# 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:** 17
**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:** [May 31, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/321 "2024-05-31T20:37:34Z")
OK, I went through the records on the J! Archive website and tried to find all of the multiple-day winners for this season. Still not a lot of five-day winners. Marko Saric (2) Alison Betts (5) Amy Hummel (5) Grant DeYoung (4) Weckiai Rannila (3) Allison Gross (3) Will Stewart (3) Amar Kakirde (4) Adriana Harmeyer (2 so far) ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/322 "2024-06-04T21:20:04Z")
I just watched yesterday’s (6/3/2024) show… every category was played old-school from top to bottom. Take that, Holzhauer! I wonder how long it’s been since the previous time that was done. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/323 "2024-06-06T15:54:42Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > I just watched yesterday’s (6/3/2024) show… every category was played old-school from top to bottom. One nice thing is they can’t complain about hitting the daily double too soon. I’m always amazed that they start hunting for it right out of the gate, and they are upset when they find it with _only $500 to wager_. ---
**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 6, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/324 "2024-06-06T16:00:57Z")
They started out yesterday’s (either the 4th or 5th, I watched them back to back) game top-to-bottom, but the middle contestant went DD fishing, and found it on the first try. She didn’t have much to wager, and didn’t get it correct. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/325 "2024-06-07T02:52:45Z")
Young Dr. Strangelove came in second tonight. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/326 "2024-06-07T13:47:58Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Young Dr. Strangelove came in second tonight MEOW! You mean the New York theatrical Producer? I liked him. I liked his enthusiasm. However, as punishment for not knowing what I considered an easy FJ, he should be required to mount a revival of _Inherent the Wind_. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/327 "2024-06-07T14:15:50Z")
> [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > However, as punishment for not knowing what I considered an easy FJ Well, really. I also thought this was a gimme, but obviously it wasn’t. At least ‘drinking alcohol’ was a somewhat educated guess. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/328 "2024-06-07T16:19:28Z")
My guess was “interracial marriage” since I knew the Loving case was right around that time. And now looking it up it _was_ also in 1967 so that wasn’t a bad guess. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/329 "2024-06-07T17:39:01Z")
I said, selling alcohol. In Tennessee? 🤦‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/330 "2024-06-07T18:26:25Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > My guess was “interracial marriage” since I knew the Loving case was right around that time. And now looking it up it _was_ also in 1967 so that wasn’t a bad guess. That was my WAG, too. ---
**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 7, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/331 "2024-06-07T22:16:44Z")
One more for interracial marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/332 "2024-06-08T02:50:26Z")
Interracial marriage was my guess too. Prohibition was in effect in 1925, so I didn’t think it had to do with alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/333 "2024-06-08T20:08:04Z")
I’m a history nerd, so “Scopes” seemed obvious to me. 1925 would be very late for a state to have a newly-passed anti-miscegenation law, though a few states did _repeal_ those laws around that time. Some southern states had them repealed by Reconstruction legislatures, but they were all back again by the end of the nineteenth century, and they were only slowly repealed in the northern states that had them (thirty states still had them until the 1940s-'50s). ---
**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 13, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/334 "2024-06-13T14:57:19Z")
I binged watched yesterday. Adriana Harmeyer is now a more than 10 day champ! Those are rare. She certainly didn’t appear to be a future powerhouse on her first game. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/335 "2024-06-13T15:14:58Z")
She has no weird quirks, either! AND… she plays top to bottom most of the time. ---
**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 13, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/336 "2024-06-13T15:18:50Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > She has no weird quirks, either! Quite refreshing! > [@Rebo](#): > > she plays top to bottom most of the time. Old School! ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/337 "2024-06-13T15:47:07Z")
I’m too lazy to go back and look, but ISTM that Adriana, in every close game, has always gotten FJ correct. I think there’s a couple of times she’s missed, but she had a big enough lead that it didn’t matter. I’m enjoying watching her play. ---
**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 13, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/338 "2024-06-13T15:54:01Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I’m too lazy to go back and look, You got me thinking, so I did. 🙂 Of the games where she didn’t have a runaway, she got FJ correct, and she was vulnerable. She squeaked out the most recent and it would have been even closer if the second placer had bet everything. eta: to clarify, she missed FJ a few times when she had the runaway. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/339 "2024-06-13T16:00:45Z")
Less than 20 contestants (I think Ken said 16) have won more than 10 games. Go Adriana! ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/340 "2024-06-13T17:56:21Z")
Though it also should be noted that for most of Jeopardy’s run a champ was limited to a 5-game win. So who knows how many more 10+ game winners there could have been. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427.md?page=18)