# 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:** 42
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/821 "2022-06-02T18:13:47Z")
He made that kind of mistake several times in that game, giving a response that didn’t really make sense given the clue. On “1930’s Smoot-Hawley act raised these import duties… anyone? Anyone? By about… anyone? 20%, rattling Wall Street badly” he rang in with “what is alcohol?” And on “The mathematical operation of deducting a number” he guessed “what is calculation?” ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/822 "2022-06-02T18:29:38Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > On “1930’s Smoot-Hawley act raised these import duties… anyone? Anyone? By about… anyone? 20%, rattling Wall Street badly” he rang in with “what is alcohol?” I hated the way that question was phrased. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/823 "2022-06-02T19:59:07Z")
I don’t even get it. Is that a Ferris Bueller reference? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/824 "2022-06-02T20:17:20Z")
Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/825 "2022-06-02T20:20:10Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I hated the way that question was phrased. > [@Stephe96](#): > > I don’t even get it. Is that a Ferris Bueller reference? Yes. I recognized the Ferris Bueller reference, but I see looking up that scene just now that the economics teacher, played by Ben Stein, specifically talks about the Smoot-Hawley act and tariffs. So I guess if you know that scene really well, you’d get it just based on that. I agree it’s not phrased very well, but I’d still say if you’ve watched enough Jeopardy, you should know that if they were looking for a particular good, they’d have said “import duties on this product” or something like that, and that the way it was phrased, they were looking for a synonym for “import duties.” ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/826 "2022-06-02T21:51:31Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > I agree it’s not phrased very well, but I’d still say if you’ve watched enough Jeopardy, you should know that if they were looking for a particular good, they’d have said “import duties on this product” or something like that, and that the way it was phrased, they were looking for a synonym for “import duties.” Yeah, but all that “anyone, anyone?” nonsense is making it hard to figure out whether they wanted a specific good or a synonym for import duties. Yes, if you take you time and read the question carefully, it can be done. But it’s a garbled mess for someone who has to decide whether to buzz in or not. I haven’t seen the movie, (but got the reference to the movie) so you might as well made a reference to the House on Pooh Corner for all the help it gave me about 1920s tariffs. ETA: It sounds like I’m complaining that the question was too hard. Perhaps I am, but I think my main complaint is the writers tried to be cutesy to such an extent that even people who knew the answer would be tripped up. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/827 "2022-06-02T21:54:40Z")
Why did Dr Brainpills say “thank you” to Tyson Foods? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/828 "2022-06-02T22:47:14Z")
Yes, I assume for making non-chicken chicken nuggets. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/829 "2022-06-03T01:46:54Z")
She’s vegan, so…yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/830 "2022-06-03T02:44:47Z")
I thought we had kind of a gentlemen’s agreement not to discuss the most recent episode until after it had aired on the West Coast. Yet this is the 2nd evening in a row someone has posted about a detail of the match before it even aired on the _East_ Coast. Where do you guys live where Jeopardy airs at 4 or 5pm Eastern Time? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/831 "2022-06-03T03:24:33Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > Where do you guys live where Jeopardy airs at 4 or 5pm Eastern Time? There are several places where Jeopardy airs around that time. You can see all the markets/times [here](http://jeopardy.mattcarberry.com/j-airing.html). When Jeopardy James was on his streak, I believe we decided that 8:00 Eastern was the earliest time we could discuss today’s show. But that’s coming from my failing memory, so it’s entirely possible that I’m wrong about that. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/832 "2022-06-03T11:45:47Z")
I’m in Houston, and it airs at 11:30 am Central. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/833 "2022-06-03T12:00:48Z")
I try to avoid the thread until after I’ve seen the show. If I do read it anyway, then I don’t allow myself to holler the answer from the couch, unless I truly already knew it. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/834 "2022-06-03T12:26:46Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > my main complaint is the writers tried to be cutesy to such an extent that even people who knew the answer would be tripped up. That reminds me of a poem by Ogden Nash. _Here’s a good rule of thumb: Too clever is dumb._ ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/835 "2022-06-03T13:49:59Z")
Wow, I thought 7:00 or 7:30 pm local time was pretty much a universal standard. I had no idea there are many cities where if you work standard business hours, you have to DVR Jeopardy in order to watch it! ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/836 "2022-06-03T14:44:59Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > would it have killed you to quote the clue, instead of expecting us to remember which one you were referring to? I want to politely generalize this polite complaint. This is my pet peeve for this thread. I don’t necessarily check in every day. It drives me CRAZY when somebody writes that **today’s** FJ (etc) was hard/easy/misleading etc. A day or 2 or 3 later I have no recollection what the questions were. You don’t need to quote it in its entirety, especially when that would include a spoiler. But, everybody, please include some context when referring to a specific question. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/837 "2022-06-03T14:56:44Z")
So one of the correct responses on the Thursday, 2 June episode had something to do with the Clash, and the correct response was, “What is “Rock the Casbah?”” At home I immediately raised my hand and said, “Dispute!” Because it’s obviously “Rockin’ the Casbah” – after all, that’s what Joe Strummer sings. …And I would have made a giant fool of myself on national TV, because the title of the song is, in fact, “Rock the Casbah.” Shareef don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/838 "2022-06-03T15:12:57Z")
In general I agree with you; I think it’s good form to quote the clue and bad form not to. But one has to admit, the [Jeopardy Archive](https://j-archive.com/) is a click away, where you can read all the clues for yourself to your heart’s content. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/839 "2022-06-03T15:41:53Z")
True, although the Jeopardy Archive doesn’t tell you in what order the clues were revealed. So in this specific case, it wouldn’t have helped someone figure out what “that last clue” was. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/840 "2022-06-03T15:44:55Z")
Yes, it does; that’s the number in the upper right-hand corner of each clue box. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=43)