# Jeoprady -- I got Final Jeoprady tonight with only the category **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199 "2015-01-29T05:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 29, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/21 "2015-01-29T14:53:56Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > I’m not sure whether to lament how the kids today just don’t know their Medieval French _chansons de geste_, like we did when I was a boy, or if that just makes me sound insufferably smug. 🙂 It does, but then, the wife told me to wipe the smug smile off my face when I got it right. I also remembered the battle. But as noted above, it really wasn’t that broad a category. Don’t ever expect me to get Modern Pop Music or Oscar Winners and be correct. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/22 "2015-01-29T14:54:57Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Damn I thought I was the only one who did this game. I’ve been able to do it twice. “Famous years” and “U.S. Landmarks.” Not nearly as hard as you category. But, twice. > > If you want to play along: > > 1066 and the Statue of Liberty Woo hoo! Got the first one! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/23 "2015-01-29T15:01:13Z")
[QUOTE=Pulykamell] Woo hoo! Got the first one! [/QUOTE] Again, how many examples can you think of other than 1066, 1215, 1492, 1776, and 1941? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/24 "2015-01-29T15:02:12Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > No, not really. [QUOTE=silenus] It does [/QUOTE] Opinion is clearly divided! Perhaps a poll is in order. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/25 "2015-01-29T15:26:53Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Just a brag, I can spell “jeopardy.” Just a brag, I can capitalize “Jeopardy”. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/26 "2015-01-29T15:29:36Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Just a brag, I can capitalize “Jeopardy”. Just to brag, I remember that it has an exclamation point. “Jeopardy!” ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/27 "2015-01-29T15:32:17Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Just a brag, I can capitalize “Jeopardy”. > [@silenus](#): > > Just to brag, I remember that it has an exclamation point. > > “Jeopardy!” Just to brag for someone else, Alex Trebek can capitalize **on** _Jeopardy!_ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/28 "2015-01-29T15:45:08Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Just a brag, I can spell “jeopardy.” Don’t you mean “Jeopardy!”? (Just a brag.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/29 "2015-01-29T16:06:46Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Again, how many examples can you think of other than 1066, 1215, 1492, 1776, and 1941? :dubious: What was 1215? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/30 "2015-01-29T16:25:25Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > What was 1215? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/31 "2015-01-29T16:29:37Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > :eek: Seriously…I’m completely blanking here. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/32 "2015-01-29T16:30:45Z")
Ah, never mind. I guessed it. But I would not have remembered if you asked me. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/33 "2015-01-29T16:49:54Z")
Never guessed the Final Jeopardy answer from the category, but I’ve guessed it from the clue when all three contestants were wrong a handful of times. That made me feel smrt. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/34 "2015-01-29T16:53:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > What was 1215? Lunchtime. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/35 "2015-01-29T16:57:21Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > And several people on another message board that I frequent said that they had never heard of _The Song of Roland_. He was a headless Thompson gunner, right? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/36 "2015-01-29T16:58:26Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Again, how many examples can you think of other than 1066, 1215, 1492, 1776, and 1941? :dubious: Depends on how famous you want. 1485. 1927. 2001. 1945. 1969. 1976. There are a few others that I could easily thing of. ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/37 "2015-01-29T17:41:09Z")
I play a sort of game where I shout out a “question” response as each category is revealed. Usually it’s a smart-alec response, but on the rare occasion it will come up on the board & I feel like a genius. For just a fraction of a second. :o ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/38 "2015-01-29T17:51:10Z")
I did this one time, too. It was something like “Soccer Players From Brazil Who Are Very Good and Everyone Has Heard Of.” Not exactly that but whatever it was, it was clear the answer was Pele. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/39 "2015-01-29T17:57:42Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Just a brag, I can spell “jeopardy.” It is a word I can never spell correctly and we don’t get spell check for titles. You want a piece of me Suze! Come get it! > [@pulykamell](#): > > What was 1215? The year your momma was born? The year rich people screwed poor people? The Battle of Runnymede? The Magna Carta? All of the above. According to Adam Smith (which I am currently reading), much of the revolt of the barons was about King John favoring independent towns. > [@kath94](#): > > I play a sort of game where I shout out a “question” response as each category is revealed. Usually it’s a smart-alec response, but on the rare occasion it will come up on the board & I feel like a genius. For just a fraction of a second. :o We do that too. It’s rare that we can’t get at least one out of the thirty responses right. We also play “Obscene Jeopardy!” where you shout out a funny and obscene question as soon as the answer is revealed instead of the correct question. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199/40 "2015-01-29T18:19:25Z")
I got this one (_after_ being given the clue (although in our household, we’ll often guess answers just from the category), but I admit that it’s been years since I read the _Chanson_, and I didn’t recall those names. OTOH, I’ll bet most people don’t know that many “medieval” pieces of literature, even by name, so how many possible answers (that they could expect contestants to come up with)are there, really? _The Canterbury Tales_ isn’t even medieval, by many definitions, although it’s listed here: > **[Medieval literature](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_literature)** > > By century > Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (that is, the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. AD 500 to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 14th, 15th or 16th century, depending on country). The literature of this time was composed of religious writings as well as secular works. Just as in modern literature, it is a complex and rich field of study, from the ut... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeoprady-i-got-final-jeoprady-tonight-with-only-the-category/711199.md?page=3)