# 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:** 75
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1482 "2023-12-02T15:31:27Z")
Oh I got Zep easily. it’s bands like Tame Impala, Imagine Dragons, or Megan Thee Stallion that I go, “you’re making up those names, aren’t you!” ---
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1483 "2023-12-02T16:38:27Z")
🤷 I’ve never heard of that album title. I know Led Zeppelin and I’d recognize some of their songs, but I didn’t have a clue for that one either. I’ve only heard their songs on the radio. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1484 "2023-12-02T19:56:05Z")
I was confused because in Wednesday’s episode, someone “won” the champions wildcard competition but the next night they had three new people competing. So I look at the J! Archive to confirm and learned that the champions wildcard isn’t over. Instead Nick Cascone only won the champions wildcard clubs competition and now the champions wildcard hearts competion is underway. (Previously the spades and diamonds rounds were completed.) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1485 "2023-12-02T22:50:53Z")
When was the last time we had a regular game? These special tournaments are getting tiresome. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1486 "2023-12-02T23:27:59Z")
> [@K364](#): > > When was the last time we had a regular game? Before the writers strike ---
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1487 "2023-12-02T23:29:25Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I was confused because in Wednesday’s episode, someone “won” the champions wildcard competition but the next night they had three new people competing. Ken said that episode is the start of the fourth & final Wildcard Tournament. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1488 "2023-12-02T23:30:19Z")
I may have missed that. To be honest, I’ll be glad when it’s all over. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1489 "2023-12-03T04:30:19Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > the album _Houses of the Holy_ was sung by Led Zeppelin. The song _Houses of the Holy_ is not on the album _Houses of the Holy_. That song is on their next album _Physical Graffiti._ GO FIGURE! ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1490 "2023-12-03T17:04:22Z")
> [@K364](#): > > These special tournaments are getting tiresome. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > To be honest, I’ll be glad when it’s all over. Eh, it’s still a game of Jeopardy every weekday, and some of the games have been quite good. I’m fine with it. My only small complaint is that there’s no difference between second and third place, rendering FJ in runaway games even more irrelevant. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1491 "2023-12-03T17:15:22Z")
We only watch for the questions anyway. In these tournaments it is really obvious how true that is, because we don’t recognize anyone!And we watch every episode. These could be regular episodes, as far as we are concerned. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1492 "2023-12-03T17:24:11Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > In these tournaments it is really obvious how true that is, because we don’t recognize anyone! Agreed. These folks are all 1- and 2-day champs from 2 or 3 years ago (I think), and I don’t recognize any of them! Well, except for the guy with the purple mohawk. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1493 "2023-12-03T18:34:26Z")
To spare me from searching through the history of this thread, can someone explain what is going on with this tournament? And what that has to do with the writers strike? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1494 "2023-12-03T18:54:34Z")
The clues are not newly written but unused ones from prior shows. (As I understand it, six clues are written for each category but only five are used, so over the decades, there will be many unused.) The idea was that they would not be using non-union writers. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1495 "2023-12-03T18:55:59Z")
BTW, Sam Buttrey may have started it, but the whole “bring it” thing is old and needs to be retired, just like the stuff here that gets overused to the point of being tiresome. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1496 "2023-12-03T20:34:24Z")
They are reusing entire categories. The ‘literary email addresses” category a few weeks ago was a verbatim repeat from the show I was on in 2006 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1497 "2023-12-03T20:36:07Z")
But why the “second chance tournament”? They could be using these recycled questions with the normal new-contestant format, right? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1498 "2023-12-03T20:40:29Z")
Thanks. I didn’t realize they were using categories that had previously been played. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1499 "2023-12-03T20:46:58Z")
Correction - they used four out of five clues in the category. Compare show #5042 (7/11/06) with show #8970 (11/10/23) in the Jeopardy Archive. The “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” clue was different. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1500 "2023-12-03T20:52:08Z")
Perhaps that last clue was the unused one from that show? ---
**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:** [December 3, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442/1501 "2023-12-03T21:10:33Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Eh, it’s still a game of Jeopardy every weekday, and some of the games have been quite good. I’m fine with it. And we’ve been getting Ken instead of Mayim. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-2022-23/971442.md?page=76)