# 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:** 84
**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:** [December 14, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1661 "2020-12-14T14:35:45Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I think I remember seeing that football category a while back. Pretty funny. I think we got them all. But it balances when they have categories with bands from the 2000s, and not only do we not know them, we wonder if they were even real bands. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1662 "2020-12-15T04:12:59Z")
Going back to C22, just watched E7, final was, in 20th Century elections, the last time both candidates were former governors was in this year. Pretty diffucult, and only the champ got it right. I had to pause briefly at the end of the 30 seconds, finally figured out the candidates, but then misremembered the year trying to think of it so quickly. Take out the year part of the clue, not that hard. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1663 "2020-12-15T05:20:02Z")
1980 - Reagan and Carter If the above is correct, I believe I got it within the 30 second limit. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1664 "2020-12-15T05:25:19Z")
congrats. both are correct. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1665 "2020-12-15T18:00:10Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > the last time both candidates were former governors was in this year. I guessed it correctly as well, because it’s the only election I could quickly remember with two former governors. But after thinking about a bit, I came up with at least one more 20th century election with two former governors. 1936: FDR vs Alf Landon. FDR was the former governor of New York, and Landon was the current governor of Kansas. There may be others as well. ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1666 "2020-12-21T11:05:14Z")
Alex was such a great sport, he is a hero of Longmont Potion Castle and I am sure he never knew. A big, big bundle of stuff. Like Siam, Alex is no longer in existence. A real colourful bunch of stuff. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VzZUXHtTr6c/hqdefault.jpg "Longmont Potion Castle - Alex Trebek") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZUXHtTr6c) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4DnJuDlI3k) ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1667 "2020-12-21T23:31:55Z")
I tuned into Jeopardy today expecting to see the first episode of Alex’s last week of shows. But it was a rerun. [Today.com](https://www.today.com/popculture/here-s-how-watch-alex-trebek-s-final-jeopardy-episodes-t204208) tells me that the final five shows hosted by Alex will air beginning on Monday January 4, with the final episode on Friday January 8. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1668 "2020-12-21T23:39:15Z")
I tuned in to see if the current champ would pass $100,000. But yes, they wanted to run Alex’s final week when more people would be watching. I did get Final Jeopardy (and no, I did NOT see the episode when it initially aired) Brian ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1669 "2020-12-21T23:44:52Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I tuned in to see if the current champ would pass $100,000. Last week’s champion? The 24-year-old from Las Vegas? I thought he lost on Friday and ended just shy of $100,000? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1670 "2020-12-21T23:57:46Z")
You may be right, in any case I didn’t remember it was rerun week until I saw Ken. Brian ---
**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:** [December 22, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1671 "2020-12-22T00:41:03Z")
He didn’t lose. The FJ was a triple stumper, but he bet a small enough amount to still win. But he didn’t win enough to break $100K. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1672 "2020-12-22T04:04:38Z")
More to the point, second place bet big enough to throw away her chance to win on the triple stumper. I understand she chose a “reddit” handle indicating that she now knew better. Alas… ---
**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:** [December 22, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1673 "2020-12-22T05:15:53Z")
Good point. I’m always appealed when supposedly smart people bet badly like that. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1674 "2020-12-22T05:30:46Z")
That was supposed to be “appalled.” Damn autocorrect! ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1675 "2020-12-23T01:11:36Z")
Was there anything special about today’s episode? Monday was Ken Jennings, but other than having a contestant named “Lizzard” I didn’t find anything notable today. Brian ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1676 "2020-12-23T01:23:04Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Was there anything special about today’s episode? The Sesame Street category? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1677 "2020-12-23T01:31:47Z")
Possibly, it was fun seeing Alex with Oscar. Brian ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1678 "2020-12-23T02:36:52Z")
That’s what they’re doing this week. Categories where Alex goes to some place and delivers the clues. Yesterday was Maple Leafs hockey with Tie Domi. Today was Sesame Street. The rest of the days have been posted on social media but I don’t remember. I’ll take them as they come. Also, unfortunately, Netflix ran some (all?) of these Alex shows as one of their packages. Oh well, I still get all the same ones wrong. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1679 "2020-12-23T15:32:11Z")
I find it annoying that they’re not identifying the original air dates of these shows. Not that I really need to know, or can’t find out by looking them up on J-archive, but why can’t they just put a small graphic at the start with the date? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/1680 "2020-12-23T15:46:02Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > I find it annoying that they’re not identifying the original air dates of these shows. I agree, and that’s why I looked it up. [Here](https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/news-events/2-weeks-alexs-favorite-episodes-around-world) is the list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696.md?page=85)