# 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:** 29
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/561 "2022-05-06T04:37:16Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Never seen? How can you not know the basics of it even if you’ve never seen it? I’ve never seen it and couldn’t tell you anything about it. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/562 "2022-05-06T04:53:52Z")
It’s the one where the guy says “Rosebud”, and croaks. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/563 "2022-05-06T11:48:54Z")
I’ve haven’t seen it all the way through, but I know the basics, and I got FJ right. I knew the challenger blew it when I saw her write, at the last minute, what looked like a question mark. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/564 "2022-05-06T11:54:18Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > “I’ve never seen Citizen Kane?” Really??!? I’ve seen it, ages ago, and I certainly didn’t remember the beginning. But I was sure Mattea was going down. She continues to impress me. Especially her final bet - she’s never been so daring, has she? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/565 "2022-05-06T11:57:08Z")
Yeah, this was the most serious challenge Mattea has had, so I was watching the other player when the Think music started. It was obvious that she wasn’t writing anything, and that Mattea was writing (including her little postscript). The clue was (for me, at least), one of the easiest and most obvious ones ever, so Mattea really lucked out by getting an otherwise impressive opponent who had never seen _Citizen Kane_. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/566 "2022-05-06T12:08:59Z")
Indeed, when the camera panned over the challenger (with very little time left to write), she was visibly mouthing the words “Xanadu did Kublai Khan,” obviously still trying to figure it out. I also thought Mattea was going to lose. FJ was quite easy if you know movies, hard if you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/567 "2022-05-06T12:41:14Z")
I am not the least bit interested in movies, not watching them, not the history or the art of them, not the actors or directors, none of it. I do very well on quizzes. Especially as part of a team. History, science, politics, geography, math, I’m probably well into the 90th percentile on each. Music and movies, that’s what my teammates are for. I had no idea on the Final Jeopardy question. Ironically 30+ years ago as a college student I answered a tiebreaker question correctly to win an intercollegiate tournament that was on music. My teammates were horrified while the compere was reading the question, thinking we were sunk. Fortunately my mother was a Billie Holiday fan. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/568 "2022-05-06T13:15:17Z")
I really liked Mattea’s reaction when she realized she’d won. I will admit there have been times when I thought she belonged on _Wheel of Fortune_, but this wasn’t one of them. ETA and FTR, the correct answer popped into my head almost immediately, but I thought “No, that’s the one based on Huey Long.” Realized much later that I’d confused it with _All the King’s Men_. Impending senility.… ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/569 "2022-05-06T13:20:49Z")
What do you hardcore _Jeopardy!_ fans think of Mattea’s shtick? On the one hand I find it refreshing – I’m waiting for the day someone answers “Who is Turd Ferguson?”\* or wagers $420. On the other hand, she’s a bit of a chatterbox, in comparison to the seemingly dour and serious contestants they usually have. \*Yes, I know a version of this joke was [done a few years ago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFajpG7jSxo). It’s time for someone to do it again, and better. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/570 "2022-05-06T13:33:14Z")
i did see citizen kane, once, in college. did not get the fj. would have put something down like last emperor or some such. that was the closest one for mattea. her opponent was really good on the buzzer. good game. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/571 "2022-05-06T13:48:01Z")
I have never seen Citizen Kane from beginning to end but got Citizen Kane - but it took me a few moments of thought. It’s an old movie, so that’s not absolutely the easiest question - everyone assuming it was a slam dunk is forgetting that some people just have categories they’re weak in. Mattea was lucky that whatshername choked, but it happens. Mattea Roach may be my all time favourite champion, but I remain puzzled as to why we have SO MANY long term champs now. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Especially her final bet - she’s never been so daring, has she? Has she ever had to be? Final Jeopardy betting isn’t the same as Daily Double betting. Her conservative bets in DDs are a perfectly sensible approach if that’s her comfort zone; she is invariably either winning or in close contention and so rarely has any actually NEEDED to go all in, and if keeping your risk level low will prevent you from being thrown off your game, it’s a decent strategy. In FJ, if you’re losing, the only logical bets are all in or “one dollar more than the first place contestant in the hopes they blow it” - there’s nothing “daring” about either bet. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/572 "2022-05-06T14:04:06Z")
I call her Mary Annette. I thought for sure she was done. She sure does know a lot about US history for being a Canuck. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/573 "2022-05-06T14:06:58Z")
A well-read Canadian usually will. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/574 "2022-05-06T14:22:11Z")
It could have ended much worse. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFZDrOCLX2Y) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/575 "2022-05-06T16:11:09Z")
If the FJ had been a reference to “Rosebud,” don’t you think everyone would’ve known it immediately? Even without having seen the movie? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/576 "2022-05-06T16:12:05Z")
Eh, I saw Citizen Kane once, about 40 years ago. I recall some things about it, but not that Kane’s mansion was named Xanadu, and certainly not a newsreel clip. My guess was “Lost Horizon,” confusing Xanadu with Shangri-La. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/577 "2022-05-06T16:20:14Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > On the other hand, she’s a bit of a chatterbox, in comparison to the seemingly dour and serious contestants they usually have. Her hand gestures are fine. I just think that she’s going to get so wound up in her stream of consciousness while phrasing her answer that she’s going to confuse the judges or run out of time. Add me to the “FJ Should have been a slamdunk” list. But everybody has their strengths and weaknesses. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/578 "2022-05-06T16:27:01Z")
I was disappointed at only two correct “Art” answers and one Napoleonic (but was glad Ken didn’t pronounce it “Bagray-shun.”) Damned if I knew any of the sports or TV moms besides One Day at a Time. Frankly, it’s become so standard not to esteem Kane that I wasn’t surprised. It was the only respected Hollywood movie back when Hollywood movies were not respected, and that was before the arteurs of the 1970s. 75% of the US population have been born since then. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/579 "2022-05-06T16:28:12Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > If the FJ had been a reference to “Rosebud,” don’t you think everyone would’ve known it immediately? Even without having seen the movie? No, I wouldn’t think that. (Does everyone know “Redrum”?) I have, in the depths of my memory, _some_ awareness that there’s an old movie that mentions “Rosebud.” I would not have been able to identify the movie. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/580 "2022-05-06T16:33:35Z")
I wonder if she’s one of those sad people who will eschew a movie just because it’s B&W. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=30)