# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/41 "2014-06-01T01:52:47Z")
I usually have a backlog of 10-15 Jeopardy episodes on my DVR. I caught up this week to see if she was still winning. Indeed she was. 20 straight wins is a remarkable achievement. I hope she keeps going. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/42 "2014-06-01T02:41:56Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > That being said, I don’t think knowing what state Andrew Johnson is from is all that common knowledge. Well, I didn’t know it. I was guessing Virginia. But my wife got it! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/43 "2014-06-02T22:24:26Z")
Okay, they’re going into the commercial before Final Jeopardy. Collins is not in the lead, but isn’t far off it. If she goes for broke, the leader would have to bet $10401 to win. If I was the third place gal I’d stand pat. The category is Oscar Winning Writers. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/44 "2014-06-02T22:27:51Z")
Okay, Julia has finally lost. She went for broke and got it wrong. The third placed did stand pat, but the leader bet $10000. I don’t understand that bet. What if Julia had got it correct too? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/45 "2014-06-02T23:41:40Z")
It took a foreigner to take down the Queen of Jeopardy! Final Jeopardy wagering blunders are an almost weekly occurrence. I wasn’t watching closely enough to catch if the new champ mis-bet and was fortunate that Julia was wrong, but it wouldn’t be surprising. At the very least, the 3rd place lady did the right thing by betting nothing. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/46 "2014-06-03T00:06:58Z")
[Howard Cosell/] DOWN GOES JULIA [/Howard Cosell] Favorite part of the show was when the middle lady gave a correct response of the Rolling Stones when she herself closely resembles Mick Jagger. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/47 "2014-06-03T02:43:02Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Okay, Julia has finally lost. She went for broke and got it wrong. The third placed did stand pat, but the leader bet $10000. I don’t understand that bet. What if Julia had got it correct too? Brian had 12,600 Julia had 11,000 Brian had to bet at least $9,401, not $10,401 to beat Julia’s ALL IN wager of 11K. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/48 "2014-06-03T02:55:43Z")
And I thought I had done the numbers right!:smack: Still, he bet More than he needed. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735/49 "2014-06-03T03:23:19Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And I thought I had done the numbers right!:smack: > > Still, he bet More than he needed. Really no risk for Brian to bet the extra $599. Julia was either going (practically) all in or bet nothing, because of third place players could not catch her if she bet nothing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-julia-collins/687735.md?page=2)