# 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:** 13
**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 29, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/241 "2024-04-29T17:51:15Z")
Recent politics have apparently made the idea of selling (out) democracy mainstream? ---
**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 29, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/242 "2024-04-29T21:05:10Z")
While today’s game (4/29) turned out to be a competitive game that was okay to watch, I was really disappointed when none of the three contestants knew how many feet were in a mile. ---
**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 29, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/243 "2024-04-29T21:26:59Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Which says absolutely nothing! I bet they leverage synergies and excite paradigms, too. I was thinking the same thing. Reminds me of “Solution Provider”; a way to sound impressive without actually commiting to anything specific. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/244 "2024-04-29T21:38:25Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I was really disappointed when none of the three contestants knew how many feet were in a mile. I could only tell you “five thousand and change.” ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/245 "2024-04-30T15:47:13Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I could only tell you “five thousand and change.” Well, it’s simple! 🙂 Everyone knows a drag strip is a quarter mile long, and people refer to it as the 1320. So you take 1320 and multiply it by four…ummm…wait…4000 plus 1200 plus “I’m sorry time has expired”. ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/246 "2024-04-30T15:50:16Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Well, it’s simple! I thought it was simple, anyway! That’s one of those relatively worthless facts that I’ve known forever. Obviously it’s not as well-known as I thought. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/247 "2024-04-30T15:51:02Z")
Note also that the clue said “statute mile.” I suspect the contestants were not sure if a statute mile is the same thing as a regular mile, or if it’s one of those weird miles that aren’t really miles, like a nautical mile or a Roman mile. ---
**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 30, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/248 "2024-04-30T15:52:16Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Note also that the clue said “statute mile.” That is a good point. ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/249 "2024-04-30T16:00:21Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I was really disappointed when none of the three contestants knew how many feet were in a mile. Indeed! This is a question for _Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?_ No pride in knowing this Triple Stumper. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/250 "2024-04-30T17:16:07Z")
The one that bugged me was no one knew _Freaks and Geeks_. I liked Ken adding “Great show”. ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/251 "2024-04-30T18:33:55Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I could only tell you “five thousand and change.” I’ve always known it was 52-something. Then I figured out that it had to be an even multiple of 3, since there are an integer number of yards in a mile. That helps me remember that it’s 5280. ---
**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 30, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/252 "2024-04-30T19:36:18Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/vM2bGhm.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/vM2bGhm) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/253 "2024-04-30T19:45:22Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Everyone knows a drag strip is a quarter mile long, and people refer to it as the 1320. So you take 1320 and multiply it by four…ummm…wait…4000 plus 1200 plus “I’m sorry time has expired”. Horse racing makes it easier. One mile, eight furlongs, 1760 yards, 5280 feet. I don’t know of anything else that uses furlongs, but they’re pretty easy: 220 yards in a furlong, thus 660 feet. Making a drag strip 2 furlongs, or 440 yards, or 1320 feet. But I doubt very much that quarter horses, as fast as they are, would be racing against a dragster. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/254 "2024-04-30T19:51:30Z")
It’s my understanding that the importance of the furlong is precisely why the English mile is 5280 feet, rather than a nice round number like 5000 feet. ---
**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 30, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/255 "2024-04-30T20:38:41Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > It’s my understanding that the importance of the furlong is precisely why the English mile is 5280 feet, I did not know that. Anyway, a top fuel dragster does the quarter mile\* in about four seconds, so that equates to\*\* 604,800 furlongs per fortnight. If they could sustain that speed.\*\*\* \*Yes they only run 1000 feet in the TF and FC class. I’m rounding \*\* I sure hope I didn’t embarrass myself with a math error \*\*\* Yes drag racing is accelerating, not absolute top speed. If a top fueler could sustain the acceleration for a fortnight, I suspect they hit about .90c ---
**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:** [April 30, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/256 "2024-04-30T22:40:57Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Note also that the clue said “statute mile.” I suspect the contestants were not sure if a statute mile is the same thing as a regular mile, or if it’s one of those weird miles that aren’t really miles, like a nautical mile or a Roman mile. Not to mention a country mile. ---
**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 1, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/257 "2024-05-01T00:02:47Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I’ve always known it was 52-something. I snorted with condescension and confidently declared “That’s easy! 5,218 feet.” Then the voice in my head suggested I double check and I was humbled. At least “eighteen” and “eighty” almost rhyme or something. ---
**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 1, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/258 "2024-05-01T00:03:13Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Not to mention a country mile. Or metric miles. ---
**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 1, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/259 "2024-05-01T03:49:24Z")
There sure are a lot of triple stumpers these last couple days. But, on the lighter side, I did like how the champion said she was from “Mwahkee”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/260 "2024-05-01T20:42:29Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > There sure are a lot of triple stumpers these last couple days. I know, as a Gen Xer I was feeling pretty smart regarding pop music. But then, two of the kids figured out that “Bernini” FJ and I blew it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427.md?page=14)