# 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:** 48
**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:** [April 19, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/942 "2023-04-19T23:15:55Z")
Without putting in any sort of spoiler, I’ll just say that the person in 3rd place going into today’s FJ made an incredibly stupid wager, and it cost that player the game. ---
**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 20, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/943 "2023-04-20T00:58:05Z")
This. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/944 "2023-04-20T01:58:24Z")
OK, it’s late enough in the day, so here’s what happened in today’s FJ. Going into FJ: Challenger Devin had $20,600 Champion Deb had $18,800 Challenger Ben had $4,400 Note that if either Devin or Deb answers the question correctly, Ben has no chance of winning. Thus, his only hope is that they both miss, and both bet big. Indeed, that’s what happened. Deb missed, and bet it all, ending up with $0. Devin missed, and bet $19,400, ending up with $1,200. Ben should have bet little or nothing. Had he done so, he wins. Instead, he bet $4,399, missed, and ended up with $1. That was good for second place, but he could have won the game. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/945 "2023-04-20T04:42:01Z")
The worst bet in my opinion was second place. If the first place winner gets it right she loses. So all she needs to do is bet enough to beat his current score. That way no matter how much the third person bets she will still have more than double his money. In any scenario where the first place person gets it wrong, she will have the most money no matter what happens with second or third place. In other words, if Deb had bet $1801, she would have won. ---
**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 20, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/946 "2023-04-20T11:24:40Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > In other words, if Deb had bet $1801, she would have won. Deb’s preferred pronouns apparently are they/their, based on how Ken referred to Deb. ETA: I agree with the comments about the betting mistakes. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/947 "2023-04-20T11:47:06Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > The worst bet in my opinion was second place. If the first place winner gets it right she loses… It is not that cut and dried. It depends on the leader’s wager amount. mmm ---
**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 20, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/948 "2023-04-20T11:55:56Z")
Of course, someone unsure of a category may make a relatively small bet, but there’s no way to know, and one has to assume that first place will always bet to cover second place’s best outcome. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/949 "2023-04-20T12:01:38Z")
Agreed, just wanted to clarify. mmm ---
**Author:** ![BlueOhio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BlueOhio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueOhio)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/950 "2023-04-20T12:39:36Z")
Did the contestant who answered the question about the show ‘New Girl’ respond with just Deschanel? It sure sounded like it, and it seems with 2 acting sisters you should name which one. I was trying to think if it was Zoe or Emily as the person responded. ---
**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 20, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/951 "2023-04-20T12:43:18Z")
Yes. Only “Deschanel.” TV for 800: > **[J! Archive - Show #8853, aired 2023-04-19](https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=7850)** > > An archive of Jeopardy! clues and players for Show #8853. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/952 "2023-04-20T12:44:36Z")
It’s Zoe\* (Emily was on “Bones”), and I agree. This seems like one of those cases where a “Be More Specific” should be mandatory. \*And it’s actually spelled Zooey. ---
**Author:** ![BlueOhio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BlueOhio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueOhio)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/953 "2023-04-20T13:00:34Z")
I wrote out Zooey and thought “No, that can’t be right”. ---
**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 20, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/954 "2023-04-20T13:24:20Z")
Zooey and Emily’s mother, Mary Jo Deschanel was also an actress. Their father is Caleb Deschanel, a cinematographer with six Oscar nominations. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/955 "2023-04-20T15:30:26Z")
There’s a book by J.D. Salinger called “Franny and Zooey”. Perhaps that’s where they got this spelling. ---
**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 20, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/956 "2023-04-20T21:31:00Z")
I thought the question on Emily Dickinson was hard. Didn’t get it but neither did any contestant. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/957 "2023-04-21T17:54:27Z")
The only Emily Dickenson quote I know, so I got it. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/958 "2023-04-21T20:04:37Z")
Am I the only one who thought Devin’s white turtleneck (?) looked like a buzzard costume without the wings? ---
**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:** [April 21, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/959 "2023-04-21T21:02:22Z")
Thought of William Shakespeare when I saw it. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/960 "2023-04-23T16:02:46Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I thought the question on Emily Dickinson was hard. Didn’t get it but neither did any contestant. > [@jsc1953](#): > > The only Emily Dickenson quote I know, so I got it. I’m not judging, but IMHO this line (Hope is the thing with feathers) is among her most famous, right behind “Because I could not stop for Death he kindly stopped for me.” Personally I am not a fan, but I seem to be in the minority. ---
**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 23, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/961 "2023-04-23T16:38:53Z")
Agreed, I know the quote. But in the moment I could not recall that; which is not so unusual in Jeopardy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442.md?page=49)