# Speaking of Jeopardy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [November 19, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-jeopardy/954632 "2021-11-19T16:37:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 20, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-jeopardy/954632/21 "2021-11-20T21:10:05Z")
Only person to win two Academy Awards for the same performance. > **[Harold Russell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Russell)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Harold John Avery Russell (January 14, 1914 – January 29, 2002) was an American World War II veteran. After losing his hands during his military service, Russell was cast in the epic drama film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and an honorary Oscar for being an inspiration to returning veterans, the first and only actor ever to win two Oscars for the same role, the first non-profess... ---
**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:** [November 20, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-jeopardy/954632/22 "2021-11-20T22:01:31Z")
I’m suitably impressed! 👍 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-jeopardy/954632/23 "2021-11-25T02:31:34Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > One I can’t seem to forget, from maybe ten years ago: > > **ALEX TREBEK:** You had _scurvy_ when you were in college? > > **YOUNG FEMALE CONTESTANT:** Yes. I had :bleeding gums. But I ate an orange and it went away. > > 🥺 When my high school crush went to University in 1975, she was on the meal plan, with the concession held by an institutional food supplier that owned a lot of restaurant chains. And she, along with a LOT of her fellow freshmen, actually GOT scurvy. This was before HIPAA, so the doctor didn’t hesitate to share the fact with her. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-jeopardy/954632/24 "2021-11-25T02:33:49Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I can speak from experience: if you give them 3 “interesting” anecdotes or details about yourself, they’ll pick the one that you don’t want to talk about on TV. And you don’t know which one they picked until the cameras are rolling. Can you lie about your anecdote and just make something up? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-jeopardy/954632/25 "2021-11-25T03:42:57Z")
I don’t see why not…I doubt they do serious vetting like a Cabinet nominee. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-jeopardy/954632/26 "2021-11-25T23:13:58Z")
I think that Ken Jennings has admitted that after awhile, he ran out of anecdotes and just made things up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-jeopardy/954632.md?page=1)