# SPINOFF:How'd you all get so smart? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 23, 1999, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-howd-you-all-get-so-smart/1023 "1999-05-23T05:36:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 1999, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-howd-you-all-get-so-smart/1023/1 "1999-05-23T05:36:00Z")
I agree with the concept that manny of us read & post to topics which interest us or are something we know well. Here’s a novel way to announce these interests… On another board I read, a new poster introduced herself by listing the categories in her “dream Jeopardy board”. Everyone else quickly posted a list & I learned more about some of the people who’d been posting in the week or so that followed than I’d learned in 2 years of reading their “normal” posts. I’ll post dream Jeopardy categories here: Glands (or any other medical topic) Olympic Swimmers Horses Detroit Tiger history Chocolate Middle Earth and for Final Jeopardy: Songs by Harry Chapin * * * Sue from El Paso [members.aol.com/majormd/index.html](http://members.aol.com/majormd/index.html) ---
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Interesting idea. . . let’s see, my favorite Jeopardy board would have: Sci-Fi Authors Relativity (I’d clean this one up) Southeast Asia Cartoon Characters _The Taming of the Shrew_ Why _The Taming of the Shrew_? I changed high schools three times and each time the drama department decided to put on _The Taming of the Shrew_. I got to where I could almost recite the whole bloody thing myself. . . –Sylence * * * “A friend of mine once sent me a post card with a picture of the entire planet Earth taken from space. On the back it said, ‘Wish you were here’.” - Steven Wright ---
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Dream Jeopardy Game: Veterinary Medicine Animal Behavior Horror Movies Anthropology Psychology Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Flavors ---
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…only on account of villainy… Sports Team Nicknames Stephen King 20th Century Poetry Potent Potables Human Anatomy Spelling And for Final Jeopardy, The Kinsey Report. –elm “I’ll take Famous Titties for $200, Alex.” ---
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Dream Jeopardy board: Famous Titties Things That Go “Boom” Toxins The Funny Papers Plumbing The Windy City And for final, John Steinbeck ---
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let’s see…I’d go with Shakespearean drama Dickens soccer Kate Chopin child psychology and Scooby Doo trivia final Jeopardy: Maya Angelou ---
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The idea is swiped from Douglas Coupland’s Microserf. Very good read BTW. My categories: The works of Robert A Heinlein The history of Radio & Television #1 songs from the 70’s, 80’s & 90’s James Bond in the movies Capitals of the world Spanish history & Culture and for final jeopardy: Disney Theme parks (don’t ask) CT 38 yo (no kids) and just returned from 10 days in Disneyland Paris * * * ---
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This is a great thread. Football (the real American kind) The Secret of Flight Human Anatomy Esoteric Science Star Wars (Modern films) Classical Civilizations Final Jeapordy The Windy City * * * The facts expressed here belong to everybody, the opinions to me. The distinction is yours to draw… Omniscient; BAG ---
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Trafalger The Golden Age of Science Fiction Surfing The Sixties Sun Records World War I Aviation Final Jeopardy: Film Noir ---
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New Age Science & Nature Construction Comics TV Mammals Final: Spider-Man Sure, the final category isnt a broad topic, but it would gaurantee me a correct answer! ---
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I knew I’d seen this in a book but couldn’t remember which one 🙂 mine are: The Bee Gees The Simpsons MST3K the works of Douglas Adams the works of John Irving This Old House final: the Pet Shop Boys I don’t know much, but what I do know, no one else does, hahaha – sweep! ---
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BTW, for those of you who haven’t yet visited the online version of jeopardy, hop on over to [http://www.station.sony.com/jeopardy](http://www.station.sony.com/jeopardy) . Cool. The Indianapolis 500 Science and Technology Desserts JRR Tolkien US History Card Games Final Jeopardy: The Beatles ---
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Jeopardy Board: Geography British/Canadian Military History Obscure British Comedians Bad 70s TV & Music Obscure Jangly Brit-Pop of the 1980s Those Darn Romans Final Jeopardy: Famous Canadians Who Made a Wad in the USA. Alternate Reality Jeopardy Categories: What’s That Smell? Does This Look Infected to You? Things That Ooze Painful Rectal Itch Dan Quayle Aphorisms Say It in Urdu, Please Final Alternate Reality Jeopardy: Stuff Found Under Alex’s Fingernails * * * “A friend will help you move house. A best friend will help you move a body.”–Alexi Sayle ---
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Hmm…good question. Mine would be Hacking Frank Miller and Comics Mardi Gras Customizing 50’s cars Monty Python Japanese Anime and the final: Major characters in the world of Shadowrun ---
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Physics The Internet Taoism Scotland The Eighties Pink Floyd Final Jeopardy: Star Trek ---
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Sex How to Pick up women TTY’s Closed-captions Words with one letter Signs for sex ---
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Ummm… Literary Characters (or Fictional Characters) The Middle Ages Colonial America SF/Fantasy Country Music Greek/Roman Mythology Final Jeopardy: Urban Legends * * * “We’re gonna have lawyers here. It’ll be a fun time.” –R.R.S. ---
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Wow, all the good one’s seem to be taken already. Let’s see what I can come up with. Bible History Star Trek Composers Carl Sagan The Comics Page Jazz Final Jeopardy: Things Only Pathunt Knows ---
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Karasses, foma and granfaloons Archery 4th dimensional imagery Shakelton and the Endurance Insurance contractual issues How to pet a dog Eurovan Campers The best things about Colorado I’ll take all of the above for $1000. ---
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Mine would be: Chemistry Comic book superheroes Naval History Mormons Composers Bad Songs of the 70’s and 80’s Final Jeopardy—Classic Automobiles [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinoff-howd-you-all-get-so-smart/1023.md?page=2)