# Dopers on Jeopardy! THE List **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [November 18, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535 "2004-11-18T20:39:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/181 "2011-12-30T01:13:21Z")
Nicely played Dave! The champ you were up against is someone I know from the competitive Scrabble scene. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/182 "2011-12-30T01:17:06Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > Nicely played Dave! The champ you were up against is someone I know from the competitive Scrabble scene. Cool! What’s your take on the Gandolfini vibe I mentioned? ETA: Now that I think about it, that may be in the other recent Jeopardy! thread. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/183 "2011-12-30T03:04:28Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Cool! What’s your take on the Gandolfini vibe I mentioned? > > ETA: Now that I think about it, that may be in the other recent Jeopardy! thread. I responded in the other thread. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/184 "2011-12-30T03:43:24Z")
Based on how early he mentioned his upcoming appearance, I had a feeling Dave would win. Congratulations on beating a very good champion, Dave! ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/185 "2011-12-30T11:39:09Z")
That was a great game! I was quite impressed with the winner’s breadth of knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/186 "2011-12-30T17:57:10Z")
Thanks so much, everyone! It truly was an honor and a thrill to play, much less win. Jason and Jennifer were very tough competition, not to mention two of the nicest people you could hope to meet. Jen, in particular, has been so gracious about the way the game ended. She actually has a friend with the last name McMurty (without the R), and under the lights couldn’t remember who was the friend and who was the author. I’ll be the first to say that I caught the luckiest of breaks; in every other universe that exists, she spells it right and I come home with two grand, some great new friends and some amazing memories. **AuntiePam** , at the end of the show we were talking with Alex about Jen’s bad luck. She didn’t argue the point at all; she knew the R was missing. In fact I think that’s when she was telling us about her similarly-named friend. **ataraxy22** , as it happens Jason and I had met once before years and years ago. We both played quizbowl in college, and we’re pretty sure we ran into one another at a tournament some seven years ago. I thought he looked vaguely familiar in the hotel lobby before we headed to the studio, and when I asked he thought the same of me. **Invisible Chimp** , I feel pretty confident I’d have made as big a deal about being on the show no matter what the outcome. It really was a lifelong dream achieved. But it was awfully fun keeping the secret in the meantime 🙂 **Sudden Kestrel** , thank you for the kind words. I’ve often joked that my pool of knowledge is three miles wide and two inches deep. Fortunately _Jeopardy!_ is one of the few places you can put that sort of mind to good use 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/187 "2011-12-30T18:43:49Z")
> [@Kingspades](#): > > **Invisible Chimp** , I feel pretty confident I’d have made as big a deal about being on the show no matter what the outcome. It really was a lifelong dream achieved. But it was awfully fun keeping the secret in the meantime 🙂 I know how you feel. I feel honored just being in the contestant pool. I got called to audition in November '10. I would flip out if I got the call to actually _be_ on the show. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/188 "2011-12-30T19:11:36Z")
Sorry I haven’t had time to watch **Kingspades** ’ show(s), but if someone will tell me the number of shows he was in, and the total he won (by PM if necessary), I’ll update the official list. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/189 "2011-12-30T19:37:13Z")
**commasense** , I’ll be happy to PM you the details once my losing show airs. Thanks again for maintaining the list! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/190 "2011-12-30T19:37:34Z")
> [@Kingspades](#): > > Jen, in particular, has been so gracious about the way the game ended. She actually has a friend with the last name McMurty (without the R), and under the lights couldn’t remember who was the friend and who was the author. I’ll be the first to say that I caught the luckiest of breaks; in every other universe that exists, she spells it right and I come home with two grand, some great new friends and some amazing memories. Thanks for the explanation. I hope you continue to do well. You sound like a really nice guy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/191 "2011-12-30T20:27:50Z")
Did any of you keep a video of your appearances and load them on YouTube? Thanks and congratulations to all of you! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/192 "2011-12-30T21:36:12Z")
**Kingspades** is a man who knows his movie quotes! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/193 "2011-12-30T21:41:31Z")
I caught this episode just by chance, and I got the feeling that all contestants were friendly folk. I groaned as soon as I saw McMurty (not knowing a Doper was in the mix). Alex seemed genuinely empathetic toward Jen. So, way to go Dave! Congrats! (on a 1-10 scale, how nervous were you?) mmm ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/194 "2011-12-31T01:18:48Z")
> [@Mama\_Tiger](#): > > The questions really have changed, haven’t they? These days it seems like it’s 90% pop culture, cutesy word play, etc. Haven’t really felt a connection to Straight Dope or Jeopardy! in a long time but tonight’s show was still painful to watch, no correct DDs, no correct FJ, many triple-stumpers. Glad a Doper is cashing in, though it looked more like that other show where happily-married people solve hangman puzzles. ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/195 "2011-12-31T03:54:42Z")
> [@Kingspades](#): > > My name’s Dave, and I’ll be standing at the podium on the end wearing a green shirt. Did you by chance play college bowl for Oglethorpe University in the early to mid 90s? ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/196 "2012-01-02T02:33:33Z")
Damn! Missed it again. With all the holiday hubbub and visits I missed it! I’ve had the pleasure of hanging out with **Kingspades** IRL (dating a good friend of mine from college) and he is as good as advertised. 🙂 BTW, if you thought it would be impossible to lose a bar trivia game with two Jeopardy! Champs on your team, **Kingspades** and I could prove you wrong. 🙂 I hope you won again so I can watch tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/197 "2012-01-03T00:31:56Z")
Good job today Dave, you’re kickin’ ass. I was really hoping you’d answer Rio to the Duran Duran question…not that I’d put _my_ money on a inside joke that a small handful of people would get and the rest of the world would have said “WTF??”. ETA as of right now (just winning your 3rd game), you appear to be in 4th place amongst the Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/198 "2012-01-03T02:35:14Z")
I missed it because the local station that airs Jeopardy! had a hockey game instead. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/199 "2012-01-03T03:31:51Z")
I just finished watching today’s episode. Unfortunately, **Joey P’s** post spoiled the results before I saw it. Remember folks, people live in different time zones and the show airs at different times in different markets. Please use spoiler tags when talking about episodes that have just recently aired. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535/200 "2012-01-03T03:38:23Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > I just finished watching today’s episode. Unfortunately, **Joey P’s** post spoiled the results before I saw it. Remember folks, people live in different time zones and the show airs at different times in different markets. Please use spoiler tags when talking about episodes that have just recently aired. Sorry 'bout that. I spoiled myself by accident earlier when I said “Huh, wonder what these spoiler boxes are?” and then proceeded to open them all up not even thinking that the game had already aired on the East coast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-on-jeopardy-the-list/275535.md?page=11)