# 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:** 33
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/641 "2022-05-12T04:59:54Z")
Kass is almost a “celebrity Jeopardy!” contestant. She has a successful book series, with a 7-season TV show made from it. Jackie Fuchs also could be classed the same. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/642 "2022-05-12T12:31:10Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Some people wouldn’t accept a woman in the job if she were the Virgin Mary. I, for one, wouldn’t accept the Virgin Mary for the job. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Ken gets a pass on belonging to the most misogynistic religion outside of Islam. He’s considered a great host. Define “belonging to”. How much of that religion does he really believe? How much has he gone public with? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/643 "2022-05-12T13:08:31Z")
I had no clue about FJ - for some reason I was thinking movie characters from Disney, maybe Gepetto or something. Then my daughter said “it’s probably someone from one of those mob movies,” and then - bam - I got The Godfather and then Clemenza. That was a very tough FJ, I thought. They could’ve mentioned The Godfather in the clue and I’ll bet most would’ve missed it. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/644 "2022-05-12T13:21:57Z")
I knew they wanted a character from The Godfather but that didn’t help. The only names I could think of were Vito or Fredo. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/645 "2022-05-12T14:23:29Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > The only names I could think of were Vito or Fredo. I was like “Tessio”? That doesn’t sound right. Luca Brasi, but if he was named for clemency it would have been the biggest irony ever. I couldn’t remember Clemenza, but if I had it would have been obvious. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/646 "2022-05-12T15:19:18Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I couldn’t remember Clemenza, but if I had it would have been obvious. It’s Clemenza who speaks the second-most-quoted line from the movie: “Leave the gun …take the cannoli.” ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/647 "2022-05-12T17:14:59Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I figured it was someone from _The Godfather_ , but I didn’t remember who killed who. The name Clemenza popped into my head, and I figured it was probably from the same root as “clemency”. > > So in my case, it was a combination of movie trivia and language. I got it instantly because of the name “Carlo.” Movie trivia. Don’t know if I would otherwise had arrived at the mercy-clemcy-Clemenza solution in 30 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/648 "2022-05-12T22:18:20Z")
I assumed right off the bat it was a The Godfather reference, but my familiarity with that movie is insufficient to even know any of the characters’ names except Don Corleone. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/649 "2022-05-13T03:39:51Z")
I knew “clemenza” from Mozart’s opera _La Clemenza di Tito_ (The Clemency of Titus). ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/650 "2022-05-13T11:33:59Z")
That was a rough episode to watch. What with Mayim’s pauses, and the contestants not knowing any answers, it was a bit wearing on me. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/651 "2022-05-13T13:27:27Z")
Yeah, what is going on with those pauses? Is she waiting for confirmation in her ear from the judges on even the most basic, obviously correct responses? ---
**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 13, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/652 "2022-05-13T13:40:39Z")
Can’t they edit them out? ---
**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:** [May 13, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/653 "2022-05-13T18:22:27Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > How fast the host reads the clues and how much time the host “wastes” on the intro and the “meet and greet”. And how much time St. Alex would waste with unnecessary verbiage _during_ the 6.5 minute rounds. “Oh, sorry, you picked the wrong one. You should have thought x, therefore y, equals z…”; in my OPINION the time he spent hogging the spotlight added up. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/654 "2022-05-14T03:32:03Z")
Nice to see Ryan win. And his Schwartzenegger impression was actually pretty good! ---
**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:** [May 14, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/655 "2022-05-14T03:36:50Z")
It was, and it was a lot of fun. The only thing that could have made it better was for him to look into the camera after winning, and say in his Schwartzenegger voice, “I’ll be back.” ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/656 "2022-05-15T21:48:25Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I guessed For Whom The Bell Tolls. > I stand by it because it was close. Except that since _For Whom the Bell Tolls_ deals with the Spanish Civil War, it could not possibly have come out in 1929. I really don’t get the hate for Mayim Bialik. She’s just fine, and I’ll be happy to see her continue. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/657 "2022-05-15T22:03:56Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Except that since _For Whom the Bell Tolls_ deals with the Spanish Civil War, it could not possibly have come out in 1929. That’s easy for you to say since you know that _For Whom the Bell Tolls_ deals with the Spanish Civil War, and that said war took place after 1929. > [@](#): > > I really don’t get the hate for Mayim Bialik. She’s just fine, and I’ll be happy to see her continue. It doesn’t bother you that, when a contestant states their Daily Double wager, she just repeats whatever they said in a sing-song, talking-to-a-preschooler voice? No color commentary like “all right, that’ll put you at 7400 if you’re correct” or “a gutsy move, let’s see if it pays off for you” or anything? Just “a _true_ _Dail_-y _Doub_-le! Here is your clue.” ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/658 "2022-05-15T22:05:47Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > It doesn’t bother you that, when a contestant states their Daily Double wager, she just repeats whatever they said in a sing-song, talking-to-a-preschooler voice? No color commentary like “all right, that’ll put you at 7400 if you’re correct” or “a gutsy move, let’s see if it pays off for you” or anything? Just “a _true_ _Dail_ -y _Doub_ -le! Here is your clue.” Nope, not the least bit. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/659 "2022-05-15T22:23:06Z")
Also Trebek was on the last episode of _The Colbert Report_. Maybe that counts for something. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/660 "2022-05-17T01:19:16Z")
Today I learned how to pronounce Tupelo. Would have pronounced it slightly differently. Though in fairness Elvis predates me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=34)