# 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:** 42
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/822 "2023-04-05T02:25:37Z")
I would’ve thought that there was more overlap between Jeopardy players and Tolkien geeks; but none of the 3 were particularly comfortable with the Middle Earth category (which I ran). ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/823 "2023-04-05T02:41:09Z")
I was looking forward to that category – none were hard IMHO. Would be happy to have a board game fan win (she does have a BGG account, but is not very active), but I guess I ca be happy a “Brian” won. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/824 "2023-04-05T03:41:47Z")
I couldn’t believe she said “Mordor” instead of “Mount Doom” but then knew “mithril.” ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/825 "2023-04-05T14:36:44Z")
I might have said “Hobbiton” instead of “The Shire” if I was on stage under pressure and blurted something out without reading the clue closely enough. “Mordor” is better than “Sauron” Brian : ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/826 "2023-04-05T14:43:24Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > but none of the 3 were particularly comfortable with the Middle Earth category I don’t mind an occasional question here or there that requires the contestants to know a particular book, but I don’t think it’s fair to have a whole category on something many have not read. (and yes, I’ll include the Bible, although I tend to do well on those for some reason) Exception for questions that you could know without reading, such as what river Huckleberry Finn rafted down. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/827 "2023-04-05T14:56:48Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I don’t mind an occasional question here or there that requires the contestants to know a particular book, but I don’t think it’s fair to have a whole category on something many have not read. Your point is valid; however, the 5 questions could have been answered by someone who’d only seen the movies without reading the book. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/828 "2023-04-05T14:58:04Z")
I made this mistake too. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/829 "2023-04-05T14:59:52Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > however, the 5 questions could have been answered by someone who’d only seen the movies without reading the book. Same criticism. Not every well rounded smart person can be expected to have seen those movies. Not every question is knowable for every contestant, of course, but the writers seems to assume some works are universally known and a whole category can be created around it. [This is a minor, not major, peeve of mine.] ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/830 "2023-04-05T15:07:09Z")
Like, say . . . American football? Regarding Middle Earth, the contestant gave herself a bit of a figurative head slap as soon as the said Morodor. I said the same thing but was able to correct my answer to Mt. Doom before time was up. And I also responded Hobbiton and didn’t quite get to the Shire before time. Of course, I’m not really playing Jeopardy!. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/831 "2023-04-05T16:05:19Z")
I read LOTR once, about 40 years ago, and saw each of the movies once upon their release. Still, I got every answer except “Mithril.” The Mt. Doom clue included the word “peak,” which made it easier. If it had been worded as “place,” say, I probably would have said Mordor as well. And, I must brag that I nailed both of the last two FJs (John Grisham and Maginot Line), on which the contestants were collectively 1 for 6. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/832 "2023-04-05T16:47:36Z")
I said Mordor but got it correct as the “second guess”, but I got “sitting on a mine in the Maginot Line”. Didn’t get the FJ author at all. Never read any of his books, nor seen the moves. For the record, I didn’t mind the LotR category. It’s no more a stumper to some that “football” or “pop music after 2020”. Some people know some things, some people know others. A few people know everything, but they are rare. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/833 "2023-04-05T17:33:43Z")
I got the Maginot Line (would have killed on that episode), but my guess for the author was Tom Wolfe. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/834 "2023-04-05T17:58:48Z")
The guy who won today makes me a bit nervous, with his emotional outbursts. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/835 "2023-04-05T23:51:52Z")
Not to mention his resemblance to Adolph Hitler. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/836 "2023-04-06T00:00:01Z")
I was thinking Bernie the undertaker. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/837 "2023-04-06T01:00:42Z")
I thought Oliver Hardy. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/838 "2023-04-06T04:45:09Z")
His suit jacket is the worst-tailored piece of clothing I’ve ever seen in public. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/839 "2023-04-06T05:28:14Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > Not to mention his resemblance to Adolph Hitler. > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I thought Oliver Hardy. Let’s face it, that mustache is _never_ coming back in style. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/840 "2023-04-06T12:40:21Z")
I don’t understand the mustache comments. It’s a run-of-the-mill mustache that covers the entire upper lip, not the toothbrush variety like Chaplin, Hardy, or Hitler. Whether or not it’s stylish, I can’t say. I still wear shirts that I bought in the '70s. But at least he doesn’t have a metal booger or neck tattoos 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/841 "2023-04-06T15:00:27Z")
And he was much more even keeled on yesterday’s show. Good showing, too with an above average total. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442.md?page=43)