# 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:** 15
**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 8, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/282 "2023-06-08T08:26:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > What is Amtrak? The judges note that the legal name of the corporation is the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, but they will accept Amtrak. carrying on … What is the Chicago Transit Authority? 1. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest of these measured 8,095.4 meters or 26,559.7 feet. _ **-“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 8, 2023, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/283 "2023-06-08T08:28:51Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > What is the Chicago Transit Authority? I was specifically looking for the L, but based on the wording of my clue, the judges will accept the CTA. ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/284 "2023-06-08T12:21:25Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > What is germaphobia? This is not the answer I was intending. The answer was [mysophobia.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysophobia) Let’s just carry on. A new category is required. **@Bicycle_Bill**? ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/285 "2023-06-08T12:28:18Z")
No one has answered question #5 in the **Trains** category yet. > [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > What is the Chicago Transit Authority? > > 1. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest of these measured 8,095.4 meters or 26,559.7 feet. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 8, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/286 "2023-06-08T12:38:01Z")
(Sorry, **BB**.) What is the longest wedding dress train!? 😃 **Toys and Games** 1. Its co-creator said adding an L to the first word in the original title of this board game created in 1979 “made it.” ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/287 "2023-06-08T14:00:22Z")
What is Trivial Pursuit? 1. This toy, introduced by Wham-O in the Sixties, supposedly served as the inspiration for the name of the NFL’s biggest game. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/288 "2023-06-08T14:45:38Z")
What is a Super Ball? 1. This construction set toy for children was designed in 1914 and inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1998. ---
**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 8, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/289 "2023-06-08T15:05:37Z")
What are Tinkertoys? 1. The official story of this toy tells of a young boy who was led by a Bunnybee through a waterfall, down a long tunnel, and out into a magical land where these toys grew. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/290 "2023-06-08T15:19:48Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Bunnybee through a waterfall, down a long tunnel, and out into a magical land where these toys grew What are Cabbage Patch Kids? 1. In 1988 Congress approved a bill ordering the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prohibit sale of this popular lawn toy due to risk of its causing puncture wounds. ---
**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 8, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/291 "2023-06-08T15:26:06Z")
What are lawn darts? Next category: **Weather and Climate** 1. Tropical cyclones are referred to as hurricanes when they occur in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean, but are referred to by this name when they occur in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. ---
**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 8, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/292 "2023-06-08T15:36:52Z")
What is a typhoon? 1. In 1954, a temperature of -70 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest temperature ever noted in the continental United States, was recorded at Rogers Pass, located in this state. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/293 "2023-06-08T16:53:57Z")
Where is Montana? 1. Measuring in at just under 5 and a half million square miles, the largest desert in the world is located on this continent. ---
**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 9, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/294 "2023-06-09T01:12:15Z")
What is Antarctica? 1. This is the term for precipitation that is observed to fall but never reaches the ground. _ **-“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 12, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/295 "2023-06-12T05:27:07Z")
What is virga? 1. A record-breaking disruption of global weather patterns in 1997 and 1998 was caused by an unusually strong manifestation of this Biblically-named phenomenon ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/296 "2023-06-12T17:33:57Z")
What is El Niño? **Next Category: Advertising** 1. This 1980s slogan for Wendy’s restaurants, first uttered on-screen by actress Clara Peller, was also used by Walter Mondale during the 1984 U.S. presidential campaign. ---
**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 12, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/297 "2023-06-12T17:49:52Z")
What is ‘Where’s the Beef’? 1. This coffee brand advertised itself as ‘Good to the last drop.’ ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/298 "2023-06-12T18:04:54Z")
What is Maxwell House? 1. This brand claimed you’d walk a mile for one its cigarettes. ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/299 "2023-06-12T21:18:52Z")
What is Camel? 1. This cigarette brand supposedly celebrated women with its slogan “You’ve come a long way, baby”. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/300 "2023-06-12T21:41:04Z")
What is Virginia Slims? 1. This company’s pickup trucks were advertised with the Bob Seger song “Like A Rock.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/301 "2023-06-12T22:18:52Z")
What is Chevrolet? New Category: **Palindromes** 1. Are barnyard fowl capable of perceiving a deity? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=16)