# Jeopardy: That's not Gneiss **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341 "2012-02-19T19:29:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/1 "2012-02-19T19:29:42Z")
I’m a Jeopardy junky, and can usually do pretty well playing at home. But I was completely taken by surprise on Friday by the category in DJ: “That’s not Gneiss”. I had never heard of that word, Gneiss, and had no idea how the contestants were getting the questions. Obviously, from the questions, it had something to do with rocks, but I had to look it up. I’ve been stumped by many an answer in Jeopardy over the years, but never by a category. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/2 "2012-02-19T19:46:31Z")
Several geology classes in college, so this one didn’t bother me at all. Except for the pun - that was schisty. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/3 "2012-02-19T19:53:14Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Except for the pun - that was schisty. I thought it was a clastic! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/4 "2012-02-19T19:56:45Z")
You can’t take these things for granite or you’ll end up at a loess for words. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/5 "2012-02-19T20:18:18Z")
So as Holmes would put it: It was sedimentary. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/6 "2012-02-19T20:24:45Z")
Fighting igneous since 1973, it’s taking longer than we thought. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/7 "2012-02-19T20:50:39Z")
I felsic reading these jokes. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/8 "2012-02-19T20:55:37Z")
I’m marbling at the wit being demonstrated here. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/9 "2012-02-19T21:04:29Z")
Never cared for Gneiss after Peter Gabriel left, but Igneous rocks. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/10 "2012-02-19T22:01:07Z")
You pebble will do anything for a pun. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/11 "2012-02-19T22:06:23Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > You pebble will do anything for a pun. It’s not like we take a sense of humor for granite. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/12 "2012-02-19T22:09:50Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > It’s not like we take a sense of humor for granite. BZZZZT. Already taken. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/13 "2012-02-19T22:16:54Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > BZZZZT. Already taken. :smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/14 "2012-02-19T22:19:18Z")
That’s ok. It’s not your fault. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/15 "2012-02-19T22:19:39Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > BZZZZT. Already taken. Ooooh, block fault! In your _facies_, **runnerpat**! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/16 "2012-02-19T22:23:06Z")
Whose fault is it that we’re carrying on in this vein? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/17 "2012-02-19T22:33:12Z")
It’s really no trouble atoll. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/18 "2012-02-19T22:39:57Z")
All this clever wordplay is making me feel like a moraine. (It’s this sort of rift makes me feel like graben my mantle and splitting.) (Tuff schist for me, I guess.) ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/19 "2012-02-19T22:50:46Z")
I shale not be tempted to participate in this travertine of a thread, but ask for a clean slate. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341/20 "2012-02-19T22:59:40Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > All this clever wordplay is making me feel like a moraine. (It’s this sort of rift makes me feel like graben my mantle and splitting.) (Tuff schist for me, I guess.) Just chalk it up to experience. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-thats-not-gneiss/613341.md?page=2)