# 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:** 19
**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 21, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/362 "2023-06-21T04:09:22Z")
What is Shangri-La? 1. This Wisconsin native was the U.S.'s top flying ace during WWII, shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft while flying a P-38 Lightning. ---
**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 21, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/363 "2023-06-21T04:11:46Z")
Who is Dick Bong? 1. This captured German vessel, temporarily renamed USS Nemo to keep its capture a secret, can now be found on display in Chicago, IL ---
**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 21, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/364 "2023-06-21T04:49:45Z")
What is U-505? New category: **U.S. Presidential Elections** 1. Running on the American Independent party ticket in 1968, this man was the most recent third-party candidate to win at least one electoral vote ---
**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 21, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/365 "2023-06-21T04:57:39Z")
Who is George Wallace? 1. Accusations of plagiarism lead this Democratic candidate to withdraw from the 1988 primaries ---
**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 21, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/366 "2023-06-21T05:00:45Z")
Who is Joe Biden? 1. Hannibal Hamlin was the first vice-president of this man; his second vice-president later became president and was impeached ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/367 "2023-06-21T05:12:09Z")
Who is Abraham Lincoln? 1. “Hanging chads” were a factor in this year’s presidential election. ---
**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 21, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/368 "2023-06-21T05:42:40Z")
What is 2000? 1. This newly-reelected president was famously photographed holding a newspaper that incorrectly projected a win for his opponent ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/369 "2023-06-21T05:50:44Z")
Who is Harry Truman? The newspaper was the Chicago Tribune, and Truman was showing it off, after he won, from the back of a train. The Trib’s headline was “Dewey defeats Truman!” New category: **Advertising slogans** 1. “Where’s the beef?” ---
**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 21, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/370 "2023-06-21T06:46:58Z")
What is Wendy’s? 1. “I put that s\*\*t on everything.” ---
**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 21, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/371 "2023-06-21T11:49:18Z")
What is Frank’s Hot Sauce? 1. “Imagination at Work.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/372 "2023-06-21T15:13:26Z")
What is GE? 1. This trade association produced a commercial celebrating its centennial in 2019. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/373 "2023-06-24T04:06:52Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > This trade association produced a commercial celebrating its centennial in 2019. Answer: [The NFL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6JjyRhfjOE). 1. “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.” ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/374 "2023-06-24T04:53:34Z")
AlkaSeltzer 1. Edgar this is your tummy speaking ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/375 "2023-06-24T09:26:56Z")
What is Malt-O-Meal? New category: Namesakes. 1. A 10th century Danish king inspired the name and logo of this wireless technology ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/376 "2023-06-24T14:33:42Z")
What is Bluetooth? 1. A British Army officer and estate manager in Ireland gave his name to this form of economic protest ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/377 "2023-06-24T14:49:13Z")
What is Boycott? 1. An Oxford Don reputedly swapped syllables between words by accident, but this usage named for him is now mostly deliberate, for humorous or bowdlerizing effect. ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/378 "2023-06-24T16:20:03Z")
What is a Spoonerism? 1. This ubiquitous food item was named after an 18th century earl who invented it as a way to eat without having to leave the gaming table. ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/379 "2023-06-24T16:28:50Z")
What is a sandwich? 1. The practice of redrawing political districts to benefit one’s party is named after this signer of the Declaration of Independence, who later served as governor of Massachusetts and vice-president of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/380 "2023-06-24T16:38:22Z")
Who is Elbridge Gerry? New Category: **Geography** 1. This body of water separated the Pillars of Hercules in ancient Greek nomenclature. ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/381 "2023-06-24T18:57:11Z")
What is the Strait of Gibraltar? 1. British explorers originally referred to this summit as “Peak XV” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=20)