# Jeopardy! Julia Collins **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 5, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735 "2014-05-05T18:10:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/21 "2014-05-22T23:01:19Z")
> [@Sean\_Factotum](#): > > That kind of bet shows, to me at least, that the contestant didn’t want to win. I’m baffled why someone doesn’t bet enough to put them into contention for the final question. I thought the middle contestant already had a defeatist attitude at that point in the game. Slumped shoulders, didn’t seem pleased with getting answers right, a bunch of missed or unanswered questions and an opponent with a big lead. But then she gets a chance to jump back into contention and _ **BUZZ** _ she blew it! She almost seemed disappointed to have found the Daily Double clue at all. ---
**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 24, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/22 "2014-05-24T04:13:11Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > Arthur Chu once bet “five bucks” on a daily double, because it was a category he knew nothing about (and indeed got the question wrong). Category was Sports related, Chu said he knew nothing about sports and wagered $5, Trebek read the Answer (Question), Arthur _immediately_ said “I don’t know.” Short and sweet, minimum money-making time wasted. ---
**Author:** ![JacksMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@JacksMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacksMom)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/23 "2014-05-24T04:23:41Z")
Today’s program was very disappointing. I found the categories spectacularly simple in the first round. I wasn’t paying that much attention by the 2nd half, as it seems this game was more a display of impeccable buzzer timing than knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/24 "2014-05-24T14:50:39Z")
That’s ALWAYS been what Jeopardy is! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/25 "2014-05-24T14:57:25Z")
> [@JacksMom](#): > > I wasn’t paying that much attention by the 2nd half, as it seems this game was more a display of impeccable buzzer timing than knowledge. > [@etv78](#): > > That’s ALWAYS been what Jeopardy is! She seems to be using a bit of the Ken Jennings formula as well. That is, buzzing in and then working out the answer afterwords. She seemed to grab the “bee keeping” answer out of nowhere, as well as a few others. ---
**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 24, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/26 "2014-05-24T22:59:59Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > Did anyone else wonder if Trebek made a fat joke about Julia today? His opening patter mentioned “some fans are calling Julia ‘The Giant’. We’ll see how right they are” or something like that. The show cut to a picture of Julia not looking very happy about that moniker… and really, i don’t blame her. Trebek may be smug, patronizing and sexist, but he ain’t stoopid. I think it’s a reference to her having become a Formidable Adversary whom only a “Giant Killer” will defeat. Also, FWIW: “I read somewhere” that she’s taller than average for a human female person. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/27 "2014-05-25T00:03:05Z")
Trebek called Nancy, the woman who finally toppled Ken Jennings a “Giant Killer” so it’s an old schtick of his. ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/28 "2014-05-25T02:17:18Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Trebek called Nancy, the woman who finally toppled Ken Jennings a “Giant Killer” so it’s an old schtick of his. Ah ha. I swear I didn’t know that. ---
**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 26, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/29 "2014-05-26T00:34:21Z")
She now has 15 wins, third most ever. (Consecutive, non-tournament) Four more wins and she ties Dave Madden at second most with 19. Five more and she assumes second place only to Ken Jennings. I think it’s more likely than not she’ll do it. Discuss. Also- I notice Trebek isn’t referring to her as “a very bright young lady”; looks like she broke through a glass ceiling of sorts there. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/30 "2014-05-27T13:52:52Z")
I just watched the game I taped on Friday. I noticed that she swept the Asian American category and the audience didn’t applaud. Maybe there was one lone clap. Have they started discouraging the audience from applauding for sweeping categories now? ---
**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 27, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/31 "2014-05-27T16:42:58Z")
Maybe the applause was edited out for time constraints? Cuts like that are often conspicuous. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/32 "2014-05-27T23:12:23Z")
She had over $10k before the first break tonight. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/33 "2014-05-28T01:39:39Z")
Tonight I almost want to say the opponents gave it away. Yes, she had over $10k before double Jeopardy. But halfway through the second round she was the only person NOT in the hole. It was shaping up to be a one-person final Jeopardy until the guy on the end cranked in up in the last few categories. That’s not to disparage her - she’s doing extremely well, but I think the competition was not as good as it usually is tonight. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/34 "2014-05-28T04:57:29Z")
Yeah, she’s been solid, but her competition has seemed pretty bad most days. Also, the clues seem easier than normal, but maybe the Decades tournament just shifted my usual view. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/35 "2014-05-28T04:59:33Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Maybe the applause was edited out for time constraints? Cuts like that are often conspicuous. > [@Cubsfan](#): > > She had over $10k before the first break tonight. And they clapped when she ran a category. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/36 "2014-05-28T05:04:08Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > Tonight I almost want to say the opponents gave it away. Yes, she had over $10k before double Jeopardy. But halfway through the second round she was the only person NOT in the hole. It was shaping up to be a one-person final Jeopardy until the guy on the end cranked in up in the last few categories. > > That’s not to disparage her - she’s doing extremely well, but I think the competition was not as good as it usually is tonight. That sometimes happens when one person is _really_ good, especially if they’re also really good with the buzzer. If I get the opponents only each get to ring in for 3 or 4 or 5 questions and they each get two wrong, that can leave them both in the hole. If she stays on top of the buzzer for the rest of the game, they’re in trouble. To add to that, even if they know they answer, she’s better with the buzzer at this point. ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/37 "2014-05-31T04:09:28Z")
!! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/38 "2014-05-31T17:02:54Z")
I can’t believe she was the only one, in Final Jeopardy, to correctly answer in the question **19th Century Politics.**. The one contender started to write down the correct answer but didn’t have time to finish it. To me it was an easy win. But then I wasn’t under a lot of pressure either. ---
**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 31, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/39 "2014-05-31T21:23:37Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I can’t believe she was the only one, in Final Jeopardy, to correctly answer in the question **19th Century Politics.**. The one contender started to write down the correct answer but didn’t have time to finish it. To me it was an easy win. > > But then I wasn’t under a lot of pressure either. Were you watching a different game?🙂 Wendy got it as well, and was ahead at that point. Julia actually has to wager properly. I think it was the closest win she’s had in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/40 "2014-06-01T01:08:26Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I can’t believe she was the only one, in Final Jeopardy, to correctly answer in the question **19th Century Politics.**. The one contender started to write down the correct answer but didn’t have time to finish it. To me it was an easy win. > > But then I wasn’t under a lot of pressure either. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Were you watching a different game?🙂 > > Wendy got it as well, and was ahead at that point. Julia actually has to wager properly. I think it was the closest win she’s had in a long time. I have to agree with **Just Asking Questions** - all three contestants got it right, the middle one just didn’t have time to finish writing down the answer. That being said, I don’t think knowing what state Andrew Johnson is from is all that common knowledge. It was a good game - I was worried the streak would end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735.md?page=3)