# 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:** 21
**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 27, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/402 "2023-06-27T14:42:40Z")
What are Ewoks? New category: Space travel This American spacecraft was designed to hold two astronauts ---
**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, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/403 "2023-06-27T15:22:05Z")
What is Gemini? 1. She was the first living creature to orbit the Earth in a manmade craft, on board the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2. ---
**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 27, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/404 "2023-06-27T17:02:40Z")
Who was Laika? 1. One of the original Mercury Seven, in 1974 he became the first astronaut to be elected to the US Senate. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/405 "2023-06-27T22:31:55Z")
Who is John Glenn? 1. The launch of the Discovery shuttle on September 29, 1988, is significant for this reason. ---
**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 28, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/406 "2023-06-28T08:20:05Z")
What is first mission after the explosion of the Challenger? (Alex would never have abided a clue that requires such a clunky answer.) 1. As of today, the crew of this Soviet space mission are the only three humans to die in space ---
**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 28, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/407 "2023-06-28T08:23:22Z")
What was Soyuz 11? New category: **National Basketball Association** 1. This man holds the record for the second-most points in a game in NBA history, with 81 scored against the Toronto Raptors. ---
**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 28, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/408 "2023-06-28T09:52:15Z")
Who is Kobe Bryant? 1. The Minneapolis Lakers famously suffered a close defeat in 1948 against this exhibition team ---
**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 28, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/409 "2023-06-28T12:19:20Z")
Who are the Harlem Globetrotters? 1. This team won the Championship in the two years ('94 and '95) when the star of the Chicago Bulls decided to play baseball. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/410 "2023-06-28T13:23:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > What is first mission after the explosion of the Challenger? (Alex would never have abided a clue that requires such a clunky answer.) Yeah, I thought the same way. Maybe “What is the first launch, post-Challenger”? (in play) Who are the Houston Rockets? 1. This former ABA team is the first to win an NBA title, post ABA-merger. ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/411 "2023-06-28T17:25:22Z")
Who are the San Antonio Spurs? 1. This outspoken player was nicknamed “Sir Charles” and “The Round Mound of Rebound.” ---
**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 28, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/412 "2023-06-28T18:32:50Z")
Who is Charles Barkley? pass ---
**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 28, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/413 "2023-06-28T18:36:35Z")
New category: **Phobias** 1. A person afraid of the number 13 has this condition ---
**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 28, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/414 "2023-06-28T18:44:08Z")
What is triskaidekaphobia? 1. Ailurophobia does not mean the fear of allure; it’s this condition ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/415 "2023-06-28T22:24:03Z")
What is a fear of cats? 1. Coulrophobia is a fear of this ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/416 "2023-06-28T22:45:27Z")
What are clowns? 1. Renowned author Isaac Asimov suffered from this fear of open spaces, which several of his protagonists shared ---
**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 29, 2023, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/417 "2023-06-29T06:51:17Z")
What is agoraphobia? 1. Cyanophobia is the fear of this four-legged animal, which was domesticated by humans in antiquity. ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/418 "2023-06-29T07:01:39Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Cyanophobia What are dogs? New category: **The Dreaded Opera Category**. 1. Count Almaviva plots to seduce the title character’s bride in this Mozart work ---
**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 29, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/419 "2023-06-29T07:05:32Z")
What is “The Marriage of Figaro”? 1. The only opera written by Beethoven, which was originally titled “Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love.” ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/420 "2023-06-29T13:32:56Z")
What is Fidelio? 1. This opera by Rossini also revolves around the character of Figaro from “The Marriage of Figaro”. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/421 "2023-06-29T14:13:53Z")
What is “The Barber of Seville”? Yes, I watched the Bugs Bunny version. 1. Wagner interrupted his epic _Ring_ cycle to composed this tragic love story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=22)