# Inspired by the Jeopardy thread... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-jeopardy-thread/154456 "2003-02-11T23:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-jeopardy-thread/154456/1 "2003-02-11T23:06:06Z")
What six categories, if they happened to be the six categories on ONE round of Jeopardy, would make you happiest? They needn’t be ones used in the show previously, just ones which would make you likely to win. Mine are : The Simpsons Spelling (yes, Spelling) Mathematics Science Beatles Lyrics Video Games hrh ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-jeopardy-thread/154456/2 "2003-02-11T23:14:51Z")
Weird Wizardry (the most random concepts of Harry Potter I can tell you all about Florean Fortescue!) Gruesome Grammar (correcting sentences) Hobbiton Crier Spelling (as in alohomora, avada kedavra, etc.) Name That Tune (oldies) Monty Python Catchphrases ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-jeopardy-thread/154456/3 "2003-02-11T23:34:11Z")
Assuming that an all-literary Jeopardy isn’t a possibility: Shakespeare World Geography Dylan Lyrics The Middle Ages Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art Children’s Books ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-jeopardy-thread/154456/4 "2003-02-11T23:41:33Z")
Photography Star Trek Amature Astronomy Things NoClueBoy’s Ex GFs Hate Obscure Biblical Words and Phrases Smart Ass Comebacks ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-jeopardy-thread/154456/5 "2003-02-12T00:23:46Z")
The Simpsons Depeche Mode SDMB Clichés (“What is _Band Name_?”) Newspaper Names by City The Life and Times of **Interface2x** ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-jeopardy-thread/154456/6 "2003-02-12T01:11:01Z")
The Wives of Henry VIII Buffy Nanci Griffith Songs Highland Dancing Tarot ---
**Author:** ![jmizzou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@jmizzou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmizzou)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-jeopardy-thread/154456/7 "2003-02-12T04:00:49Z")
Sir Edward Coke Medieval Warfare The Seminoles South Park Calvin & Hobbes The “Key” Answer (identify musical notes by ear) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-jeopardy-thread/154456/8 "2003-02-12T04:44:19Z")
Science Nature Aviation Business The Brady Bunch Psychology ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-jeopardy-thread/154456/9 "2003-02-12T06:19:23Z")
The Americas Science WWI and II Computers Animation. FINAL JEOPARDY: Google it!! ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspired-by-the-jeopardy-thread/154456/10 "2003-02-12T14:52:57Z")
[Cliff Clavin] ‘Civil servants’ ‘Stamps from around the world’ ‘Mothers and sons’ ‘Beer’ ‘Bar trivia’ ‘Weather’ [/Cliff Clavin]