# StraightDope Jeopardy III **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760 "2006-10-24T21:30:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/221 "2006-10-25T23:56:35Z")
Who is Speaker for the DEad? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/222 "2006-10-25T23:58:21Z")
PC 400 please. The nice thing about that little snafu is that ID’s misspelling didn’t affect my answer at all, it was wrong anyway (though I’m still wondering how people did it in the past). ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/223 "2006-10-25T23:58:32Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Who is Speaker for the DEad? [/QUOTE] Correct! ## (didn’t take any points from your wrong answer, by the way, nor would I anyone who got a wrong answer that last one, because I had it misspelled too) ## Unscramble the Doper Username 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | ## Member Mixup 200 | 400 | - | 800 | 1000 | ## Staff Stuff - | - | 600 | 800 | 1000 | ## Past Names - | - | - | - | - | ## Initial Reaction 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | Politically Correct - | 400 | 600 | - | 1000 | Hal Briston 2300 Sternvogel 1800 congodwarf 1600 Mbossa 1000 Captain Carrot 900 gardentraveler 700 ShibbOleth 600 melondeca 400 gigi 300 Choose a category, Captain. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/224 "2006-10-26T00:00:21Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] PC 400 please. [/QUOTE] Answer: Theonewhoisawaterdwellingmammal. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/225 "2006-10-26T00:02:56Z")
Already posted my selection. One of us is misunderstanding the situation, then, because at the beginning I had 1300, got that one wrong, got SftD right, and now I have 900 points. Who is **iamthewalrus** , with a couple characters after it? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/226 "2006-10-26T00:05:06Z")
To clarify, **iamthewalrus(:3=**. I wonder what the (:3= is about… ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/227 "2006-10-26T00:07:24Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Already posted my selection. One of us is misunderstanding the situation, then, because at the beginning I had 1300, got that one wrong, got SftD right, and now I have 900 points. Who is **iamthewalrus** , with a couple characters after it? [/QUOTE] ## Yep, you’re right, on both accounts. Sorry bout that. It (along with the two you got right since then) is restored. ## Unscramble the Doper Username 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | ## Member Mixup 200 | 400 | - | 800 | 1000 | ## Staff Stuff - | - | 600 | 800 | 1000 | ## Past Names - | - | - | - | - | ## Initial Reaction 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | Politically Correct - | - | 600 | - | 1000 | Hal Briston 2300 Captain Carrot 1900 Sternvogel 1800 congodwarf 1600 Mbossa 1000 gardentraveler 700 ShibbOleth 600 melondeca 400 gigi 300 Choose a category, Captain. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/228 "2006-10-26T00:09:42Z")
PC 600. It’s good. Thanks! By the way, I don’t choose categories when answering a clue anymore because of the chance I’ll delay my post a couple all-important seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/229 "2006-10-26T00:14:16Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] PC 600. It’s good. Thanks! By the way, I don’t choose categories when answering a clue anymore because of the chance I’ll delay my post a couple all-important seconds. [/QUOTE] Makes sense. Answer: First letter of the alphabet, Number of blind mice there are, Type of o’clock shadow someone has, Number of fiddlers Old King Cole called for, _seis_ in English, age number kids reach that is often referred to as “the Terrible” ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/230 "2006-10-26T00:19:29Z")
Who is a35362? PC 800 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/231 "2006-10-26T00:21:17Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Who is a35362? [/QUOTE] ## Correct! ## Unscramble the Doper Username 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | ## Member Mixup 200 | 400 | - | 800 | 1000 | ## Staff Stuff - | - | 600 | 800 | 1000 | ## Past Names - | - | - | - | - | ## Initial Reaction 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | Politically Correct - | - | - | - | 1000 | Captain Carrot 2600 Hal Briston 2300 Sternvogel 1800 congodwarf 1600 Mbossa 1000 gardentraveler 700 ShibbOleth 600 melondeca 400 gigi 300 PC for 800 was already chosen. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/232 "2006-10-26T00:24:51Z")
That’ll show me not to check. 1000 then, please. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/233 "2006-10-26T00:25:51Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] That’ll show me not to check. 1000 then, please. [/QUOTE] Answer: Gamer from Japan ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/234 "2006-10-26T00:27:03Z")
Who is TokyoPlayer? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/235 "2006-10-26T00:27:57Z")
[QUOTE=melondeca] Who is TokyoPlayer? [/QUOTE] ## Correct! ## Unscramble the Doper Username 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | ## Member Mixup 200 | 400 | - | 800 | 1000 | ## Staff Stuff - | - | 600 | 800 | 1000 | ## Past Names - | - | - | - | - | ## Initial Reaction 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | Politically Correct - | - | - | - | - | Captain Carrot 2600 Hal Briston 2300 Sternvogel 1800 congodwarf 1600 melondeca 1400 Mbossa 1000 gardentraveler 700 ShibbOleth 600 gigi 300 Choose a category, Melon! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/236 "2006-10-26T00:28:38Z")
I was thinking GMRyujin or CandidGamera, but yours fits more literally, which is, I think, **Idle Thoughts** ’ intent. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/237 "2006-10-26T00:29:56Z")
I’ll take Member Mixup for $1000, please. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/238 "2006-10-26T00:32:02Z")
[QUOTE=melondeca] I’ll take Member Mixup for $1000, please. [/QUOTE] Answer: T-E.D.bites99!? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/239 "2006-10-26T00:47:22Z")
Time’s up. ## Who are [T-Botham@cnet.com](mailto:T-Botham@cnet.com), Q.E.D, pkbites, kaylasdad99, and Interrobang!? ## Unscramble the Doper Username 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | ## Member Mixup 200 | 400 | - | 800 | - | ## Staff Stuff - | - | 600 | 800 | 1000 | ## Past Names - | - | - | - | - | ## Initial Reaction 200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | Politically Correct - | - | - | - | - | Captain Carrot 2600 Hal Briston 2300 Sternvogel 1800 congodwarf 1600 melondeca 1400 Mbossa 1000 gardentraveler 700 ShibbOleth 600 gigi 300 Choose a category, Melon, if you’re still around. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/240 "2006-10-26T00:49:01Z")
Dammit…I knew three out of the five. Oh well, let’s stick with that category for 800. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760.md?page=13)