# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/241 "2022-02-19T04:36:53Z")
It is when the category is “Long Running _TV Show_ Characters” (emphasis mine.) There have been a bunch of Peanuts TV specials, but they were clearly asking about a character on a long-running TV 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 19, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/242 "2022-02-19T10:21:25Z")
Since when is the “dark side of the moon” synonymous with the “far side of the moon”? ---
**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 19, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/243 "2022-02-19T13:53:38Z")
Like, forever? We’ve done this many times before: while everyone with a basic understanding of the sun/earth/moon configuration knows that the far side of the moon gets about as much light as the close side (excepting the occasional lunar eclipse), the expression “the dark side of the moon” has long been understood to mean the far side. And one doesn’t have to read “dark” literally. The word is often used to mean something hidden or obscured, as in the (old fashioned and slightly racist) phrase “darkest Africa,” which obviously didn’t mean literally dark, but largely unexplored (by white people). A [recent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-question/792982) thread on the subject. ---
**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 19, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/244 "2022-02-19T14:14:23Z")
Oh, and @panache45, there’s [this thread from August 2003](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-the-moon-facing-earth/193288) that covered the same subject, in which [you posted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-side-of-the-moon-facing-earth/193288/18)! ---
**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 19, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/245 "2022-02-19T14:32:36Z")
Seems like the first time we were able to fly up there and take a look at the other side would have been a bigger deal than it was. ---
**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 19, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/246 "2022-02-19T22:00:27Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > The college championship is a separate show. It’s airing in primetime. Actually, here in Hawaii it’s not been showing at all. It seems the whole thing will air over several hours here tonight, I’ve learned. ---
**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 20, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/247 "2022-02-20T05:10:19Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Actually, here in Hawaii it’s not been showing at all. It seems the whole thing will air over several hours here tonight, I’ve learned. Looks like it’s well into it. They may have shown the first half last Saturday, and we missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/248 "2022-02-23T13:17:50Z")
The winner of the College Championship is my family’s alma mater! :applause: ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/249 "2022-02-23T15:21:53Z")
Tough FJ last night. You had to both figure out that the clue referred to the Girl Scout logo (which I did), _and_ remember the name of the founder (which I didn’t). ---
**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 23, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/250 "2022-02-23T15:23:04Z")
Same here. I could not remember her name. ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/251 "2022-02-23T22:42:13Z")
The only way I knew her name was from my childhood stamp collection. There was a U.S. stamp in her honor in 1948. ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/252 "2022-02-24T01:29:44Z")
Alas, I locked on to Julia Ward Howe and couldn’t think of anyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/253 "2022-02-24T02:08:14Z")
Ditto. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/254 "2022-02-24T03:51:43Z")
What was with not betting that extra dollar in FJ ?? ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/255 "2022-02-24T04:28:19Z")
Maybe she thought it was like the old days where (iirc) tied contestants both returned. ---
**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 24, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/256 "2022-02-24T05:14:41Z")
I thought that one was pretty easy tbh. Got it instantly. Tonight’s was another easy one. Not sure why Christine didn’t bet the extra $1, but I’m glad she won the tie breaker since she _should_ have won anyway had she bet correctly. ---
**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 24, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/257 "2022-02-24T05:26:30Z")
I don’t know from plays, so Willy was the only name I could come up with. Besides him and Stanley Kowalski, what other names come to mind? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/258 "2022-02-24T15:18:32Z")
My brain said that salesman guy… uh… :fail: ---
**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 24, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/259 "2022-02-24T15:59:08Z")
Well, I missed “play” in the clue, so…lots of other characters. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/260 "2022-03-03T08:29:58Z")
Anyone else totally put off by the current champ’s jewelry and “upscale” appearance? I keep hoping she’ll lose, for no other reason. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=14)