# 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:** 157
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3126 "2021-10-14T23:51:45Z")
Jonathan reminds me a little of Jason Clarke. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3127 "2021-10-15T03:45:11Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > …But is it somehow common knowledge that this trend started with pizza crust specifically? How is that supposed to be obvious? It’s obvious to anyone who shops in supermarkets, specifically in the frozen pizza section. All knowledge is contextual, and if you’ve never been in the right context, you don’t have the knowledge. I would miss even the most “obvious” question about the last superbowl. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3128 "2021-10-15T03:57:19Z")
I checked out the Caulipower website and it seems they make many different cauliflower products; is it that well-known that their pizza crusts are their original/flagship product? While we’re on the subject of surprising triple stumpers, though, I can say I was surprised in the same game when the Seventh-Day Adventist clue in the Sabbath category was a triple stumper. Though ostensibly phrased as being about high-school football, I thought it was obvious that what they were really getting at was “which Christian denomination celebrates their Sabbath on a different day of the week than everyone else?” I know nothing about high school football and I thought it was easy. I couldn’t believe zero out of three Jeopardy contestants could come up with it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3129 "2021-10-15T04:56:43Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > I would have said that he looks like a young John C. Reilly. I was thinking George Wendt (Norm Peterson on _Cheers_), but John C. works as well. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3130 "2021-10-15T06:44:06Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I take it (if you’re married) that your spouse does all the grocery shopping? Or do they just not have cauliflower pizza crusts where you live? > > When I go shopping for groceries in Toronto, I see them bloody everywhere! We both do the shopping but never buy frozen pizza or pizza ingredients. If we want a pizza, there are lots of pizzerias nearby. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3131 "2021-10-15T12:32:47Z")
You all must have heard me yell at my TV: “Maude! _Maude!_” ---
**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:** [October 15, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3132 "2021-10-15T13:10:52Z")
I get a giggle from generational clues - things that are just too obvious to me (at 67) but the 30-somethings have no idea. Of course, it goes the other way, too. Current movies/singers/songs - I won’t even pretend to guess. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3133 "2021-10-15T15:38:22Z")
There were at least half a dozen triple stumpers that I knew yesterday. I might have actually had a chance were I on that show! ---
**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:** [October 15, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3134 "2021-10-15T17:06:29Z")
“Barnacles and blinkers were these vision aids”. What, other than glasses, are vision aids? ---
**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:** [October 15, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3135 "2021-10-15T17:23:29Z")
I liked Aline’s answer: “Who is Archie?” 🤣 She was another contestant completely out of his/her depth ---
**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:** [October 15, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3136 "2021-10-15T17:39:55Z")
I was amazed an Army officer couldn’t get “footlocker.” What, they’re not used any more? 🤨 ---
**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:** [October 15, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3137 "2021-10-15T17:51:17Z")
Some Jeopardy! lawyer is going to find a 100 year old cite of someone crushing beetles with their teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3138 "2021-10-15T18:35:09Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I liked Aline’s answer: “Who is Archie?” 🤣 > > She was another contestant completely out of his/her depth At least I know who Archie is. Who the hell is June? ---
**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:** [October 15, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3139 "2021-10-15T18:53:33Z")
Maybe he was thinking of betel nuts, which Asians like to chew: > **[Asia's deadly secret: The scourge of the betel nut](https://www.bbc.com/news/health-31921207)** > > Taiwan is trying to tackle the popular habit of chewing of betel nuts, which has caused a huge rise in the incidence of oral cancer. I too was wondering who the hell “June Findlay” is. The only “June” I know from TV is June Cleaver, Beaver’s mom. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3140 "2021-10-15T21:48:01Z")
Just finished watching Friday’s episode on YouTube. Good game, if kind of slow-paced. I guess you need to be into astronomy to get the clue about the constellation. Either that, or have read Byron. 😉 [LacusCurtius • Allen's Star Names — Boötes](https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Bootes*.html) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3141 "2021-10-16T02:29:36Z")
Am I the only who was raised on the Just So Stories? ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3142 "2021-10-16T02:35:04Z")
So, Matt Amodio is the only one of the top three longest-running contestants whose vanquisher went on to become automatically eligible for the Tournament of Champions. Nancy Zerg, who unseated Ken Jennings, didn’t even win her next match, while Emma Boettcher, who unseated James Holzhauer, did make it into the ToC but only as a wild card. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3143 "2021-10-16T02:42:26Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Am I the only who was raised on the Just So Stories? Nope. I was too. I was surprised when nobody got it. The name “Kipling” should have given it away. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3144 "2021-10-16T04:12:19Z")
The woman made a really stupid FJ bet. But, it ony g=cost her $1000. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3145 "2021-10-16T05:20:39Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I was surprised when nobody got it. The name “Kipling” should have given it away. I saw “Kipling” and immediately thought “Jungle Book.” My reasoning was that maybe he wrote the Jungle stories down in a Book so that he could read them the same way each time for his daughter. I actually thought Connie was ruled incorrect because she added an S at the end. I may have vaguely heard of something called the Just So Stories at some point in my life, but had no idea what they are or who wrote them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=156) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=158)