# 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:** 158
**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 16, 2021, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3146 "2021-10-16T06:04:27Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > > [@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. My reasoning was the same, so I would have missed it too. I cheered when Connie got “Tennessee Tuxedo,” though. 👍 ---
**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 16, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3147 "2021-10-16T07:00:13Z")
_Jungle Book_ would have been my guess even though I would have known it was wrong. I never heard of the Just So stories. ---
**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, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3148 "2021-10-16T07:04:34Z")
Thanks, folks. I remember Kipling’s _Just So Stories_ as being a special treat when I was a child at school, maybe nine or ten years old. If we had finished the day’s lessons, and we had time to kill before the dismissal bell, the teacher didn’t make us do more work–rather, she would read us one of the Just So stories aloud. I particularly remember “How the Camel Got His Hump,” and “How the Leopard Got His Spots,” but there were others, of course; and I would go on to read all of them, on my own, even the ones we didn’t hear in class. As you can see, I was familiar with the book, so it was “Kipling” and “had to be told the same way every time” that gave it away, at least to me. Had to be told the same every time? Yes–they had to be told “just so.” ---
**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 16, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3149 "2021-10-16T12:43:46Z")
One of my teachers also read us _Just So Stores_. But last night I had a serious brain fart, and guessed _Twice-Told Tales._ It seemed to fit the clue. I’d still like to know who June was. ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3150 "2021-10-16T13:20:56Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Am I the only who was raised on the Just So Stories? I wasn’t raised on them, but I knew that’s what they were going for. I thought the clue gave it away pretty clearly. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3151 "2021-10-16T18:29:12Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I cheered when Connie got “Tennessee Tuxedo,” though. Right you are, Chumley. I also whooped. ---
**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, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3152 "2021-10-16T19:53:34Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > I also whooped. Would that make you Mr. Whoopee? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3153 "2021-10-16T19:56:15Z")
I have to say I appreciate that the new guy is going for even dollar amounts. That odd dollar on Matt Amodio’s total bothered me. ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3154 "2021-10-16T20:37:22Z")
Plus, nice round numbers take much less time for Johnny Gilbert to say. It almost sounds weird to hear him say “seventy-thousand dollars” when you’re so used to hearing him say “one million, two hundred fourteen thousand, eight hundred ninety-one dollars.” ---
**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 16, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3155 "2021-10-16T20:51:07Z")
Only if he has a 3D TV… ---
**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:** [October 16, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3156 "2021-10-16T23:14:15Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Would that make you Mr. Whoopee? “Duh, that sounds logical.” (I honestly hadn’t thought of it! I commend you.) ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3157 "2021-10-17T02:09:05Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > Plus, nice round numbers take much less time for Johnny Gilbert to say. It almost sounds weird to hear him say “seventy-thousand dollars” when you’re so used to hearing him say “one million, two hundred fourteen thousand, eight hundred ninety-one dollars.” What’s really weird is when the amount ends with 1, and Johnny Gilbert finishes with “dollar,” singular. Like “ten thousand, two hundred and one dollar.” Would he say “101 Dalmatian”? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3158 "2021-10-17T04:33:52Z")
I thought of “Just So Stories” immediately. I was shocked all three missed it, it seemed so easy and obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3159 "2021-10-17T04:50:33Z")
Really liking Mayim as host. I did before she hosted her first show, I knew she would be good. And since there have been discussions in the past about Alex’s ties, and since it is TV and a visual medium, I like the way she dresses, very academic. And on Friday, the angels wanted to wear her red shoes. ---
**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 17, 2021, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3160 "2021-10-17T08:10:31Z")
You can tell she really loves what she’s doing. I would be perfectly happy to have her as permanent host. What’s keeping them from hiring her as such? ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3161 "2021-10-17T08:28:12Z")
questionable views on certain subjects? I don’t care, when I watch Chinatown I don’t think about Polanski being the director ---
**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 17, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3162 "2021-10-17T08:38:28Z")
Any views she may hold are really nobody’s business but her own. ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3163 "2021-10-17T13:56:23Z")
She’s ok, but she has to redeem herself after that self-satisfied brain medicine commercial she did. ---
**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 17, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3164 "2021-10-17T16:28:18Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Any views she may hold are really nobody’s business but her own. Are you kidding? > [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > discussions in the past about Alex’s ties You all notice she has different eyeglasses almost every day. I always wonder about her “Napoleon Bonaparte” hand thing when she walks out. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3165 "2021-10-17T18:18:16Z")
I always remember the time she was on What Not To Wear, and wonder how much of it was scripted (if any). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=157) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=159)