# This... Is... Jeopardy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 9, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083 "2021-01-09T01:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/242 "2023-06-04T15:36:58Z")
Who is Michael Jackson? 1. Bestselling singer-songwriter and bowtie-wearing Illinois Senator. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/243 "2023-06-04T15:56:12Z")
Who is Paul Simon New Category: Before and After Anorexic crooner chased by destructive six legged constructors. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/244 "2023-06-04T17:52:17Z")
Who is Karen Carpenter Ants? 1. Victorian seasonal holiday book/film/play meets 1960s/70s comedienne ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/245 "2023-06-04T18:23:28Z")
What is A Christmas Carol Burnett? 1. The Sultan of Swat meets a “Notorious” Supreme Court justice. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/246 "2023-06-04T18:24:54Z")
Who is Babe Ruth Bader Ginsburg? 1. Legendary porn star meets award-winning British actor ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/247 "2023-06-04T19:29:14Z")
Who is Ron Jeremy Irons? 1. Scarlett O’Hara’s beau meets the pre-_Dune_ pivotal point. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/248 "2023-06-04T22:40:59Z")
What is the Rhett Butlerian Jihad? New category: In the Kitchen. 1. Of Escoffier’s five mother sauces, three are based on stock and this thickening agent ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/249 "2023-06-05T02:38:57Z")
What is flour? 1. This utensil shares its name with a musical instrument. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/250 "2023-06-05T02:53:37Z")
What is a mandolin? 1. The man who invented this coffee machine came to regret it because its waste is non-recyclable. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/251 "2023-06-05T03:03:17Z")
What is a K-Cup? 1. Television chef Alton Brown claims that this is the only “unitasker” tool which he has in his kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/252 "2023-06-05T04:20:48Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > What is flour? I was looking for roux, but the judges deem your answer acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/253 "2023-06-05T04:54:24Z")
What is a fire extinguisher? 1. If a British recipe calls for Gas Mark 6, you should set your American oven to this temperature ---
**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:** [June 5, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/254 "2023-06-05T13:54:51Z")
What is 400 degrees? Next category: **Our Feathered Friends** 1. Seven states have adopted this bird as their official state bird; this list does not include Missouri or Arizona. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/255 "2023-06-05T14:23:37Z")
What is the Cardinal? 1. A flock of these birds can be known as a bouquet, a glittering, or a shimmer. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/256 "2023-06-06T05:42:46Z")
What are hummingbirds? 1. These characters are a pair of identical anthropomorphic wise-cracking magpies. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/257 "2023-06-06T05:54:57Z")
Who are Heckle and Jeckle? 1. In 1987, the population of this species had dwindled to 22; subsequent conservation efforts have increased the population to over 500 today ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/258 "2023-06-06T06:26:16Z")
What are whooping cranes? 1. Capable of reaching speeds of nearly 45 miles per hour, this is the fastest flightless bird in the world. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/259 "2023-06-06T06:37:10Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > What are whooping cranes? Sorry, incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/260 "2023-06-06T11:44:14Z")
What is the California Condor? 1. Capable of reaching speeds of nearly 45 miles per hour, this is the fastest flightless bird in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/261 "2023-06-06T12:13:18Z")
What is the ostrich? New category: Masters of Horror. 1. An ancient “book of the dead” is a recurring element in the stories of this New England author [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=14)