# how would Cecil fare on Jeapordy?

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**Created:** [August 19, 2001, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-cecil-fare-on-jeapordy/77014 "2001-08-19T15:53:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-cecil-fare-on-jeapordy/77014/1 "2001-08-19T15:53:23Z")

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One the one hand, he seems to know quite a bit.

On the other, he’s really slow about responding to people…

What other two people would be a good match?

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**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-cecil-fare-on-jeapordy/77014/2 "2001-08-19T16:29:06Z")

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Ben Stein.

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**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-cecil-fare-on-jeapordy/77014/3 "2001-08-19T16:29:41Z")

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Cecil in the far left, Marilyn Vos Savant in the middle and Ann’n’Abby on the far right.

Just to show the world. 😃

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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-cecil-fare-on-jeapordy/77014/4 "2001-08-19T17:02:22Z")

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Probably not very well as I have it on good authority he is just a brain in a jar with a bunch of wires and stuff coming out of it.

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**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-cecil-fare-on-jeapordy/77014/5 "2001-08-19T17:04:57Z")

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He would explode when the camera took a picture of him.

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**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-cecil-fare-on-jeapordy/77014/6 "2001-08-19T17:37:51Z")

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]sub]I’d like Physics for $800[/sub]

He would grab Alex Trebeck by the neck and throttle him, causing a layer of nervous perspiration to cover the Jeopardy host’s face.

Cecil would then dunk Trebeck’s face into a vat of molten lead, demonstrating the Leidenfrost effect.

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**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-cecil-fare-on-jeapordy/77014/7 "2001-08-19T17:39:53Z")

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Thanks, Alex. Let’s go with Dyslexic vB Coding for $400

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**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-cecil-fare-on-jeapordy/77014/8 "2001-08-19T20:43:05Z")

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_“What other two people would be a good match?”_

I can only think of one person right now.

Lola.

Trust me when I tell you that she is as smart as she is beautiful.

Are there any other Dopers out there that could meet this challenge?