# Jeopardy! is seeking former contestants

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-is-seeking-former-contestants/425130>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 3, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-is-seeking-former-contestants/425130 "2007-11-03T20:17:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-is-seeking-former-contestants/425130/1 "2007-11-03T20:17:44Z")

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I know [we have a few](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287408) around here someplace. The powers that be request the honor of your presence [here](http://www.jeopardy.com/contestants_formercontestants.php).

I figure it’s for some kind of breeding experiment.

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**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-is-seeking-former-contestants/425130/2 "2007-11-03T21:46:23Z")

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Impossible. They are robots and robots cannot breed. I’m lucky to get maybe 6 questions right during a show.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-is-seeking-former-contestants/425130/3 "2007-11-03T21:54:27Z")

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I’m still frickin’ waiting to become a former contestant, dammit…

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**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:** [November 3, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-is-seeking-former-contestants/425130/4 "2007-11-03T23:19:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Burrido]  
They are robots and robots cannot breed.  
[/QUOTE]  
Don’t remind me.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-is-seeking-former-contestants/425130/5 "2007-11-04T00:50:22Z")

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10,000 people have been on Jeopardy? I don’t feel so special now.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-is-seeking-former-contestants/425130/6 "2007-11-04T01:16:41Z")

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But how many Dopers were on in the Art Fleming era? My mom was - summer 1971, I think… I passed that link to her.