# StraightDope Jeopardy III

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760>\
**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\
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**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, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/141 "2006-10-25T02:04:12Z")

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(sorry for the delay folks. Bathroom break)

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/142 "2006-10-25T02:05:14Z")

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Ah well…time for me to sign off anyway. Enjoy, all!

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**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, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/143 "2006-10-25T02:05:17Z")

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[QUOTE=gardentraveler]  
I’ll take “Guess the Ex-Member” for $500, Alex.  
[/QUOTE]

Answer:  
Pit vultures

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**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, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/144 "2006-10-25T02:19:32Z")

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Time’s up.

## Nobody got “Who is Reverand Mykeru?”

## Scavenger Hunt 100 | - | 300 | 400 | - |

## X is to Y - | - | - | - | - |

## Name’s The Same - | - | - | - | - |

## Famous Topics - | - | - | - | - |

## Guess the Ex-member - | - | - | - | - |

Signing Off 100 | - | 300 | 400 | - |  
congodwarf 1600  
Hal Briston 1100  
gardentraveler 700  
Mbossa 600  
ShibbOleth 600  
gigi 300  
Captain Carrot 300

Choose a category, Garden.

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**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, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/145 "2006-10-25T02:25:07Z")

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Choose a category anybody.

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**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/146 "2006-10-25T02:26:37Z")

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signing off for $400

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**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/147 "2006-10-25T02:27:10Z")

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[QUOTE=congodwarf]  
signing off for $400  
[/QUOTE]

Answer:

:eek:

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**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, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/148 "2006-10-25T02:31:23Z")

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Who is **LolaCocaCola**?

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**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, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/149 "2006-10-25T02:32:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Captain Carrot]  
Who is **LolaCocaCola**?  
[/QUOTE]

Incorrect. (Unless she does it in about 95 percent of her posts too..)

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**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, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/150 "2006-10-25T02:36:18Z")

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Nope, just that thread. I have _got_ to stop guessing before I’m done viewing the searh results: I now have a negative score, and I’ve gotten several right.

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**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, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/151 "2006-10-25T02:45:53Z")

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Yeah, I’m always in the negatives by the time the game ends when I’m at home. Heh.

But no worries, there’s a lot of time to catch up. Another round tomorrow with the points doubled.

## But on this one, time’s up. Nobody got “Who is Inkblot?”

## Scavenger Hunt 100 | - | 300 | 400 | - |

## X is to Y - | - | - | - | - |

## Name’s The Same - | - | - | - | - |

## Famous Topics - | - | - | - | - |

## Guess the Ex-member - | - | - | - | - |

Signing Off 100 | - | 300 | 400 | - |  
congodwarf 1600  
Hal Briston 1100  
gardentraveler 700  
Mbossa 600  
ShibbOleth 600  
gigi 300  
Captain Carrot -100

Choose a category anyone.

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**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, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/152 "2006-10-25T02:47:36Z")

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Crap, erase 400 in signing off. That was done already.

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**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/153 "2006-10-25T02:47:46Z")

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Signing off for $100, Alex. (I’ll be signing off after this one; it seemed appropriate.)

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**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, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/154 "2006-10-25T02:49:34Z")

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[QUOTE=gardentraveler]  
Signing off for $100, Alex. (I’ll be signing off after this one; it seemed appropriate.)  
[/QUOTE]

For 300 (which is the only one left in that category :p)  
Answer:

Yer pal.

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**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, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/155 "2006-10-25T02:55:26Z")

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who is Satan?

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**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, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/156 "2006-10-25T02:56:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Captain Carrot]  
who is Satan?  
[/QUOTE]

Niiice!

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## Scavenger Hunt 100 | - | 300 | 400 | - |

## X is to Y - | - | - | - | - |

## Name’s The Same - | - | - | - | - |

## Famous Topics - | - | - | - | - |

## Guess the Ex-member - | - | - | - | - |

Signing Off 100 | - | - | - | - |  
congodwarf 1600  
Hal Briston 1100  
gardentraveler 700  
Mbossa 600  
ShibbOleth 600  
gigi 300  
Captain Carrot 200

Choose an amount in Scavenger Hunt, Captain.

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**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, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/157 "2006-10-25T02:56:54Z")

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(reading old threads pays off – **Satan** was gone long before my time)

Scavenger Hunt 400

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**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, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/158 "2006-10-25T02:58:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Captain Carrot]  
(reading old threads pays off – **Satan** was gone long before my time)

Scavenger Hunt 400  
[/QUOTE]

Answer:  
THIS topic has quotation marks in the title around a part of it.

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**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/159 "2006-10-25T03:00:29Z")

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What is [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393452](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393452)

300

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**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, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straightdope-jeopardy-iii/377760/160 "2006-10-25T03:03:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Mbossa]  
What is [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393452](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393452)

300  
[/QUOTE]

Back in the game!  
congodwarf 1600  
Hal Briston 1100  
gardentraveler 700  
Mbossa 600  
ShibbOleth 600  
gigi 300  
Captain Carrot 200

And the last clue:

THIS topic has a word (intentionally or deliberately) misspelled in the title

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