# 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:** 73
**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:** [October 27, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1442 "2023-10-27T15:55:22Z")
I get it. But I’m not sure I would have called it. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1443 "2023-10-28T17:27:31Z")
The rule is that mispronunciations are acceptable as long as the alternative pronunciation could be spelled correctly. In this case, it could not. In the same episode, Mason (the guy in the middle) pulled a Clavin. Late in the game, he had $14,000; the other two had just $800 and $400. He hit the last DD on the board. A small wager would have virtually guaranteed him a runaway victory. Instead, he bet $6000, got it wrong, and eventually lost the game. Not sure what the heck he was thinking there. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1444 "2023-10-29T03:35:00Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Not sure what the heck he was thinking there. He was most likely thinking that given how low the other two player’s scores were, that he was in a different league than them. It really took the air out of his sails; it seems like he barely answered any questions after that. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1445 "2023-10-29T21:44:49Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > He was most likely thinking that given how low the other two player’s scores were, that he was in a different league than them. It really took the air out of his sails; it seems like he barely answered any questions after that. That’s exactly how it looked to me as well. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1446 "2023-11-01T22:11:18Z")
Jeopardy, 11/1/2023. A fun episode to watch, even if the winner did have a pink mullet. But I thought the second daily double on DJ was an incredibly easy question, certainly for a DD. Category was “I’m On The Case”, which was clues about famous court cases. It was the $800 clue. Clue was “Brush up on Earl Warren’s opinion for the 5-4 majority in 1966 on this man vs. Arizona, regarding police questioning.” The answer, I thought, was quite obvious, especially to anybody who’s watched cop shows or read detective novels. “Who was Miranda” Way too easy of a clue for a Daily Double, IMO. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1447 "2023-11-02T00:18:33Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Jeopardy, 11/1/2023. A fun episode to watch, even if the winner did have a pink mullet. Do you mean a mohawk? > [@Railer13](#): > > But I thought the second daily double on DJ was an incredibly easy question, certainly for a DD. > > Category was “I’m On The Case”, which was clues about famous court cases. It was the $800 clue. The clues get harder as you go down the board, even the Daily Doubles. If you’re lucky enough to hit a DD on the second row (or, very rarely, the first) bet big. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1448 "2023-11-02T00:50:52Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Do you mean a mohawk? Yes, duh. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The clues get harder as you go down the board, even the Daily Doubles. Yes, that’s a given. But my point was that an extremely easy clue was a DD. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1449 "2023-11-02T05:15:48Z")
Well yeah, it was in the $800 spot, it was bound to be pretty easy. Though honestly that whole category was all way too easy. I mean “blank v. Ferguson” for $2000?! That should be a $100 value question. I was rooting for Dave to win! Plus now there will be _two_ contestants in the semifinals with dyed mohawks! ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1450 "2023-11-10T00:36:42Z")
Thursday (Nov. 9) - all three contestants went all-in on FJ. Two of then guessed correctly. If the third one had been right, there would have been a two-way tie. Questions: 1. What is the most anyone has ever wagered on a DD? (a) Guessing correctly? (b) Guessing incorrectly? 2. What is the most anyone has ever wagered in FJ? (a) Guessing correctly? (b) Guessing incorrectly? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1451 "2023-11-10T02:08:15Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > What is the most anyone has ever wagered on a DD? (a) Guessing correctly? According to [Double Your Money: How to Strategize Your Wagers on Daily Double and F – jstudy (jstudyguide.com)](https://www.jstudyguide.com/blogs/jeopardy/double-your-money-how-to-strategize-your-wagers-on-daily-double-and-final-jeopardy#:~:text=The%20highest-ever%20Daily%20Double%20wager%20was%20made%20by,on%20a%20Daily%20Double%20in%20his%20fourth%20game.) > The highest-ever Daily Double wager was made by James Holzhauer, who wagered $25,000 on a Daily Double in his fourth game. Assumedly Holzhauer answered the question correctly (the site does not indicate if he was right or wrong.) > [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > What is the most anyone has ever wagered in FJ? (a) Guessing correctly? I found a video in which Holzhauer bet $60,013 on FJ, and had the correct answer. [https://youtu.be/2mXRbWJwoqU](https://youtu.be/2mXRbWJwoqU) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1452 "2023-11-10T03:14:08Z")
I’m guessing that if all three ended up with 0$, there would have been a tie-breaker to see who advances in the tournament. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1453 "2023-11-10T04:07:48Z")
If there’s a three-way tie at $0 at the end of FJ, then none of them should go through! That works have been funny. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1454 "2023-11-10T05:12:34Z")
Yeah in the past when everyone ended up with $0, there was no winner and the next game had three new players. My guess is if that happens during a tournament, that spot would go to the player with the highest score among non-winners. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1455 "2023-11-15T04:52:39Z")
Woo-hoo!! I did a first for me: I was able to guess the correct response to Final Jeopardy! the moment the category was announced. On Monday 11/13 the category was ICONIC BRANDS. I immediately blurted out to my wife Coca Cola. When I was proven correct, it was very hard not to gloat! But, I was also a little sad that all the contestants also got it correct. Has anyone else ever done this? ---
**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:** [November 15, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1456 "2023-11-15T15:21:14Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Has anyone else ever done this? A couple times for me. Only one I remember is “children’s literature”/Charlotte’s Web. But they over use CW as a clue/question. I also got a daily double from the category. It was in the column “rock guitar gods” or somesuch. IIRC the first four clues exposed were Page, Townshend, someone and someone, and the obvious one left (given the level of classic rock godness shown by the four ) was Clapton. And it was. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1457 "2023-11-15T17:25:51Z")
Once for sure that I recall: The FJ category was something like “world structures”. I guessed the Eiffel Tower and I was right! ---
**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:** [November 15, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1458 "2023-11-15T19:09:12Z")
I can’t believe there was a triple-stumper on Garth Brooks. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1459 "2023-11-15T22:30:20Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Woo-hoo!! I did a first for me: I was able to guess the correct response to Final Jeopardy! the moment the category was announced…Has anyone else ever done this? Once or twice, but I’ve watched J! regularly for 20 years, on and off for 10 years before that all the way back to Art Fleming. So my record of one or two out of many hundreds is hardly remarkable. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1460 "2023-11-15T22:53:51Z")
The last few minutes of today’s game (11/15) was wild. 3rd place contestant jumped into first by finding and converting both DDs late in the DJ round. And then nobody got FJ right and the 3rd place finisher ended up in first. I had no idea on FJ; I guessed what two of the contestants guessed. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1461 "2023-11-16T00:17:13Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Has anyone else ever done this? I did it once about 13 years ago when the category was “Alliterative Athletes”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442.md?page=72) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442.md?page=74)