# Did a Jeopardy contestant ever wear a hat before? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 28, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716 "2010-10-28T23:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/1 "2010-10-28T23:37:10Z")
On tonight’s Jeopardy, one of the contestants, a middle aged woman, is wearing a hat, which I have never seen done before. Any other hat wearing Jeopardy constestants? Can any of our Jeopardy veterans comment on the dress code that might have a bearing on this? ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/2 "2010-10-28T23:58:13Z")
I dunno, but the current champion is Puddy, right? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/3 "2010-10-29T02:37:17Z")
She’s a nice, church-going lady. Of course she’d wear a hat. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/4 "2010-10-29T03:25:34Z")
When I was on the show, they told us to wear dressy-casual clothes (no jeans or sneakers), and to avoid loud prints and other stuff that wouldn’t look good on camera. No guidelines at all about hats, as far as I can remember. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/5 "2010-10-29T03:27:57Z")
As was pointed out at the official show message boards, surely there must have been at least a few Jewish contestants wearing a yarmluke, no? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/6 "2010-10-29T04:07:37Z")
I saw some guy named Turd Furgeson wear a big cowboy hat one time on Jeopardy. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/7 "2010-10-29T04:33:56Z")
The champ reminds me of TV’s Mario Lopez. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/8 "2010-10-29T05:32:28Z")
i thought it WAS patrick warburton for a split second. and yeah, i noted the hat too. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/9 "2010-10-29T13:32:56Z")
The current champion seems to squint a lot. I don’t think he can see the board very well. ---
**Author:** ![Chest\_Rockwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@Chest\_Rockwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chest_Rockwell)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/10 "2010-10-29T14:12:05Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I dunno, but the current champion is Puddy, right? If by “Puddy” you mean an unconscionable douchenozzle, then you’re right as rain. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/11 "2010-10-29T14:29:34Z")
> [@Chest\_Rockwell](#): > > If by “Puddy” you mean an unconscionable douchenozzle, then you’re right as rain. How so? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/12 "2010-10-29T15:40:03Z")
For some reason, the thread title kicked the tiny Joe Cocker in my head and woke him up. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Chest\_Rockwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@Chest\_Rockwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chest_Rockwell)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/13 "2010-10-29T15:48:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > How so? Let’s start with him being cocky as all get out. And then we can move on to the fact that he’s a lawyer; and not just any lawyer, but a _corporate_ lawyer, which a) means he’s not as needful, financially, as are countless other Jeopardy! contestants, and therefore not as deserving of the prize money, and b) kind of points to his overall douchebagginess as a human being. Oh yeah, and he’s also a movie producer. Could this guy be any less sympathetic? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/14 "2010-10-29T16:14:02Z")
> [@Chest\_Rockwell](#): > > Let’s start with him being cocky as all get out. And then we can move on to the fact that he’s a lawyer; and not just any lawyer, but a _corporate_ lawyer, which a) means he’s not as needful, financially, as are countless other Jeopardy! contestants, and therefore not as deserving of the prize money It’s _Jeopardy!_, not _Queen For A Day_. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/15 "2010-10-29T16:14:58Z")
> [@Chest\_Rockwell](#): > > Let’s start with him being cocky as all get out. And then we can move on to the fact that he’s a lawyer; and not just any lawyer, but a _corporate_ lawyer, which a) means he’s not as needful, financially, as are countless other Jeopardy! contestants, and therefore not as deserving of the prize money, and b) kind of points to his overall douchebagginess as a human being. > > Oh yeah, and he’s also a movie producer. Could this guy be any less sympathetic? OK, I might grant you b). But not a). Finances have nothing to do with it. It’s all about the thrill and challenge, and a chance to show your chops to the world. If all you wanted was the chance to score some dough, you’d head for WoF or TPiR instead. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/16 "2010-10-29T16:27:00Z")
What was with the lady’s coat? I thought she was wearing a man’s overcoat with her little hat–she looked like she’d just run to the store for a loaf of bread in the rain! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/17 "2010-10-29T16:29:39Z")
I thought maybe they were short one constestant, and drafted her straight off a crosstown bus. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/18 "2010-10-29T17:00:51Z")
I looked back at a number screen shots from the earliest Jeopardy shows, with Art Fleming, and I didn’t see any hats, even on the women. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/19 "2010-10-29T18:05:24Z")
> [@Chest\_Rockwell](#): > > Let’s start with him being cocky as all get out. And then we can move on to the fact that he’s a lawyer; and not just any lawyer, but a _corporate_ lawyer, which a) means he’s not as needful, financially, as are countless other Jeopardy! contestants, and therefore not as deserving of the prize money, and b) kind of points to his overall douchebagginess as a human being. > > Oh yeah, and he’s also a movie producer. Could this guy be any less sympathetic? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716/20 "2010-10-29T21:51:14Z")
Though I’m not one much to negotiate fashion sense, I’d have to agree. The coat and hat looked like she was heading to the Kroger on the corner and got paid to be a contestant. Maybe somebody had an episode of stage fright and they had to get a replacement? Oh, and she never \*once \*said ‘please’ after making her clue selections. So no manners on that one, which might explain the hat. Maybe nana was just so worried that if she took off her hat and raincoat, some rapscallion from the audience would make off with her stash of pocket kleenex and hard candies. And I don’t like Mario the lawyer-contestant, either. I liked Spicoli better. At least he had personality. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-jeopardy-contestant-ever-wear-a-hat-before/558716.md?page=2)