# I think I just saw the greatest Jeopardy category ever! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901 "2008-03-10T23:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/21 "2008-03-11T14:39:20Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Sure you’re not thinking of _The Onion_ instead of Fark? [/QUOTE] There may have been one of _Onion_ headlines as well, but there definitely was one of Fark headlines. It was, of course, another Fark headline on its own, and people posting links to the headlines and taking credit for various ones. [Link with video to a couple of the questions](http://valleywag.com/tech/clips/fark-headlines-hit-jeopardy-322081.php). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/22 "2008-03-11T15:00:27Z")
[QUOTE=Garfield226] There may have been one of _Onion_ headlines as well, but there definitely was one of Fark headlines. It was, of course, another Fark headline on its own, and people posting links to the headlines and taking credit for various ones. [Link with video to a couple of the questions](http://valleywag.com/tech/clips/fark-headlines-hit-jeopardy-322081.php). [/QUOTE] Huh…looks like I missed that episode. Ok, I stand corrected…I was thinking of [these](http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=966) [two](http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=1483) games. Incidentally, here’s the full list of questions from the [fark category](http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2171). ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/23 "2008-03-11T15:14:31Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] I was gonna say that! Stupid **Flander**. [/QUOTE] Stupid _SEXY_ **Flander** \*. 🆒 \*My username has nothing to do with the Simpson’s character Ned Flanders. I’m just wanted to remind everyone I’m sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/24 "2008-03-11T15:46:30Z")
You Know Jeopardy Is Running Out Of Topics When… ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/25 "2008-03-11T16:04:52Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] The Penis Mightier? [/QUOTE] Don’t forget **The Rapists** and **Anal Bum Cover** ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/26 "2008-03-11T16:31:04Z")
I have always been partial to **Colors that end in ‘urple’**. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/27 "2008-03-11T16:31:59Z")
[QUOTE=Snooooopy] By itself, “Spelling” isn’t a particularly remarkable category. [/QUOTE] He produced such shows as Charlie’s Angels and The Love Boat This actress appeared in Beverly Hills 90210 ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/28 "2008-03-11T16:40:05Z")
\*\*People Who Have Never Been In My Kitchen \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/29 "2008-03-11T17:02:14Z")
**WORDS THAT END IN -GRY** ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/30 "2008-03-11T17:14:49Z")
**Middle-East Moderates** ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/31 "2008-03-11T18:06:08Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] I thought the best category was meant to be _Potent Potables_, that mysterious category never chosen on SNL Celebrity Jeopardy. [/QUOTE] Potent Potables is a regular category on Jeopardy. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/32 "2008-03-11T18:19:30Z")
I remember the last three categories on one board being: **Bimini Botany Boo!** ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/33 "2008-03-11T18:22:58Z")
[QUOTE=Antonius Block $1000: _My mother’s sordid affair with **this President & later, Chief Justice of the United States,** still rankles._ [/QUOTE] This is what’s always irked me about jepoardy categories like this- you don’t need to who Mr Burns even is to get this one right, all you need to know is that Taft was President and then Chief Justice- your knowledge of US History is more important here that Burns knowledge, as most rabid fans may not have this one line from one show on top of their head. Similarly they’ll have some super obscure category like 15th century Flemish painters, and they’ll have a question like “to see Jan Van Eyck’s The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin, you would have to travel to this French capital” :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [March 11, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/34 "2008-03-11T18:33:49Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] I remember the last three categories on one board being: **Bimini Botany Boo!** [/QUOTE] Sometimes I think the writers do stuff like that just to hear Alex say it… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/35 "2008-03-11T21:17:09Z")
And who can forget… **Civil Servants Stamps From Around the World Mothers and Sons Beer Bar Trivia Celibacy** ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/36 "2008-03-11T21:28:26Z")
[QUOTE=«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™] I have always been partial to **Colors that end in ‘urple’**. [/QUOTE] What is Light Urple? ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/37 "2008-03-11T22:03:40Z")
Febtober?! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/38 "2008-03-12T01:05:08Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] And who can forget… **Civil Servants Stamps From Around the World Mothers and Sons Beer Bar Trivia Celibacy** [/QUOTE] Who is someone who has never been in this room? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/39 "2008-03-12T01:24:16Z")
All this and you missed the greatest interview question ever? When asked about his wife discovering her fear of heights at the top of a pyramid, Alex said, “How did you get your wife to go down?” the contestant said she scooted down on her bottom. I swear “Three hours of begging and a trip to the jewelry store,” would have been out of my mouth before the governor cut in. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901/40 "2008-03-12T13:34:17Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] Who is someone who has never been in this room? 😃 [/QUOTE] Almost. I think it was, “Who are three people who’ve never been in my kitchen?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-saw-the-greatest-jeopardy-category-ever/440901.md?page=3)