# 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:** 3
**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 12, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/41 "2022-01-12T14:11:31Z")
The Germans probably have a term for words you see but never hear. ---
**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 12, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/42 "2022-01-12T14:35:53Z")
My favorite is “awry”. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/43 "2022-01-12T14:47:55Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I was so embarrassed when the teacher corrected my pronunciation. My other word I heard aloud first on Jeopardy - duodenum. Duo-DEEN-um, not doo-AH-de-num. 😧 At least that was a private shame. Both pronunciations are correct. I think that the former is more common in the UK, and the latter is more common in the US. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/44 "2022-01-12T14:59:09Z")
Oh! Good to know I’m off the hook! ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/45 "2022-01-12T15:07:03Z")
Just last night, Ken corrected Amy’s pronunciation of “diplodocus”. When I first read that word, however many years ago, I would have agreed with Amy’s pronunciation, but I think Ken was probably correct. And I got Final Jeopardy instantly, but it was a triple stumper. ---
**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 12, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/46 "2022-01-12T15:57:45Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Duo-DEEN-um, not doo-AH-de-num. I go with doo-wah-diddy-um. ---
**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 12, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/47 "2022-01-12T16:12:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > And I got Final Jeopardy instantly, but it was a triple stumper. The Broadway Musical one? I was trying to remember which show “There’s No Business Like Show Business” was from and came up empty. For some reason, “Annie Get Your Gun” flashed in my brain for a millisecond but I discounted it. Had no idea that SJP had ever played Annie. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/48 "2022-01-12T16:24:32Z")
I didn’t guess that Final Jeopardy. ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/49 "2022-01-12T17:06:04Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > And I got Final Jeopardy instantly, but it was a triple stumper. Me too. It was the first answer that occurred to me. ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/50 "2022-01-12T17:19:42Z")
I got it, too, but let’s not be so cocky. Change the category to “the film of the Broadway musical” and make it about [Betty Hutton](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042200/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) and [Aileen Quinn](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083564/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) and we’d all be going “HUH” ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/51 "2022-01-12T17:25:12Z")
There have been 2 FJ triple stumpers recently (Van Gogh and Annie), and I’ve got them both. Why yes, I do rock. (I associated Ethel Merman with 2 roles: Mama Rose in Gypsy, and Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun. I had no idea Sarah Jessica Parker ever played Annie.) ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/52 "2022-01-12T17:29:03Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > The Germans probably have a term for words you see but never hear. Kinder? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/53 "2022-01-12T17:52:27Z")
I have no clue why “Annie” instantly popped into my head but it did. And then it made total sense. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/54 "2022-01-12T17:59:31Z")
Was it just me or was the FJ from January 7th, about Heyerdahl, ridiculously obscure? I had never heard of the guy, nor his voyage, before. Where was one supposed to have picked up that kind of thing? ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/55 "2022-01-12T18:02:56Z")
I knew it, and prayed Amy didn’t, but of course she did 🙁 ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/56 "2022-01-12T18:03:04Z")
I didn’t guess Annie last night but did guess Thor Heyerdahl last week. ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/57 "2022-01-12T18:08:17Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > Was it just me or was the FJ from January 7th, about Heyerdahl, ridiculously obscure? I had never heard of the guy, nor his voyage, before. Where was one supposed to have picked up that kind of thing? I didn’t get Annie but thought Thor was easy. We all learned about the Kon Tiki in grade school. It’s quite the story. However, if they’d reversed the question and asked what decade the voyage was, I would have said the 50s. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/58 "2022-01-12T18:10:12Z")
Maybe you have to be “of a certain age.” When I was a kid, in the 1970s, Thor Heyerdahl was a big name. We read about him in school, and he occasionally showed up on TV. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/59 "2022-01-12T18:17:46Z")
I recall Heyerdahl being on the news, and there was probably a Nova/National Geographic/Cousteau special on him. Brian ---
**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 12, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/60 "2022-01-12T18:20:47Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Maybe you have to be “of a certain age.” When I was a kid, in the 1970s, Thor Heyerdahl was a big name. We read about him in school, and he occasionally showed up on TV. I knew exactly who they were referring to, having read the book long ago. However, I’m terrible with names, especially foreign ones. I knew only “Thor somebody” I don’t think I would have received credit for that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=4)