# 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:** 22
**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:** [April 8, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/421 "2022-04-08T23:46:18Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Watch it muted. She punctuates everything she says with emphatic head wags. When is Ken coming back? Monday. (Ask and ye shall receive [apparently!]) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/422 "2022-04-09T18:40:01Z")
Friday’s category “Norse Mythology” could be run by just watching the Thor movies. I got three “easily”, but I checked and the other two I didn’t know were actually mentioned or shown in the films, I just never noticed. That is, I hope they would have accepted my pronunciation of the hammer. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/423 "2022-04-11T15:30:41Z")
Friday’s FJ (“ **The Strand Union Workhouse, whose rules prohibited second helpings of food, inspired a setting in this 1838 novel** ”) was one of those where I psyched myself out trying to think of a different answer, because they wouldn’t possibly make it _that_ obvious, would they? They did. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/424 "2022-04-11T16:26:23Z")
I missed it because I get Twist mixed up with Copperfield. I don’t care to read enough Dickens to engrain the right answer. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/425 "2022-04-11T17:18:51Z")
Even if you haven’t read _any_ Dickens, that “Please, sir, can I have some more” scene is iconic. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/426 "2022-04-12T00:04:02Z")
I’ve been trying to figure out who Ken reminds me of. Finally: a blonde Tony Randall, but without the wit, cleverness and stage presence. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/427 "2022-04-12T01:09:53Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I missed it because I get Twist mixed up with Copperfield. I don’t care to read enough Dickens to engrain the right answer. You’ve never seen “Oliver”? It was obvious. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/428 "2022-04-12T01:54:37Z")
It’s on the list now, and I’ll watch it after I’ve watched every other movie 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/429 "2022-04-13T21:12:15Z")
Without spoiling anything, the Final Jeopardy I just saw involved a ridiculous, bogus (IMHO) picayune hair-splitting nitpick. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/430 "2022-04-13T23:56:10Z")
I have been to schoolhouse beach on Washington Island Brian ---
**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:** [April 14, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/431 "2022-04-14T00:40:43Z")
The outcome would still have been the same, except swapping the second and third place winners. At least Mattea learned how to bet in the case of a potential tie. I only knew the answer from watching the Benjamin Franklin documentary, otherwise I too would have guessed the other way. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/432 "2022-04-14T00:45:11Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > Without spoiling anything, the Final Jeopardy I just saw involved a ridiculous, bogus (IMHO) picayune hair-splitting nitpick. I can see the reason for the ruling; “Seven Years War” fits the clue better given that it includes European battlefields in addition to the North American ones (instead of _just_ the North American ones). Still, I’d get behind the idea that the writing of the clue could have been more effective in ruling out the smaller case. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/433 "2022-04-14T01:40:50Z")
What was that other book in the Dracula clue? Anybody ever read it (something about shapeshifters)? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/434 "2022-04-14T01:44:48Z")
I suppose, but I would argue they’re two names for the same war. I wonder what would happen if someone went _very_ retro and answered “What was the Great War?” to a WWI question. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/435 "2022-04-14T02:38:08Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > What was that other book in the Dracula clue? [The Beetle](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beetle_(novel)). ---
**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:** [April 14, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/436 "2022-04-14T02:55:54Z")
Thanks! [It’s at Project Gutenberg.](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5164) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/437 "2022-04-14T03:09:50Z")
I fully expected Mattea to get that one, and I even predicted what the other two players would say. Why? Because if Mattea’s education in Canada was anything like mine, we never learned about the French and Indian War. We learned about the Seven Years War, and that it took place in both North America and Europe. The only people I’ve heard refer to the conflict as the French and Indian War have been Americans. I’ve never heard a Canadian (or a European) refer to the conflict as the French and Indian War; it’s always the Seven Years War. Thus my prediction for Mattea’s response, and for the responses of the other two players. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/438 "2022-04-14T03:32:04Z")
My ears are still burning from guessing Franco-Prussian War. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/439 "2022-04-14T04:07:32Z")
Always interesting that betting situation. Shouldn’t Mattea have bet more? If I hated the FJ category, I might consider betting zero and taking my chances in the tie-breaker. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/440 "2022-04-14T06:58:25Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Always interesting that betting situation. Shouldn’t Mattea have bet more? If she was greedy, perhaps. If she wanted to win, then I think it was a smart play. If the other player doubled up, and got it correct, he would have tied her. If she got it correct, she’d be a dollar above him, and win the game. If the other player got it incorrect, and she got it incorrect, then by simply wagering a dollar, she’d still win the game. Besides, “History” is an extremely broad category. Who knows what they’re going to throw out there? It could be any country’s history, from any time period, about anything. I’m also sure that Mattea had, in the back of her mind, the fact that Alex always demanded that at least one clue in a game be about Canada (he being Canadian and all), and that tradition has survived. Since there were none to that point in the game, she figured that FJ had to do with Canadian history somehow. A little mental arithmetic and knowledge of history and geography leads one to the Seven Years War. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=23)