# Jeopardy discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [January 4, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207 "2022-01-04T18:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 4, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1 "2022-01-04T18:16:17Z")
A new jeopardy thread for a new year! 😀 ---
**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:** [January 4, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/2 "2022-01-04T18:23:19Z")
How about that Amy! (Just trying to get the thread going.) I thought last game’s FJ was incredibly easy, while noting that I missed the Simon and McCartney FJ a couple days ago. eta I whiffed on the entire category of Billboard top 200 albums of 2021. Strike 1-2-3-4-5! Never even _heard of_ three of them. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/3 "2022-01-04T18:28:15Z")
I’d rather deal with dead monarchs than contemporary music. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/4 "2022-01-04T18:42:54Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I thought last game’s FJ was incredibly easy, while noting that I missed the Simon and McCartney FJ a couple days ago. Everyone knows the right answer was Lennon and Garfunkel! 😀 ---
**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:** [January 4, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/5 "2022-01-04T19:06:12Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Everyone knows the right answer was Lennon and Garfunkel! I thought it was Paul and Paul. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/6 "2022-01-04T22:09:17Z")
I thought it was Garfunkel & Oates. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/7 "2022-01-04T22:18:53Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > eta I whiffed on the entire category of Billboard top 200 albums of 2021. Strike 1-2-3-4-5! Never even _heard of_ three of them. I never heard of 4 of them, I knew when it came up that category was bad news. Amy got a few right, as I recall. I said to my wife, “How the hell did she know that?” ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/8 "2022-01-05T00:23:09Z")
Real life intrudes: > **[Record-setting ‘Jeopardy!’ champ robbed in Oakland](https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Jeopardy-champ-Amy-Schneider-robbed-Oakland-16749275.php)** > > The robbery took place a day before her 24th consecutive win was broadcast. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/9 "2022-01-05T04:32:06Z")
FJ was another triple-stumper today. The answer was obvious, once you heard it. 🙂 It was a double stumper in our house, too. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/10 "2022-01-05T05:05:52Z")
It sounded so obvious once Ken explained it. Circle, circus… I’m curious if anyone else guessed Conan Doyle for the L Frank Baum DD? I know Doyle was sorta taken in by early trick photography that supposedly depicted fairies. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/11 "2022-01-05T05:10:28Z")
I guessed incorrectly (with the contestants), but my brilliant wife got it right. > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I’m curious if anyone else guessed Conan Doyle for the L Frank Baum DD? I know Doyle was sorta taken in by early trick photography that supposedly depicted fairies. The photograph featured the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin Man to the left of Baum. I thought the answer was painfully obvious. [![](https://www.newsobserver.com/latest-news/ylap0f/picture250732724/alternates/FREE_1140/LFrankBaumandcharactersinTheFairylogueandRadioPlays1908.png) ](https://www.newsobserver.com/latest-news/ylap0f/picture250732724/alternates/FREE_1140/LFrankBaumandcharactersinTheFairylogueandRadioPlays1908.png) ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/12 "2022-01-05T05:13:49Z")
I did not say “arena,” because somewhere I picked up the little factoid that the word “arena” derives from the Latin word for “sand.” I did not, however, think of “circus.” My guess was Colosseum, even though I doubted that it was right, since it’s obviously related to the word “colossus” and surely has something to do with great size. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/13 "2022-01-05T05:55:17Z")
I didn’t even really notice the other people in the picture when it was shown on screen. They focused in on Baum so I was trying to figure out if I recognized his face. Seeing it here, yeah it’s obvious. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/14 "2022-01-05T08:47:55Z")
I saw the Ozma in the background and **knew** it was Baum. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/15 "2022-01-05T15:35:51Z")
That sucks, but I’m glad she wasn’t hurt. The article led me to this gem, though, which is gold: > I’ve been liking Amy more and more as her run goes on. All the transphobic a-holes can suck it. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/16 "2022-01-05T23:16:08Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > FJ was another triple-stumper today. The answer was obvious, once you heard it. 🙂 Exactly. I knew the answer wasn’t “arena” but I also couldn’t think of a better one. I’m guessing the contestants who went that route had a similar train of thought. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/17 "2022-01-06T02:34:04Z")
Warning: partial spoiler in this post. So if you google ‘final jeopardy 1/5/2022’, one of the search results is this site: > **[FinalJeopardyToday.com - Cerebral Challenges Chronicle](https://finaljeopardytoday.com)** > > Cerebral Challenges Chronicle If you open this site and read it, you will find this: > Amy Schneider is a successful player of this game show, she has won 25 times so far. No one has been able to beat him yet, he is a great player, we hope that he can cross his $1 million mark. Amy’s popularity has increased a lot through this show, she has so far +54.7k followers on her Twitter account. It remains to be seen what he does in Today’s Jeopardy 1/5/2022. > > Amy Schneider has played the 25th episode so far and has won a winning amount of $918,000. So today She will face two new contestants, their name is Mike Parks, Chantal Nguyen. Can he beat these two and cross his $1 million mark? By my count, Amy is referred to using feminine pronouns four times, and masculine pronouns six times. What in the actual fuck? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/18 "2022-01-06T03:08:31Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > By my count, Amy is referred to using feminine pronouns four times, and masculine pronouns six times. What in the actual fuck? The article was pretty clearly written by a bot, or at best by someone with an extremely shaky grasp of English. Just be happy the article uses third-person pronouns at all, instead of simply repeating “Amy Schneider” 10 more times. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/19 "2022-01-06T05:27:33Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > What in the actual fuck? The registrant is from Odisha, India, so it could simply be a poor understanding of English, as @Kent_Clark noted. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/20 "2022-01-06T06:12:18Z")
I guessed “Colusieum”, and then the Dish went out, and didn’t hear the answer. I’ve always hated the circus. My baby ran away with one. Not really. I just don’t like the smell of elephant shit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=2)