# 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:** 18
**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 17, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/342 "2023-06-17T15:21:43Z")
What is a Shirley Temple? 1. The recipe for this carbonated soft drink is allegedly kept in two halves, each half stored in a safe deposit box at a separate Dallas bank. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/343 "2023-06-17T15:41:15Z")
What is Dr. Pepper? 1. Golfer Arnold Palmer gave his name to the mixture of these two drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/344 "2023-06-17T21:36:34Z")
What are ice tea and Lemonade? New Topic: Artists 1. This famous Mexican Artist suffered from severe chronic pain for most of her life as a result of a bus accident as a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/345 "2023-06-17T21:52:36Z")
Who is Frida Kahlo? 1. Paintings by this Jewish artist inspired the title and set design of _Fiddler on the Roof_. ---
**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 18, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/346 "2023-06-18T23:47:24Z")
Who is Marc Chagall? 1. This artist loved painting sunflowers and cypresses, the latter depicted in sunlight or in starlight. ---
**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 19, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/347 "2023-06-19T02:09:15Z")
Who is Vincent Van Gogh? 1. The title of this documentary is about a truck driver who buys a painting for five dollars, and finds out it might be by the artist referred to in the title, and tries to sell the painting for millions. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/348 "2023-06-19T02:52:12Z")
What is _Who the -------- is Jackson Pollack?_ 1. This American caricaturist is best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars. ---
**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 19, 2023, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/349 "2023-06-19T07:52:38Z")
Who is Al Hirschfield? **New Topic – American History** 1. This was the name of the locomotive hijacked by James Andrews and his band during the Civil War. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/350 "2023-06-19T15:02:42Z")
What is The General? 1. This was a major migration route to the Pacific Northwest before the Transcontinental Railroad; it gave its name to an educational computer game. ---
**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 19, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/351 "2023-06-19T15:08:16Z")
What was the Oregon Trail? 1. The 9th President of the United States, this man died just 31 days after his inauguration, the shortest term of office of any American president. ---
**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 19, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/352 "2023-06-19T17:27:26Z")
Who was William Henry Harrison? 1. The 37th state to join the Union, and the first do so after the Civil War, its capital was originally named Lancaster. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/353 "2023-06-19T20:44:03Z")
What is Nebraska? 1. The Juneteenth holiday commemorates the order proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in this state. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/354 "2023-06-19T20:54:21Z")
What is Texas? Next: **Bodies of Water** 1. This body of water has the deepest point in the continental US. ---
**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 20, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/355 "2023-06-20T06:23:33Z")
What is Crater Lake in Oregon? 1. This body of water is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area, but only third largest by total volume. _ **-“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 20, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/356 "2023-06-20T17:59:00Z")
What is Lake Superior? 1. Only two people have descended to the planet’s deepest point, this location in the Pacific Ocean. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/357 "2023-06-20T18:56:23Z")
What is the Mariana Trench? 1. This long-sought after passage has finally been navigated, thanks to global warming. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/358 "2023-06-20T19:26:27Z")
What is the Northwest Passage? 1. This strait was crossed on June 6, 1944 in history’s largest amphibious invasion. ---
**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 20, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/359 "2023-06-20T20:33:55Z")
What is the English Channel? Next category: **World War II** 1. This Nazi counteroffensive in the winter of 1944 is considered the bloodiest single battle fought during WWII. ---
**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 20, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/360 "2023-06-20T22:50:33Z")
What is the Battle of the Bulge? 1. This operation carried out by British intelligence in 1943 convinced Hitler that the Allies were planning to invade Greece instead of Sicily ---
**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 21, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/361 "2023-06-21T03:55:50Z")
What was Operation Mincemeat? 1. In announcing the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in 1942 to the press, President Roosevelt stated that the bombers came from this fictional location. _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=19)