# 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:** 20
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/381 "2024-07-06T03:50:02Z")
In a recent podcast, unlikeable Drew Basile says the reason there was a backlash against him is that he is just too good, probably the best to play the game, and that old people who write in and gave negative comments are grappling with modern technology and don’t know how to use spell check. (huhn?) Yes, Drew, it’s that, and not that you’re an unlikable asshole. He “leaned in” to being annoying, because that’s what everyone remembers. I bet he was the kind of person that said “never trust anyone over thirty”. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/382 "2024-07-06T12:50:05Z")
Oh rats. I liked him fine until now. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/383 "2024-07-06T14:48:34Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I bet he was the kind of person that said “never trust anyone over thirty”. Well, **I** would bet that Drew never heard that phrase. It was coined by in **1964** by one Jack Weinberg, a now largely forgotten leader of The Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley. > **[Jack Weinberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Weinberg)** > > Jack Weinberg (born April 4, 1940) is an American environmental activist and former New Left activist who is best known for his role in the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley in 1964. > Weinberg was born in Buffalo, New York, on April 4, 1940, and grew up there. His father owned a small jewelry business in Buffalo. > He began college at the University of Buffalo. At the age of 21 he transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in mathematics. He gradua... ---
**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:** [July 17, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/384 "2024-07-17T04:03:36Z")
FJ 7/16 CHARLES MANSON… Designed psychological tests? Escaped? REALLY??? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/385 "2024-07-17T13:00:27Z")
I haven’t seen the latest show yet, but I hope Isaac is still on his winning streak. I really like him. Although yesterday I wouldn’t have been sad if the first lady won, because Weird Al once sat on her lap. (Note to self: get aisle seat at Weird Al show) ---
**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:** [July 17, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/386 "2024-07-17T13:19:58Z")
> [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > Designed psychological tests? > Escaped? Yeah, that was a terrible guess, but my guess of Chessman was just as bad. And some questionable wagering on FJ, methinks. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/387 "2024-07-17T13:46:16Z")
> [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > FJ 7/16 > > CHARLES MANSON… > > Designed psychological tests? > Escaped? > > REALLY??? I didn’t have a clue for that. All I could think was one of the men who escaped Alcatraz. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/388 "2024-07-17T13:48:37Z")
I actually got the correct answer to that one right immediately. I have read Timothy Leary’s Wikipedia article a couple of times and I distinctly remembered that he managed to get transferred to a minimum security prison by manipulating the pysch tests he was given. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/389 "2024-07-17T14:04:55Z")
I guessed Leary, but wasn’t aware of his extensive run-ins with the Law. Just read the Wiki article on him - for over 10 years of his life he was in trouble with FBI, CIA, Narcs, etc. and spent time in prison and in exile abroad. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/390 "2024-07-17T14:06:14Z")
I didn’t see the show last night, but but when I saw this thread had been revived I went to j-archive and read the Final Jeopardy clue. The only person I could think of was Stanley Milgram. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/391 "2024-07-17T14:34:59Z")
FWIW I had no idea. But I would never have said Manson. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/392 "2024-07-18T17:31:46Z")
> [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > FJ 7/16 > > CHARLES MANSON… > > Designed psychological tests? > Escaped? > > REALLY??? Yes, one of the depressing things about being a regular _Jeopardy_ viewer is that you learn how radically your own definition of “general knowledge” departs from reality. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/393 "2024-07-18T20:07:53Z")
In general it seems to me the last questions have been getting easier. But yesterday’s was hard (for me), and none of the players answered it correctly. -The question: In a 1980 National Book Award winner, we learn this title character gets his name from the rank of his late dad -Technical Sergeant ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/394 "2024-07-18T20:21:32Z")
Didn’t see the show, but I know the answer. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/395 "2024-07-18T20:22:59Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > In general it seems to me the last questions have been getting easier. But yesterday’s was hard (for me), and none of the players answered it correctly. I got last night’s Final, but I’m not hugely surprised it was a triple-stumper. I thought the Double Jeopardy round was noticeably difficult. I should have got the final clue, but I forgot my First Rule of Jeopardy Opera Categories. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/396 "2024-07-18T20:23:26Z")
I was disappointed in myself when I didn’t know the answer. It was fairly obvious when it was revealed. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/397 "2024-07-18T20:49:02Z")
It wasn’t the type of answer you could guess if you didn’t know it cold. I pride myself on general knowledge, and have worked to learn more about stuff the show likes to emphasize: rivers, mountains, flags, First Ladies, opera plots, Shakespeare, monuments, State minutiae of little interest to Canucks. I like wordplay. Usually at least four out of six categories appeal each round. There was a day last week where only one category each round appealed. But I still did better (from the ease of my living room) than the players (who had the difficulties of buzzing in). ---
**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:** [July 18, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/398 "2024-07-18T21:55:31Z")
I would have written “Who is Garp?” with under it “It used to stand for “terribly shy”, but he changed it”. I love the film, hate the book. > [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yes, one of the depressing things about being a regular _Jeopardy_ viewer is that you learn how radically your own definition of “general knowledge” departs from reality. Don’t ask me any modern music questions! ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/399 "2024-07-19T05:08:50Z")
This week’s FJs have all been really tough. Another one tonight where I had _absolutely_ no clue and couldn’t even come up with a guess. Category “Show Biz Marriages” Clue: Married since 1977, the year of this band’s 1st album, 2 members referenced another album with their 2023 “Remain in Love” tour ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427/400 "2024-07-19T06:56:18Z")
That IS a tough one but somehow I guessed it…1977 I was a 14yr old music geek & the “Remain in Love” ref. immediately made me think of Talking Heads’ “Remain in Light” album of that era & I knew drummer Chris Frantz & bassist Tina Weymouth were married so it seems my sub\*conscious brain once more saved me for FJ! 🤓 ; the previous night’s FJ was from the same era =\> Technical Sergeant in the clue made me think “T.S. hmm…” oh yeah, T.S. Garp from John Irving’s “The World According to Garp” a great book of American lit. AND Robin Williams’ 1st movie. Ahh, the '70s 🕶 ☮ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-40/990427.md?page=21)