in ‘-ashington’”? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/27 "2006-11-10T17:40:53Z")
The categories on the show with Doug Savant (_Desparate Housewives_), Jane Kaczmarek (Emmy-nominated actress from _Malcolm in the Middle_ and _Help Me Help You_), and Curt Schilling (pitcher from the Boston Red Sox): **Jeopardy Round** : STARRING ROLLS SHILLING (Alex: This is about advertising catchphrases — name the brand.) STAN THE CONTRACTOR SAVANTS ORSON WELLES A "HOPE"FUL CATEGORY **Double Jeopardy Round:** MALCOLM X IN THE MIDDLE SHINY THINGS SPORTS NOVELS THE BIRDS & THE BEES SOUNDS THE SAME TO ME ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/28 "2006-11-10T20:02:53Z")
I guess that Doug Savant and Jane Kaczmarek are just obscure to me. I don’t watch either Desparate Housewives, Malcolm in the Middle, or Help Me Help You. I should have looked them up before proclaiming them obscure. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/29 "2006-11-10T20:12:16Z")
The night before last, when Carson from Queer Eye was on, one of the categories (the only one I remember, offhand) was Straight Men. (About the straight men in comedy teams.) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/30 "2006-11-10T20:55:57Z")
[QUOTE=brownie55] Math skillz rule, lol! [/QUOTE] From Carson’s bio on the Queer Eye site: “Kressley graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Gettysburg College with degrees in Finance and Fine Art.” Apparently he’s forgotten the finance part. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/31 "2006-11-10T21:43:19Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] \ I’m half expecting tomorrow night’s episode will include the category “Months That Begin With `Feb.'” [/QUOTE] What is Febtober? ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/32 "2006-11-11T00:56:27Z")
Not related to the current crop of shows, which I haven’t seen, but I wanted to share my absolute most favorite Celebrity Jeopardy moment ever. The contestants were Jason Alexander (George from _Seinfeld_, not Britney’s ex) and two other people I’ve since forgotten. The answer was read > [@Alex Trebek](#): > > The spleen is often shaped like this, the 10th letter of the alphabet There is a momentary pause when he finishes, in which all of the contestants realize that the actual question is just “What is the 10th letter of the alphabet?” Then you can see their lips moving. George pulls out his hand and starts obviously and energetically counting off the letters with his fingers, mouthing the letters and pumping his fist with each one. The other contestants are thrown off by his motion, and lose their place. Afraid that he will reach the answer first (since they’d have to start over), they both buzz in and _guess wrong_. George get’s ‘J’ for the win. The best part: One of the wrong guesses was ‘K’. Yes, dear. I’m sure there’s an organ shaped like a ‘K’. In fact, it’s the lower-case cursive ‘k’; the one with the little loop in it. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/33 "2006-11-11T07:39:50Z")
[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=] \ The best part: One of the wrong guesses was ‘K’. Yes, dear. I’m sure there’s an organ shaped like a ‘K’. In fact, it’s the lower-case cursive ‘k’; the one with the little loop in it. [/QUOTE] **Walrus** , Reading these lines, my spleen now looks like a lower-case K from all the laughter. Anyone know if health insurance covers “alphabetic entrail syndrome?” ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/34 "2006-11-11T16:11:15Z")
Hmm, they’re not organs, but the floating ribs might be said to look like the letter “K” from the front. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/35 "2006-11-11T16:54:24Z")
[QUOTE=astorian] I suppose some people may enjoy seeing celebrities make idiots of themselves, but I find it more fun to see some celebrity I never suspected had a functioning brain cell turn out to be very smart. One of the earliest celebrity games I ever saw was the one where Cheech Marin ended up the big winner. I always like to be pleasantly surprised that way. [/QUOTE] Actually, (and correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure), Cheech actually appeared on _regular_ Jeopardy. Like, the one with the real questions. Evidently he’s an extremely well-respected collector of Chicano art, also. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/36 "2006-11-11T17:42:17Z")
Cheech Marin was on Celebrity Jeopardy in Season 9 (1992-1993) of the Trebeck era, and back again for Season 14 (1997-1998). He has also appeared in Video Daily Doubles (e.g., “Hi, I’m Cheech Marin. In 1987 I directed and starred in this film whose title was a parody of a Bruce Springsteen hit.”) ---
**Author:** ![JacksonRoykirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@JacksonRoykirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacksonRoykirk)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/37 "2006-11-11T17:49:18Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Cheech Marin was on Celebrity Jeopardy in Season 9 (1992-1993) of the Trebeck era, and back again for Season 14 (1997-1998). He has also appeared in Video Daily Doubles (e.g., “Hi, I’m Cheech Marin. In 1987 I directed and starred in this film whose title was a parody of a Bruce Springsteen hit.”) [/QUOTE] What is “Born In East L.A.?” Gimme my thousand bucks. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/38 "2006-11-11T20:18:44Z")
Cheech Marin’s erudition on “Celebrity Jeopardy” was a pleasant surprise, but the celeb who really shocked me was Luke Perry, of “Beverly Hills 90210” fame. I had always figured that Luke Perry was just a himbo. If it hadn’t been for “Celebrity Jeopardy” I would never have known that the guy’s got brains as well as looks. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788/39 "2006-11-11T20:49:38Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] Cheech Marin was on Celebrity Jeopardy in Season 9 (1992-1993) of the Trebeck era, and back again for Season 14 (1997-1998). [/QUOTE] What were the categories? “Recreational drugs”? “Don Johnson’s co-stars”? “Actors whose names rhyme with Kommie Kong”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-jeopardy/379788.md?page=1)