# Jeopardy! Season 40 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [September 20, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427 "2023-09-20T16:35:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/201 "2024-04-16T12:57:07Z")
Ken made a rare mistake on last night’s episode. Especially something that he clearly would have gotten right when he was a contestant - the Ponte Vecchio in Venice! But even with that mistake Alison Betts is chewing up the competition. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/202 "2024-04-16T13:06:45Z")
That was a weird moment. Usually something like that would be edited. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/203 "2024-04-16T15:13:28Z")
I wonder if the producers and editors thought it would make for more compelling television. It humanized the host a bit. Ken can make mistakes. Ken has made some funny gaffes. “What is a ho?” F bomb on prime time tournament (granted it was the exhibition game between Amy, Matt and Matea), and now this. Did we see any televised mistakes Alex made? We did see him in his boxers. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/204 "2024-04-16T15:58:45Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > That was a weird moment. Usually something like that would be edited. We were watching a Password+ (1980) and in the middle of the game, someone in the audience shouted out the answer, so they had to throw out that game. How do I know? They left the unfinished game in the broadcast instead of just removing it and going to the next game. I wonder why sometimes they are edited and sometimes not. ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/205 "2024-04-17T11:49:55Z")
My local stations seems to showing reruns this week for some reason. Today (4/17/24) for example they’re airing episode 40-153 from 4/10/24. Are you seeing newer episodes? ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/206 "2024-04-17T13:59:32Z")
Mrs Maven & I watch _Jeopardy!_ on YouTube so we are not affected by such aberrations. Maybe your local station is protesting the end of Tournament-mania. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/207 "2024-04-17T15:37:18Z")
> [@Fir\_na\_tine](#): > > Are you seeing newer episodes? All new. Current mega-champ-of-the-future Allison cleaning up, although she did have a squeaker in there. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/208 "2024-04-17T15:38:11Z")
> [@Fir\_na\_tine](#): > > My local stations seems to showing reruns this week for some reason. Today (4/17/24) for example they’re airing episode 40-153 from 4/10/24. Are you seeing newer episodes? Today shows up as new but for some reason my DVR did not record yesterday’s but luckily I was able to find it on YouTube. I hate doing that because it’s hit and miss whether or not an episode will actually be uploaded to watch in a quality that is actually watchable and includes FJ. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/209 "2024-04-17T18:28:46Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > All new. Current mega-champ-of-the-future Allison cleaning up, although she did have a squeaker in there. Am I the only one whose jaw dropped at the responses to Tuesday’s FJ? I had it before Ken finished reading the answer. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/210 "2024-04-17T18:51:13Z")
I didn’t know it. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/211 "2024-04-17T19:32:14Z")
I didn’t know it, but I was mad that I hadn’t figured it out. mmm ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/212 "2024-04-17T20:19:18Z")
I didn’t get it. I went for clever(?) alliterative world play involving Canada’s and the UK’s system of government. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/213 "2024-04-17T20:44:38Z")
It was an easy clue, but I could only think of Yalta. I wonder how I would have done, though, since in both other rounds there were only two clues I did not answer correctly (much easier in one’s living room). I was surprised at the many clues _no one_ responded correctly to… probably since there were so many recent high calibre tournaments where _someone_ knew the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/214 "2024-04-17T20:54:28Z")
I didn’t get it ether. The only thing I could think of was Churchill’s invention of the term iron curtain. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/215 "2024-04-17T21:11:09Z")
Okay, so it wasn’t as obvious as I found it. My reasoning was along the lines of, “What did we call a meeting between the heads of a Western nation and the Soviet Union?” ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/216 "2024-04-17T21:35:32Z")
I didn’t see the show last night, but when i saw the comments here I went to j-archive and read the clue. I thought of “detente”, used to describe the relationship between the Soviet Union and the West. I should have known Churchill wouldn’t use a French word. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/217 "2024-04-17T22:30:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I thought of “detente”, Glad I wasn’t alone in my guess! ---
**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:** [April 17, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/218 "2024-04-17T22:53:08Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > It was an easy clue, but I could only think of Yalta. I went for alliteration: A parley at Pottsdam. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/219 "2024-04-18T12:56:04Z")
I didn’t get it immediately, but I worked it out with plenty of time to spare. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/220 "2024-04-18T15:11:05Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > “What did we call a meeting between the heads of a Western nation and the Soviet Union?” Lunch? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427.md?page=12)