# 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:** 168
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3347 "2021-11-10T17:07:58Z")
I would’ve written “Fandango” because I was really thinking of “Fernando”. D’oh. On the other hand, I got all the 2 word palindromes, 4 of which were triple-stumpers. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3348 "2021-11-10T17:47:18Z")
Yeah, I was amazed at that. I thought those were all easy. Maybe it’s the kind of question that is particularly more difficult under pressure, since you are not just recalling some fact. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3349 "2021-11-11T23:36:00Z")
For a triple stumper I thought the final Jeopardy was pretty easy. How many famous blue jewelry pieces are there? I wasn’t positive but I guessed correctly right away. Brian ---
**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:** [November 12, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3350 "2021-11-12T00:04:33Z")
I guessed Hope Diamond, but I wasn’t too confident, because I was thinking it was a newer piece. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3351 "2021-11-12T00:59:39Z")
What is the special word for a group of diners at a restaurant? I didn’t hear the answer. She got it right. I always said table for x. That didn’t sound like her answer. It’s wonderful seeing Ken host again. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3352 "2021-11-12T01:07:23Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I guessed Hope Diamond, but I wasn’t too confident I was in exactly the same boat. But, hey, I’ve gotten the FJ correct each day this week! (Four guesses, but still counts…) ---
**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:** [November 12, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3353 "2021-11-12T03:05:03Z")
The category was “priceless objects”, and I said “what is the Hope Diamond?” Yep, I got it without even seeing the clue ---
**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:** [November 12, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3354 "2021-11-12T03:10:33Z")
I guessed Purple Heart as a color, or Congressional Medal of Honor, worn around the neck; neither are to be sold, so priceless. Maybe I was thinking it would be a Veterans Day clue Table “top” for the number of people. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3355 "2021-11-12T07:41:19Z")
“Top,” as in “4-top” or “6-top.” It’s a measure of capacity. ETA, didn’t read **JohnGalt** ’s response all the way through 😳. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2021, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3356 "2021-11-12T09:52:35Z")
I hadn’t a clue.\* I had no idea the Hope Diamond was associated with Louis XIV or any other European monarch. I had always assumed it came from some far more exotic place, like India. Ignorance fought! \*No pun intended. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3357 "2021-11-12T13:25:52Z")
I wasn’t familiar with Top. Thank you for clearing up my confusion. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3358 "2021-11-12T13:34:32Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I hadn’t a clue.\* I had no idea the Hope Diamond was associated with Louis XIV or any other European monarch. I had always assumed it came from some far more exotic place, like India. It did. From [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond): > The stone originated from the [Kollur Mine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollur_Mine), [Guntur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntur), [Andhra Pradesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh) in [India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India).[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond#cite_note-McCabe-1) The stone is one of the famous [Golconda diamonds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golconda_Diamonds). Earliest records show the stone was purchased in 1666 by French gem merchant [Jean-Baptiste Tavernier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Tavernier) as the **Tavernier Blue**.[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond#cite_note-Wise2010Time3-2) > > The [Tavernier Blue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavernier_Blue) was [cut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_cutting) and yielded the French Blue ( _ **Le bleu de France** _ ), which Tavernier sold to King [Louis XIV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France) in 1668. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3359 "2021-11-12T13:34:58Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I hadn’t a clue.\* I had no idea the Hope Diamond was associated with Louis XIV or any other European monarch. I had always assumed it came from some far more exotic place, like India. Both are true. The diamond came from mines in India but for most of its history it was in Europe. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3360 "2021-11-12T13:37:58Z")
Good to know! Ignorance fought again! 👍 ---
**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:** [November 16, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3361 "2021-11-16T04:39:43Z")
I always took “top” to means the normal capacity of the table, not necessarily the number of diners in a party. I guess the term can be used for either? ---
**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:** [November 16, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3362 "2021-11-16T15:29:06Z")
I thought the same. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3363 "2021-11-16T17:11:15Z")
I know damn well the final Jeopardy wouldn’t be that easy if I was ever on. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3364 "2021-11-16T17:46:14Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I always took “top” to means the normal capacity of the table, not necessarily the number of diners in a party. I guess the term can be used for either? That’s how I understand it. The capacity of a restaurant is regulated by fire codes. Counting tops would be a simple way to calculate capacity. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3365 "2021-11-16T17:50:08Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I know damn well the final Jeopardy wouldn’t be that easy if I was ever on. What a gimme that was. If I am ever on the final will be an opera question. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3366 "2021-11-16T18:13:00Z")
I guessed Avalon – at least I had the right mythos… Brian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=169)