# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/21 "2021-05-11T16:12:54Z")
What is ‘a sound like air rushing over the top of your head’? ---
**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, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/22 "2021-05-11T16:42:04Z")
Nononono “This term for missing a joke sounds like a plane going right over your head.” “What is whoosh?” “Correct-o!” ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/23 "2021-05-11T16:59:15Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “This term for missing a joke sounds like a plane going right over your head.” That _is_ much better. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/24 "2021-05-11T17:11:40Z")
> [@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. “I’ll take _Anal Bum Cover_ for $200, Alex.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/25 "2021-05-11T17:14:01Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Nononono > > “This term for missing a joke sounds like a plane going right over your head.” > > “What is whoosh?” > > “Correct-o!” - “What is ear-splitting roar?” ---
**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, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/26 "2021-05-11T17:16:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > “What is ear-splitting roar?” "Incorrect!..wait, our judges said we will accept that, We also would have accepted “black sheep black sheep”. ---
**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, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/27 "2021-05-11T21:03:15Z")
What is “In the butt, Bob”? Apologies for the whoosh. I have been battling too many genuine internet ignorami lately. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/28 "2021-05-12T00:32:40Z")
As **Gyrate** said, that’s not how the show works. The other thing is that the “answers” cannot be so obscure that a good percentage of the viewers will not know the answers. Add in the issue where people who know the proper response but they choke under the pressure of actually being on the real show blurt out either nothing or something not even close to the correct response. AFAICT this is part of the draw of the show. The show that plays just before it, _Wheel of Fortune_, has the same issues and the same draw. ---
**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 12, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/29 "2021-05-12T01:02:16Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > The show that plays just before it, _Wheel of Fortune_ Huh. Wheel comes on _after_ Jeopardy in these parts. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804/30 "2021-05-12T01:13:42Z")
It depends on what market you’re in. They’re syndicated. Car Talk used to do those funny sentences supposedly written by school kids. I remember one of them was something like, “Everything seemed strange and disconcerting, like when you’re on vacation and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 instead of 7:30.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-call-bullshit-on-jeopardy/941804.md?page=1)