# The Jeopardy thread \[was James Holzhauer\]\[contains spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [April 17, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696 "2019-04-17T21:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 106
**Author:** ![BigDfromLA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@BigDfromLA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDfromLA)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2101 "2021-05-12T05:41:21Z")
1. Aaron Rodgers 2. Ken Jennings 3. Anderson Cooper 4. Mike Richards 5. Katie Couric 6. Bill Whitaker 7. Oz Looking forward to Mayim Bialik and LeVar Burton, whom I think both will be good. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2102 "2021-05-12T11:29:08Z")
Chronologically: 2021-01-04 Ken Jennings 2021-02-22 Mike Richards 2021-03-08 Katie Couric 2021-03-22 Mehmet Oz 2021-04-05 Aaron Rodgers 2021-04-19 Anderson Cooper 2021-05-03 Bill Whitaker ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2103 "2021-05-12T13:52:19Z")
So far Anderson Cooper was the best host, followed by Mike Richards and Ken Jennings. Katie Couric and Aaron Rodgers were OK, but nothing special. Dr Oz and Bill Whitaker are at the bottom. Whitaker just does not have the voice for it, he’s the worst so far. I’m constantly thinking of Perd Hapley from Parks & Rec whenever he speaks. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2104 "2021-05-12T14:44:04Z")
I thought I heard Mike Richards say that they expect the new host to devote themselves to the role, and I can’t imagine someone like Anderson Cooper is willing to give up everything else to do this. Ken Jennings or Aaron Rodgers? Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2105 "2021-05-13T02:21:57Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > > > So far, Richards has been my favorite Guest Host. I know that makes me an outlier. > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > No, I also liked Mike Richards as host. > > Our household votes for him. Thanks for agreeing. I haven’t made an actual count, but we are definitely a minority. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2106 "2021-05-13T20:05:20Z")
Is it about time for a poll? Mike Richards would also have my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2107 "2021-05-14T15:53:54Z")
I thought FJ was “Lorax” too. I thought the “Oh the Places You’ll Go” was written by Shel Silverstein. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2108 "2021-05-15T16:47:16Z")
The only one I could come up with was _Hop on Pop_; I thought it might sell well around Father’s Day. There was another one I missed last week. The category was World’s Fairs. > [@](#): > > The theme of Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair was “Man in the” this era I said “twenty-first century”, since the Seattle World’s Fair was officially called the “Century 21 Exposition”. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2109 "2021-05-15T20:31:04Z")
I was 12 in 1962 and got the answer instantly, because as I remember it “Space Age” was a thing then. Maybe non-elderly people were at a disadvantage with the clue? ---
**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:** [May 15, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2110 "2021-05-15T20:47:23Z")
Who you callin’ “elderly”? 🤨😠 ---
**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:** [May 15, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2111 "2021-05-15T23:48:09Z")
“Space Age” was the first thing that popped into my head, too. I grew up near Seattle and went to Seattle Center (the site of the Fair) many times, and I knew that World’s Fair had a future theme. Then I remembered that the official name of the fair was “Century 21 Exhibition”, so I figured the answer was “twenty-first century”. We’ve all seen cases where _Jeopardy!_ accepts a response that wasn’t what they originally expected, but which is still, arguably, correct. I wonder if they’d have accepted mine since that was part of the name of the fair. Now, obviously if I’d been on the show that day, I would have had an insurmountable lead and Final Jeopardy wouldn’t have made a difference, but I’m still curious. In fact, there was another one last week, in the category “4-letter synonyms”. The clue was “forehead” and I said “what is pate?” I wonder if they’d have accepted that. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2112 "2021-05-15T23:59:27Z")
By 1962, “Space Age” had pretty much superseded “Atomic Age,” which was the big thing after 1945. I was seven in 1962, and almost everything was advertised as “Space Age.” ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2113 "2021-05-16T00:10:41Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Who you callin’ “elderly”? Why myself, of course. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2114 "2021-05-16T00:12:40Z")
Life starts at 60! ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2115 "2021-05-16T00:31:11Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I just seemed to remember an old magazine being named Puck _Puck_ was a British **humour** 😉 magazine. Wikipedia says it was published 1871–1918. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2116 "2021-05-18T07:04:49Z")
> [@Steven\_Maven](#): > > > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > > > I just seemed to remember an old magazine being named Puck > > _Puck_ was a British **humour** 😉 magazine. Wikipedia says it was published 1871–1918. So it does, but it also reports that it was American, published first in St. Louis (and actually in the German language for its first six years), later in New York, where its headquarters [building](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck_Building) still stands. Somewhat irrelevantly, David Bowie lived one block south of the building on Lafayette Street at the time of his death. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2117 "2021-05-18T09:40:45Z")
I used to live just a few blocks from the Puck Building. Its exterior has been shown in many movies and tv shows. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2118 "2021-05-18T20:38:46Z")
Ryan “apologizes” - he’s sorry you’re offended because he wanted to CRUSH KILL WIN!! > **[Jeopardy! TOC Player Apologizes for 'Loud,' 'Gonna Go for the Kill' Behavior](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jeopardy-toc-player-apologizes-loud-135916165.html)** > > Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions finalist Ryan Bilger is sorry if he “ruined” your viewing experience by being a bit too “loud” and “excited” — and deciding to “go for the kill” — during Monday night’s episode. En route to winning $32,405 and... ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2119 "2021-05-18T20:57:17Z")
Is he supposed to be commenting while the tournament is airing? I thought contestants were supposed to keep quiet until after the TOC is over. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2120 "2021-05-18T22:50:37Z")
Did people really care? I noticed it, because it was unusual. But really all I thought was “this kid is playing to win.” It didn’t seem nasty or meanspirited at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=107)