# I call Bullshit on Jeopardy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [May 11, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804 "2021-05-11T02:20:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/1 "2021-05-11T02:20:49Z")
nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/2 "2021-05-11T02:28:05Z")
Thank God for rewind on the DVR and the edit feature. I’m a big enough fool here already. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/3 "2021-05-11T02:37:47Z")
Remember, your response must be in the form of a question. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/4 "2021-05-11T03:40:12Z")
So, Emily Litella, you’re not going to let us know what you thought was bullshit? ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/5 "2021-05-11T04:05:44Z")
I call bullshit on the OP calling bullshit on calling bullshit on _Jeopardy!_ (whatever that means). ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/6 "2021-05-11T04:57:52Z")
Let me guess…you thought that the star of The Sheik was Rudy Vallee. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/7 "2021-05-11T04:58:40Z")
I call bullshit on the OP claiming he’s a big enough fool already. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/8 "2021-05-11T05:24:23Z")
I heard Sea_fury,_ not Sea_fire_. And then I started yelling at the TV. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/9 "2021-05-11T05:43:18Z")
At least they finished the board this time. It’s always frustrating when the contestants leave my favorite category for last and I don’t get to see all the clues. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/10 "2021-05-11T06:20:24Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I heard Sea_fury,_ not Sea_fire_. And then I started yelling at the TV. That’s Bill Whitaker talking. Not the most crisp voice and enunciation. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/11 "2021-05-11T06:37:27Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > At least they finished the board this time. It’s always frustrating when the contestants leave my favorite category for last and I don’t get to see all the clues. Lately I’ve been watching Jeopardy clips on YouTube, where they go through a whole category. The vast majority they go through the whole thing, but once they didn’t and it was supremely unsatisfying. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/12 "2021-05-11T07:25:18Z")
nevermind ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/13 "2021-05-11T08:57:07Z")
**What is** a thread that will die shortly? ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/14 "2021-05-11T09:12:29Z")
Oh, no! Oh, I’m watching the new “Jeopardy!” and a man missed a Bible question because he did not know what Deuteronomy waaaas! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/15 "2021-05-11T10:16:16Z")
Autonomous deuterium? Cool! Pity I have never seen Jeopardy, sounds like a nice program, makes **Gatopescado** funny, but my cable provider does not show it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/16 "2021-05-11T12:41:06Z")
I called bullshit on Jeopardy yesterday in the other thread. But I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/17 "2021-05-11T15:00:31Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > But I was wrong. No you weren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/18 "2021-05-11T15:10:39Z")
I do actually think that lady misspoke or had a brain fart when she answered, “Black sheep, black sheep”, but then she got lucky when the judges found she wasn’t the first person to ever say the rhyme that way. If I were her I would totally pretend I was thinking of [L. Frank Baum](https://americanliterature.com/author/l-frank-baum/short-story/the-black-sheep). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/19 "2021-05-11T15:47:36Z")
I’ve been trying to understand how the game works. It seems mostly that the contestants ask the host questions and they get points if he can’t answer them, and he can almost never do that. It’s not consistent though, I think there must be more to it. Anyway, I know the answers to most of those questions, I don’t know how, the answers just seem to pop into my head, like I’ve heard them before. So to me the show is just not that interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/20 "2021-05-11T16:01:40Z")
That is…not how the show works. It’s a standard trivia quiz, except that the “questions” are descriptive statements and the “answers” given in response by contestants must be in the form of a question. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804.md?page=2)