# 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:** 117
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2322 "2021-07-09T01:27:38Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > > > I don’t always catch the categories. > > A lot of times, I just answer the question from what I know, Then I miss one with something like “vestibule” and my wife is all “the answer is supposed to have four letters!” And I’m like, “huh, and so it should!” Never even noticed! > > If I were even on the game, I’d be damn sure to look at the category first! I do that a lot too. It’s the main reason I hate the way they all bounce all over the board trying to throw each other off and hunt for the Daily Doubles these days. It’s much less fun to play along at home when it’s so hard to keep track of the category because they’re not starting at the top and running straight down one category at a time like they used to. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2323 "2021-07-09T04:28:05Z")
So Courtney Shah is gone. But she’ll be back, in the next ToC. Did she ever reveal what she teaches in Community College? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2324 "2021-07-09T11:53:46Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I remember reading about that on this board. But even if you never knew about the trademark thing, THE OSU making everyone always use THE to refer to THE university is pretty well known. I hadn’t heard about it, but my husband had. Then again, I don’t give a fig about college (or any) football. The only school I could think of with _The_ as part of the name was The Citadel - is that even its official name? ---
**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:** [July 9, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2325 "2021-07-09T13:29:52Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > The only school I could think of with _The_ as part of the name was The Citadel - is that even its official name? There’s also The Evergreen State College, occasionally abbreviated TESC. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2326 "2021-07-13T23:53:51Z")
Did I mishear, or was the Normandy beach where Army Rangers scaled the cliffs on D-Day identified as “Omaha”? It wasn’t. It was “Utah.” ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2327 "2021-07-14T03:54:48Z")
The clue was > On June 6, 1944 the U.S. Army’s 2nd Ranger Battalion climbed the cliffs of the beach code-named this and according to [the battalion’s Wikipedia page](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Ranger_Battalion), > [the battalion’s] Able, Baker and Charlie Companies landed along with the [5th Rangers](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Ranger_Battalion_(United_States)), the [1st Infantry Division](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._1st_Infantry_Division) and the [29th Infantry Division](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._29th_Infantry_Division) at [Omaha Beach](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_Beach). Wiki says that these units were at [Utah Beach](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Beach): _Beach_ - [4th Infantry Division](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) - [90th Infantry Division](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) - [4th Cavalry Regiment](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Cavalry_Regiment) _Air drops_ - [82nd Airborne Division](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division) - [101st Airborne Division](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division) ---
**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:** [July 14, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2328 "2021-07-14T04:24:39Z")
Okay, then. Except I don’t recall anyone “climbing cliffs” on Omaha. The ground past the beach may have been elevated, but the real cliffs were at Pointe du Hoc on Utah. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2329 "2021-07-14T11:24:04Z")
You seem to have misremembered the location of Pointe du Hoc: > Pointe du Hoc lies 4 mi (6.4 km) west of the center of Omaha Beach.[2][3] As part of the Atlantic Wall fortifications, the prominent cliff top location was fortified by the Germans. [(Wiki)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe_du_Hoc) Pointe du Hoc is between Omaha and Utah, but much closer to Omaha. [Utah](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe_du_Hoc#/media/File%3ANormandypdh.png) is a few miles farther to the west. (FYI, I’m not trying to pass myself off as an expert on D-Day or anything; I just Googled this stuff.) ---
**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:** [July 14, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2330 "2021-07-14T11:33:03Z")
Huh! I’ll be damned, I’ve always thought it was farther to the west. I was wrong. I learned something today! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2331 "2021-07-14T17:49:09Z")
Kicking myself for missing this one in Two-Letter Words: EVIL KING CLOWN STORY IT My brain could just not make sense of those words in that order at all. Of course, I look at it now and realize it must have said, “KING EVIL CLOWN STORY”. 🤦‍♀️ Sorry, Steve! ---
**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:** [July 16, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2332 "2021-07-16T00:37:51Z")
I thought tonight’s FJ was easy … so long as you knew what the key word meant. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2333 "2021-07-16T03:49:50Z")
I confess that, like all three contestants, I didn’t know what a spinneret was. I paused and looked it up before the correct response was revealed, and was able to guess right. But in real time, nope. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2334 "2021-07-16T03:58:01Z")
I thought it was super easy. But I know what a spinneret is. If you don’t, there’s no way to guess the correct response. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2335 "2021-07-16T04:07:53Z")
My daughter said basically the same thing when I Skyped her the clue. To her credit, she guessed it had something to do with weaving, because it reminded her of “spindles.” When I told her they were something arachnids have, she got it immediately. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2336 "2021-07-16T13:35:38Z")
I knew it was a reference to _Charlotte’s Web_, and even knew it referred to a pig, but since I’ve never read the book I didn’t remember the pig’s name. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2337 "2021-07-16T17:46:35Z")
I can never think of _ **Charlotte’s Web** _ without recalling _ **Mr Ed.** _🙂 ---
**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:** [July 17, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2338 "2021-07-17T00:29:43Z")
I remember _Charlotte’s Web_ pretty well. I read it and saw the animated movie when I was a kid. Paul Lynde as the voice of Templeton, you know that has to be awesome. _CW_ also has the best opening line in all of children’s literature. “Where’s papa going with that ax?” ---
**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:** [July 17, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2339 "2021-07-17T01:49:29Z")
I got the _Charlotte’s Web_ reference, but couldn’t remember Wilbur’s name in the allotted time. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2340 "2021-07-17T01:56:17Z")
Who did Charlotte’s voice? 😉 Debbie Reynolds. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/2341 "2021-07-21T23:33:25Z")
Nice doubling up on FJ Wednesday - from $20,200 to $40,400. I knew the Ethiopian emperor’s name, but can’t spell it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=118)