# 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:** 11
**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:** [February 10, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/201 "2022-02-10T02:24:12Z")
We watched half of the Wednesday Championship episode tonight, but I have to say that an hour and a half of Jeopardy per night for two weeks is a bit too much. I think we may just watch the regular games and give the quarter and semifinals a miss. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/202 "2022-02-10T03:07:05Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > I’m annoyed because I didn’t hear about it ahead of time They were promoting it heavily during regular Jeopardy for a couple weeks now, with pop ups and graphics during the actual show. If you have Hulu it is also available there the following day. And yeah, I love Jeopardy but 3 episodes per day for two weeks is **a lot**! ---
**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:** [February 10, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/203 "2022-02-10T17:40:39Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I love Jeopardy but 3 episodes per day for two weeks is **a lot**! Agreed. My wife and I have decided to consume the tournament on the weekends. Maybe it’ll get spoiled for us, maybe not, but there’s no way we’ll watch it all in a timely manner along with the regular episodes. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/204 "2022-02-10T19:34:45Z")
I agree, watch it on the weekends. It’ll last a while. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/205 "2022-02-11T15:35:31Z")
I was going to make a snarky comment on how these college whiz kids today have big gaps in their knowledge. Henry VIII 2nd wife was Marie Antoinette? That’s just embarrassing. But then everybody got Winston Churchill and I didn’t. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/206 "2022-02-11T15:54:16Z")
Well, Henry’s wives and Marie had one thing in common. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/207 "2022-02-11T17:13:31Z")
I too am surprised by the college kids’ lack of knowledge. I try to put myself in their place of being back when I was done with high school, and I think I would so better than they are doing. Perhaps the contestants are so focused on their subject area that they don’t have a broad range of knowledge. Or maybe kids don’t read encyclopedias while eating breakfast anymore like I used to do. I’m liking when the contestants from the big Ivy League schools are getting trounced by students in smaller colleges - hah! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/208 "2022-02-11T17:15:30Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Well, Henry’s wives and Marie had one thing in common. Musicals? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/209 "2022-02-11T17:22:40Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > I’m liking when the contestants from the big Ivy League schools are getting trounced by students in smaller colleges - hah! Or when the football school with the inclusive admissions policy _cough_LSU_cough_ beats Stanford. I remember watching GE College Bowl every week as a kid (hosted by … Allen Ludden, I think?) and it seemed there was always a team from Brandeis. Just like this week on Jeopardy. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/210 "2022-02-12T00:23:08Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I remember watching GE College Bowl every week as a kid (hosted by … Allen Ludden, I think?) Mrs. Cretin and I used to watch **GECB** in 1970 (?); Allen Ludden is who I think I remember hosting. (Later) My memories were mixed up. I do remember Ludden hosting CB, but only into the early 60’s when he moved over to **Password**. By the time Mrs.C and I were watching CB together there had been a different host for several years. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/211 "2022-02-12T01:22:34Z")
When Allen Ludden left College Bowl he was replaced by Robert Earle. I wonder if Betty White was fooled. Allen Ludden [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sOpbWtChoy8/0.jpg) ](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sOpbWtChoy8/0.jpg) Robert Earle [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/06/10/obituaries/09Earle-obit/merlin_156090174_9fdfebc8-c448-4c88-9dde-5d68009dce15-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp) ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/06/10/obituaries/09Earle-obit/merlin_156090174_9fdfebc8-c448-4c88-9dde-5d68009dce15-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/212 "2022-02-12T07:18:59Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > And yeah, I love Jeopardy but 3 episodes per day for two weeks is **a lot**! I can take or leave the three-episodes-a-day format. What gets me is that the theme during Final Jeopardy in the tournament seems to be played by the [Le Petomane](https://www.straightdope.com/21341537/did-a-french-vaudeville-star-once-specialize-in-trained-flatulence) Memorial Marching Band. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/213 "2022-02-12T21:00:19Z")
Yeah, the tuba-heavy theme has to go. My wife said she’ll be glad when this edition ends so she doesn’t have to listen to it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/214 "2022-02-13T01:11:30Z")
Count me as another non-fan of the tuba version of the Final Jeopardy jingle. Of all the instruments they could have emphasized… of course next time, to spite us, they may go Full Accordion… ---
**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:** [February 13, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/215 "2022-02-13T17:23:54Z")
I’m finally catching up on my accumulated DVR recordings and am watching the prime-time college tournament. In the first episode, I think Mayim describes this as the first college tournament. So are they still going to have the college tournament during the regular syndicated show? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/216 "2022-02-13T19:59:18Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Of all the instruments they could have emphasized… of course next time, to spite us, they may go Full Accordion… Bagpipes? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/217 "2022-02-13T20:26:00Z")
They know what PCR stands for, but not one knew what Fallopian tubes are? Including the women? Don’t they teach sex ed anymore? Biology? eta in the second game, they had a question about curling. Funny - we snuck in the jeopardy episode between women’s and men’s curling games today. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/218 "2022-02-14T01:23:28Z")
This is weird. They’ve not been showing the college championship in Hawaii, just the regular play. I think they’ll show it next week. I wonder if that means this past week we’ve seen what they’ll show you guys after the tournament. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/219 "2022-02-14T03:57:54Z")
The college championship is a separate show. It’s airing in primetime. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/220 "2022-02-14T04:01:16Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > They know what PCR stands for, but not one knew what Fallopian tubes are? Including the women? Don’t they teach sex ed anymore? Biology? And the contestant who won the game was pre-med! I think it’s more that familiarity with Latin roots is waning in our society. The clue required you to surmise what “oviduct” means. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=12)