# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/382 "2023-06-25T04:05:34Z")
What is Mount Everest? 1. For several hundred thousand years, this region has alternated between desert and savanna grassland in a 20,000-year cycle. ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/383 "2023-06-25T04:13:35Z")
What is the Sahara? 1. Prior to the discovery of plate tectonics, this fictional continent was theorized to explain the presence of similar fossils in India and Madagascar ---
**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 26, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/384 "2023-06-26T15:42:27Z")
What is Pangea? 1. This capital that shares its name with its country lies about 12 miles inland from Italy’s Adriatic coast. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/385 "2023-06-26T18:57:15Z")
What is San Marino? Next: **Film Directors** 1. This master of suspense was influenced by such directors as George Méliès, D.W. Griffith and Alice Guy-Blaché. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/386 "2023-06-26T19:06:59Z")
Not in play: > [@Smapti](#): > > Prior to the discovery of plate tectonics, this fictional continent was theorized to explain the presence of similar fossils in India and Madagascar I think this is actually “What is Lemuria?” ---
**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 26, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/387 "2023-06-26T20:48:42Z")
Who was Alfred Hitchcock? 1. This director, who is now co-CEO of DC Studios, has also directed several films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/388 "2023-06-26T21:52:59Z")
Who is James Gunn? 1. This director’s production company, Amblin Entertainment, was named after his first film. ---
**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 26, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/389 "2023-06-26T22:06:46Z")
Who is Stephen Spielberg? 1. This French New Wave director had an acting part in Stephen Spielberg’s _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_ . ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/390 "2023-06-27T00:58:04Z")
Who is François Truffaut? … _(He’s the only French director I know by name)_ 1. He was originally known for his science-fiction films, then switched genres to become “The Master of Disaster”. _ **-“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 27, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/391 "2023-06-27T01:06:31Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I think this is actually “What is Lemuria?” Correct. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/392 "2023-06-27T03:23:46Z")
Who is Irwin Allen? Next: **20th Century Songs** 1. In this iconic song from 1908, Katie turns down an invitation to a show, but tells her beau that he can do this instead. ---
**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 27, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/393 "2023-06-27T04:33:08Z")
What is “take me out to the ball game”? 1. Woody Guthrie wrote this folk anthem as a response to “God Bless America” ---
**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 27, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/394 "2023-06-27T05:02:59Z")
What is “This Land Is Your Land”? 1. This song by the British rock band Queen reached the Top 40 in the U.S. three times: in 1976, 1992, and 2019. ---
**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 27, 2023, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/395 "2023-06-27T05:41:22Z")
What is “Bohemian Rhapsody”? 1. This was the opening track from Styx’s concept album “Kilroy Was Here”. ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/396 "2023-06-27T06:05:14Z")
What is “Mr. Roboto”? 1. Paul Anka rewrote the French song “Comme D’Habitude” into this English-language song that became a hit for Frank Sinatra ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/397 "2023-06-27T06:32:29Z")
What is “My Way”? New category: **Star Wars** 1. Din Djarin is a member of this titular creed on the first live-action Star Wars TV show. ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/398 "2023-06-27T06:47:08Z")
What are Mandalorians? 1. These wielders of the Dark Side of the Force are the sworn enemies of the Jedi Order. ---
**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 27, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/399 "2023-06-27T09:53:23Z")
Who are the Sith? 1. He was the first non-Force-user to handle a lightsaber in the _Star Wars_ movies, albeit for cutting and not for combat. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/400 "2023-06-27T14:18:32Z")
Who is Han Solo? 1. This Star Wars parody included its creator, Mel Brooks, playing the character Yogurt. ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/401 "2023-06-27T14:37:51Z")
What is Spaceballs? 1. These bipeds are native to the moon of Endor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=21)