# 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:** 63
**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:** [July 28, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1241 "2022-07-28T18:12:00Z")
I like Mayim. I like Ken. I liked Buzzy. I liked _most_ of the guest hosts. It doesn’t really matter to me who hosts, as long as they don’t focus too much attention on themselves or completely botch their hosting duties. (No, taking an extra quarter-second to confirm or deny a response does not qualify.) Mayim’s perceived transgressions outside of Jeopardy! do _not_ rise to the level of disqualifying her from hosting. Not even close. The whole “controversy” and all the bile directed toward Mayim are absolutely ridiculous to me, and people really need to chill. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1242 "2022-07-28T18:46:39Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > The whole “controversy” and all the bile directed toward Mayim are absolutely ridiculous to me, and people really need to chill. Considering that the program is _sponsored_ by the manufacturer of “snake-oil brain pills” (Prevagen), some of y’all for consistency might want to cut Mayim some slack – or write a sternly-worded letter to the producers. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1243 "2022-07-28T19:57:46Z")
If they wanted to go full on woke they would have picked a black woman or a gay woman. Robin Roberts is black and gay . ---
**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:** [July 28, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1244 "2022-07-28T20:01:41Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > The whole “controversy” and all the bile directed toward Mayim are absolutely ridiculous to me, and people really need to chill. Thank you, I agree! And oddly, I thought Michael Richards was the best host. But his sins exceed those of Mayim. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1245 "2022-07-28T21:46:48Z")
If nothing else, Mayim should be disqualified for her “fashion sense.” But I would watch no matter who is the host. Hell I watch the Washington Nationals games and their announcers are Dumb and Dumber. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1246 "2022-07-28T22:01:12Z")
I look forward to her Margaret Hamilton bio-pic. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1247 "2022-07-28T22:19:56Z")
For the most part, I agree, because I’m not opposed to her hosting because of her “brain pills”-hawking, her statement about female modesty, or her comments about vaccines. I just think she’s not good at hosting. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1248 "2022-07-28T23:59:56Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I thought Michael Richards was the best host. But his sins exceed those of Mayim. I agree about Michael Richards. However, even before his bad behavior came out, his self-selection left a bad taste in my mouth. It reminded me of when George W Bush tasked Dick Cheney to pick his running mate and Cheney picked himself. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1249 "2022-07-29T00:34:42Z")
Ok, I got Stevie Nicks, Eeyore, _and_ Andorra. And every one was a guess. (well, I was actually pretty confident about Eeyore) mmm ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1250 "2022-07-29T00:40:35Z")
Andorra sounds so fictional, like Brigadoon or Shangri-la. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1251 "2022-07-29T01:01:40Z")
I love the fact that they’re milking the “regular Virginia” thing for all it’s worth. I hope the contestant who said that is getting royalties. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1252 "2022-07-29T01:21:56Z")
Man, I completely forgot there was a country called Andorra. I had nothing, so I guessed Monaco. Weak, I know. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1253 "2022-07-29T03:36:34Z")
So we see the FJ category, and I say I would be a lot, because before I’d be on Jeopardy!, I’d study European countries. But I noted that it could be a tricky question, “like ‘what is the national export of Andorra’.” ! I can’t believe I got it from the category. Take that Stevie Nicks, and stick it in your Eeyore. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1254 "2022-07-29T10:10:53Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > I just think she’s not good at hosting. My opinion also. To me, she seems like she’s a first-time host instead of someone who’s done it many times. It makes me think she’ll never grow into the role. Her selection makes me think they felt they had to have a woman because reasons. Whatever. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1255 "2022-07-29T15:05:46Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Her selection makes me think they felt they had to have a woman because reasons. Whatever. Well, first, not everyone out here considers her that bad. And second, what more reason does the show need to have a woman host than “whatever”? It’s about time. Since I don’t think she’s worse than Ken, (they just have different weaknesses) “all things being equal” as it were I’d vote to have her _just because_ she’s a woman. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1256 "2022-07-29T15:28:52Z")
I suspect there is no woman in the world that a lot of Jeopardy fans wouldn’t find unacceptable for reasons facially unrelated to her gender. Not a single one of the 3.7B women alive. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1257 "2022-07-29T22:18:54Z")
I dunno. Let’s get Kristen Bell up there. mmm ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1258 "2022-07-29T23:22:57Z")
If the billet can only be filled by a brainy woman, Danica “Winnie Cooper” McKellar is just wasting over at some dominoes show. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1259 "2022-07-30T00:08:24Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > I suspect there is no woman in the world that a lot of Jeopardy fans wouldn’t find unacceptable for reasons facially unrelated to her gender. Not a single one of the 3.7B women alive. I suspect this is quite true. (And there’s no end of research, such as studies involving ‘identical resumes submitted with male or female names/photos’, showing that in general women are judged more harshly than are men even when all else is identical.) But in this case I must reluctantly agree that Mayim is less satisfactory as a host than is Ken. (The ‘extra half second before she acknowledges an answer’ thing is something I’ll never get used to, for one thing.) That’s not to say that there’s not a _different_ woman who would be as good as, or even better than Ken. As mentioned above, Kristen Bell or Danica McKellar might prove to be excellent at the job, and there are no doubt others worth a try. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207/1260 "2022-07-31T15:13:18Z")
I read too far ahead in this thread before watching Thursday’s episode, so Andorra got spoiled for me. Didn’t matter. I would have had _zero_ shot at a correct guess. I’ve never heard of the Spanish March, and geographically I have no idea where the ~~Moops~~ Moors were in relation to “Christian Europe” to even make an educated guess. I suppose something bordering Spain would make the most sense for a complete shot in the dark, but as European geography is not a strength of mine, I wouldn’t even be able to tell you whether Andorra borders Spain or not. I was actually quite impressed that two of the three players got it right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-discussion/957207.md?page=64)