# Jeopardy 3/3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434 "2011-03-04T01:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/21 "2011-03-04T22:49:48Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Only if you take the view that the written rather than spoken form of the word is canonical. IMHO there is no compelling reason to do so, especially in the context of a game where responses are given orally. By that logic, the sentence ‘Witch weigh two thee heart gal airy?’ is perfectly correct because if you read it aloud (in many accents - not mine, but many), it would sound just the same as ‘Which way to the art gallery?’ But, no, those are all different words, despite being homophonous. If you wouldn’t accept that sentence as a written response, arguing that ‘ho’ and ‘hoe’ should be accepted as the same word is inconsistent. ---
**Author:** ![kathmandu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kathmandu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kathmandu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/22 "2011-03-04T23:11:19Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > What I couldn’t believe about today’s show was that no one got that Final Jeopardy! Come on! The answer was so obvious that I felt like it was still the Teen Tournament! What I couldn’t believe was that the family doctor got the question about the universal blood type recipient wrong. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/23 "2011-03-04T23:18:54Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > I knew chinchilla and Wilde. Why haven’t they contacted me to appear on the show yet? because they cannot see you! ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/24 "2011-03-05T08:19:28Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > By that logic, the sentence ‘Witch weigh two thee heart gal airy?’ is perfectly correct because if you read it aloud (in many accents - not mine, but many), it would sound just the same as ‘Which way to the art gallery?’ > > But, no, those are all different words, despite being homophonous. If you wouldn’t accept that sentence as a written response, arguing that ‘ho’ and ‘hoe’ should be accepted as the same word is inconsistent. But it’s a moot point, Jeopardy responses (with the exception of the final round) are given orally, not in writing. If the correct response to a clue really was “What is ‘Which way to the art gallery?’” and a contestant with the accent you describe instead said “What is ‘Witch weigh two thee heart gal airy’?” then I can guarantee you it would have been accepted. The producers do not stop the game every time someone utters a homophone to ask them to transcribe it (or if they do, 95% of the show must be edited out before it reaches television). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/25 "2011-03-05T16:07:01Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > I can’t even say “titmouse” without giggling like a schoolgirl. Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee! Then I’m guessing that [bushtit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushtit) _really_ gets you going? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/26 "2011-03-05T18:00:49Z")
Pretty funny, but I don’t think he was going for a laugh. I think he was just stumped and couldn’t identify a chinchilla or a titmouse. Hey, it was worth a try! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/27 "2011-03-05T18:07:51Z")
The lady in the middle had no clue as to the scarcity/price of dynamite. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/28 "2011-03-05T18:19:03Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > But a hoe isn’t seeking pleasure necessarily–she’s making money by satisfying the pleasure needs of others. If there is any single reason why Jennings’s answer was ruled wrong, it’s this. As someone else pointed out, the pleasure seeker in such a situation is actually called a “john”. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/29 "2011-03-05T18:27:17Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Yeah, that was really, really obvious. I mean, what the fuck else could the answer be? Chatterly? That’s just… astonishing. > > Joe It was astonishing that not one of the 3 got the right answer. It was one of the easiest I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/30 "2011-03-06T00:00:40Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Then I’m guessing that [bushtit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushtit) _really_ gets you going? No but [Lake Titicaca](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Titicaca) does it for me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/31 "2011-03-06T07:49:54Z")
My parents thought this was hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434/32 "2011-03-06T07:55:59Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It was astonishing that not one of the 3 got the right answer. It was one of the easiest I’ve seen. I was surprised by that, too. It seemed very obvious to me. Then again I missed Friday’s FJ question along with all three contestants - but at least I was in the ballpark.\* I wonder when it last happened that someone won two straight Jeopardy games without getting FJ right either time. \ ***Scientific Discoveries** Clue: "In 1919, Barely 20 years after its discovery, it was the world’s most expensive substance at $3 million an ounce. What is Radium? [I guessed uranium.] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-3-3/573434.md?page=1)