# Let's play the Jeopardy catagory game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 20, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500 "2013-06-20T20:28:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/1 "2013-06-20T20:28:11Z")
Simple rules: Post an answer, and the next player has to give a Jeopardy catagory where the answer might logically be place.d For example, “Julian Lloyd Webber” could be under “Classical cellists” or “Lesser known relatives.” First up: O.J. Simpson ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/2 "2013-06-20T20:30:42Z")
Marcus Allen ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/3 "2013-06-20T20:36:44Z")
Um… both can be in USC Running backs? Rikki Tikki Tavi ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/4 "2013-06-20T20:39:40Z")
“Fictional Furbearers” What are limes? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/5 "2013-06-20T20:51:10Z")
Limes can appear in the classic category ‘Potent Potables.’ _Lawrence of Arabia_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/6 "2013-06-20T21:19:53Z")
The Films of David Lean “They’re Coming to Take Me Away Ha Ha!” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/7 "2013-06-20T21:21:32Z")
Novelty Song Hits Prestidigitation ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/8 "2013-06-20T21:40:07Z")
Sixteen-Letter Words The Batmobile ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/9 "2013-06-20T21:57:43Z")
TV Transportation The Bay of Pigs ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/10 "2013-06-20T22:02:39Z")
Barnyard Geography Phineas T. Barnum ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/11 "2013-06-20T22:47:24Z")
Batman Heir Puns The Carnal Ibis ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/12 "2013-06-21T03:05:12Z")
Allegorical Animals Ankara ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/13 "2013-06-21T14:17:51Z")
**World Capitals** Falstaff ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/14 "2013-06-21T19:50:32Z")
Overweight Literary Characters Nemo ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/15 "2013-06-21T19:52:24Z")
**Piscatorial Celebrities** White Asparagus (Just for the record, I like this new game! Thanx, Annie-Xmas!) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/16 "2013-06-21T20:09:11Z")
**Fruits & Veggies** Baruch Spinoza ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/17 "2013-06-21T20:19:10Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > \*\* > (Just for the record, I like this new game! Thanx, Annie-Xmas!) You are wecome. Dutch philosophers Wilke Collins ---
**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:** [June 21, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/18 "2013-06-21T20:49:15Z")
**Victorian Novelists** The VW Beetle ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/19 "2013-06-21T21:08:25Z")
**Transportation** Wings\* - this one could go in several directions. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-the-jeopardy-catagory-game/661500/20 "2013-06-21T21:20:32Z")
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