# Jeopardy! 2022-23 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [September 12, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442 "2022-09-12T14:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/522 "2023-02-02T05:23:31Z")
Oh sweet relief, the show is watchable again! Congrats to Patti for taking out Jake. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/523 "2023-02-02T13:17:52Z")
Yes, I actually pumped my fist in the air! Not unlike Jake, I suppose… 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/524 "2023-02-02T20:51:10Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Oh sweet relief, the show is watchable again! Congrats to Patti for taking out Jake. Yes, he was a strange one. One-on-one he might be quirky but okay, but being on stage seemed to bring out the worst in him. I actually felt a little sorry for him. (but glad to see him go) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/525 "2023-02-02T23:04:27Z")
Well he made me laugh, especially his “boom goes the dynamite” move. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/526 "2023-02-03T01:41:27Z")
Sadly, Patti’s reign lasted just one day. A Grandma who dyes her hair purple because that’s her granddaughter’s favorite color is okay in my book. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/527 "2023-02-03T01:48:57Z")
I was wondering if it was dyed hair, or a reflection from the set. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/528 "2023-02-03T01:55:05Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I was wondering if it was dyed hair Yes, she talked about it during the interview portion. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/529 "2023-02-04T01:41:30Z")
I seem to remember a while back we had a discussion about what response constitutes a question on Jeopardy. Today that may have been answered, as the answer to a clue was the move title ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’. The response was ‘Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?’. Not “What is ‘Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?’” Ken ruled it as a correct response, because it was in the form of a question. Not sure I agree, but I can understand why it was ruled as a correct response. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/530 "2023-02-04T05:19:37Z")
They’ve always allowed responses like that. The rule is that the response has to be in the form of a question. If, like here, the full response is actually a question, you don’t have to surround it with another question. Although in this case it seemed as if Matthew didn’t do that intentionally. It looked to me as though he was briefly stumped and when the answer came to him just in the nick of time, he just blurted it out without realizing it was a question in its own. When Ken confirmed it was acceptable, Matthew nodded as if acknowledging he had lucked out. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/531 "2023-02-04T12:44:59Z")
I often thought that it would be fun to answer with a statement, but make it appear as a question by using the vocal inflection that is typically used when we ask someone a question in everyday life (a rise in pitch at the end of the sentence). Not that I think that would be allowed. mmm ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/532 "2023-02-04T12:54:44Z")
_“The cockpit? What is it?”_ ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/533 "2023-02-04T15:44:15Z")
That’s always been the rule. I seem to remember a category within the past few years where all the answers were questions and the category title was something like “Perfect Jeopardy Responses.” ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/534 "2023-02-04T16:19:09Z")
I remember that! And yet the players were so conditioned that they still added the unnecessary “What is” to most of their responses. E.g., “What is ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/535 "2023-02-04T16:31:43Z")
It’s not just them who were conditioned. I would answer in the form of a question when playing Trivial Pursuit. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/536 "2023-02-04T16:34:41Z")
Yes, and I’ve heard people on other broadcast game shows (e.g., _Ask Me Another_ on NPR) doing it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/537 "2023-02-04T21:47:26Z")
Are you allowed to answer in Yoda style? ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/538 "2023-02-05T03:59:22Z")
There have been a couple of times over the past year or two that a contestant responded with the question “is it X?” and that has been accepted. Because yes, it’s in the form of a question. There have also been a couple of times recently that the celebrities on Celebrity Jeopardy were so in the “what is” zone that the selected the next clue by saying e.g., “what is Potpourri for $200?” ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/539 "2023-02-05T17:01:51Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I often thought that it would be fun to answer with a statement, but make it appear as a question by using the vocal inflection that is typically used when we ask someone a question in everyday life (a rise in pitch at the end of the sentence). > > Not that I think that would be allowed. I agree that rising pitch would not be ruled as acceptable. The Rule is “You must PHRASE your response in the form of a question.” Usually contestants use the flat inflection even though saying something like “Who is Benjamin Franklin?” Occasionally a contestant will use that rising inflection to indicate that they aren’t confident in their response. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/540 "2023-02-05T18:05:59Z")
> [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > Occasionally a contestant will use that rising inflection to indicate that they aren’t confident in their response. Mattea did that Every. Damn. Time. I was annoyed by it until, near the end of her run, I remembered that the responses _are_ supposed to be questions, so I decided that rather than think of it as up-talking, which always bugs me, I would hear it as her actually saying it as though it were a question. That made me somewhat less annoyed. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/541 "2023-02-05T22:20:21Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Yogesh Raut, the boastful three-time winner from a couple of weeks ago, posted on **Facebook** that Jeopardy! is overvalued in America, saying, “There never has been, and never will be, any justification for treating Jeopardy! as the Olympics of quizzing.” Really, Yogesh? More valued by whom? Did he say what quizzing event **he** considers more valued than Jeopardy? I can’t imagine what that would be. Trivia Night at some random bar? National Trivia Leagues™? World Tavern Trivia National Championships? Trivia Nationals? National Trivia Association? I had never heard of any of these events before I searched today. Anyone else? Anyone? Bueller? As others have pointed out here, contestants on other quiz shows often preface their answer with “What is” even though it is not required ANYWHERE ELSE. It is hard to overstate the importance of Jeopardy! in “Quizzing” or even American culture in general. It is a nationally syndicated TV show seen by over 9 people on over 200 stations. The phrase “Jeopardy champion” is universally understood to mean “very smart.” Has anyone else anywhere ever said anything remotely resembling Yogesh’s comment? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442.md?page=28)