# Jeopardy! Season 41: Begins September 9, 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [September 19, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487 "2024-09-19T20:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 14, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/81 "2025-07-14T23:57:24Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > I’ve long wondered if the category were Classic Rock, and the clue was “band that recorded Pinball Wizard,” would a contestant be correct in saying…“Who?” That actually happened & Ken ruled it as valid. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/82 "2025-07-16T00:19:54Z")
My man! ---
**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 16, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/83 "2025-07-16T15:39:15Z")
If only there’d been a non-native English speaker, we could have been treated to “how do you say, what is, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?” I also vaguely recall a response of “what is up?”, which could have been more informally rendered as “what’s up?” ---
**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 16, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/84 "2025-07-16T18:24:40Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > which could have been more informally rendered as “what’s up?” That is exactly how Matt Amodio would have responded. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/85 "2025-07-16T23:11:37Z")
There was one a few months back where the answer was so obviously “Yoda” that Ken even dropped into Yoda’s voice while reading the clue. I was completely disappointed the contestant did not answer with “Yoda who is?” ---
**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, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/86 "2025-07-17T00:09:34Z")
That would have been worth blowing the money. ---
**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, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/87 "2025-07-17T00:20:13Z")
The current champ, Scott Riccardi, got his 10th win today. He’s won $262,101. He’s one sharp dude. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/88 "2025-07-17T00:32:29Z")
I think he immediately followed a string of thirteen one day champions. ---
**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, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/89 "2025-07-17T00:38:14Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think he immediately followed a string of thirteen one day champions Nope, that was the guy right before him, Jason Singer. Singer won two games to break the 13-day string of one-and-done champions. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/90 "2025-07-17T00:41:54Z")
Okay, _almost_ immediately following a string of thirteen one-day champions. ---
**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, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/91 "2025-07-17T20:09:25Z")
Say, why do they introduce the contestants as “originally from” wherever? I’ve been in the same place for about 25 years, but I wasn’t born here. Which one am I originally from? I don’t “need answer fast”, as I have no plans to compete on Jeopardy! ---
**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 17, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/92 "2025-07-17T20:35:24Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Say, why do they introduce the contestants as “originally from” wherever? To disguise the fact that the vast majority of contestants live in Los Angeles. They figure this will alienate viewers from around the country. (When I auditioned during the 90s–twice, having passed the then-written test twice–I was both “from LA” AND “originally from LA.” I often wonder if that played a role in my not being invited onto the show. Well, there was also my woeful difficulties in working The Signaling Device.) ---
**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, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/93 "2025-07-17T20:46:53Z")
Thank you! ---
**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 17, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/94 "2025-07-17T20:57:18Z")
Now that they’ve upped the 2nd and 3rd place prizes to $2000 and $3000, it’s more practical for people living around the country to come to LA for the taping. But up until then you really had to have a LOT of disposable income lying around to defray those (substantial) costs. Which is one reason the contestants were so overwhelmingly from ‘within driving distance of the studio.’ Now that the prizes are higher, I bet that a higher percentage of people living far from LA and invited to be on the show, accept the invitations. ---
**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 21, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/95 "2025-07-21T06:46:44Z")
The Thursday game was so lopsided it wasn’t fun. Watching one person answer virtually the entire game is surprisingly annoying. Not sure what you can do about it, of course. Watching it I had the thought that ,were I one of the contestants, I’d just take off my mic and walk out, it was that bad. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/96 "2025-07-21T10:54:45Z")
Especially when you see the other contestants frantically pressing the buzzer. Long term champions depend as much on getting the cadence of the buzzer right as they do their knowledge. ---
**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 22, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/97 "2025-07-22T03:42:00Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > > [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > > > They recently had a category where all of the answers were already in the form of a question, > > > [@Wheelz](#): > > > > at some point last week there was an entire category whose correct responses were already questions. For instance, one was “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff?” > > I’m guessing that the question-writing crew is well aware that fans discuss this issue (‘do you have to add ‘what is’ when the answer itself is a question?’) _a lot._ Today the champ answered “Why did the chicken cross the road?” as his full response and it made me think of this thread. ---
**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 22, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/98 "2025-07-22T04:31:21Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > “Why did the chicken cross the road?” Because she wanted to lay it on the line. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/99 "2025-07-25T23:58:03Z")
Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-season-41-begins-september-9-2024/1007487/100 "2025-07-26T11:35:35Z")
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