# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3414
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696/3414 "2021-11-21T05:35:17Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Well, gee, _if_ you know the answer, then you _know_ the answer. Ipso facto QED. > > But if you don’t, you have to logic it out, and make an educated guess. > > Manhattan seems too obvious. A LOT of people are buried on Manhattan Island. Nothing remarkable about that. I suppose in retrospect one way you could logic it out–and this may have been part of what the writers were going for–would be “Treasury secretary → finance → Wall Street → Manhattan.” I admit, however, to being thrown by “this island,” as my mind then started going to places known by the name “X Island” like, well, Governors or Rikers or Staten or Long, or places more separated from their mainland, like Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket. I’ve noticed before that it’s one of the Jeopardy writers’ pet topics/quirks that Manhattan is technically an island, but this fact slipped my mind. On the topic of all of us having our strong categories vs. weak ones, Lord knows I’m practically yelling at my TV when there’s a nice pristine “‘A’ in Physics” or “Classical Composers” or “Before & After” category just ripe to be selected, and the contestants keep going for “Contemporary TV Shows,” or, well “Monarchs,” or one of those annoying categories where Oprah Winfrey reads clues about her book club selections or something. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jeopardy-thread-was-james-holzhauer-contains-spoilers/832696)._