# 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:** 22
**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 29, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/422 "2023-06-29T19:19:53Z")
What is _Tristan und Isolde_? 1. The composer of this colorful opera set in Spain died at 36, thinking it was a failure; it’s now one of the most popular. And enjoy the Opera in 3 minutes (linked); it’s informative and a lot of fun: [Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde' Told in 3 Minutes - YouTube](https://youtu.be/9t6yJds4crs) ---
**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, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/423 "2023-06-29T23:41:34Z")
What is Carmen? One of my music teachers had a sign in his classroom that said “Carmen was a Bizet body”. Next category: **Medicine** 1. Fatal familial insomnia, kuru and scrapie are all caused by these misfolded proteins. ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/424 "2023-06-29T23:46:20Z")
What are prions? 1. In 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first of this procedure. ---
**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, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/425 "2023-06-29T23:54:07Z")
What is a heart transplant? 1. This compound often abused as a recreational drug is also used to treat ADD under the name Desoxyn ---
**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 30, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/426 "2023-06-30T12:06:20Z")
What is meth? 1. He is considered the Father of Medicine ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/427 "2023-06-30T15:54:17Z")
Who is Hippocrates? 1. This medical logo is recognized internationally. ---
**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 30, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/428 "2023-06-30T16:47:14Z")
What is the caduceus? New category: **Disney Quotes** (we provide the quote, you name the character) 1. “I’ll turn him into a flea […] and then I’ll put that flea in a box, and then I’ll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives, I’ll smash it with a hammer!” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/429 "2023-06-30T18:06:15Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > What is the caduceus? I was looking for “red cross” but the Star of Life is acceptable. ---
**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 30, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/430 "2023-06-30T20:48:46Z")
Who is Yzma? 1. “Oh, I make it a point never to give references. A very old-fashioned idea, to my mind.” ---
**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 30, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/431 "2023-06-30T21:33:59Z")
Who is Mary Poppins? 1. “A lie keeps growing and growing until it’s as plain as the nose on your face.” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 30, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/432 "2023-06-30T22:12:13Z")
Who is the Blue Fairy? 1. “Flash, Flash, hundred yard dash.” ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/433 "2023-07-01T10:07:33Z")
Who is Nick Wilde? 1. According to urban legend; “Good teenagers, take off your clothes” ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/434 "2023-07-01T20:48:39Z")
Who is Aladdin? Next **Peninsulas** 1. This peninsula in the far northeast of Russia is known for its remoteness and wildlife. ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/435 "2023-07-01T21:35:25Z")
What is Kamchatka? This Great Lake state’s motto is “if you seek a pleasant peninsula look around” ---
**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:** [July 1, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/436 "2023-07-01T21:44:34Z")
What is Michigan? 1. This peninsula on Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan shoreline takes its name from the dangerous strait between its northern tip and Washington Island, which was known, in French, as “Porte des Mort.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/437 "2023-07-02T04:19:37Z")
What is “Death’s Door”? 1. This peninsula is sometimes referred to as “America’s Wang.” ---
**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:** [July 2, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/438 "2023-07-02T05:22:15Z")
What is Florida? 1. On a classic episode of _The Simpsons_, Lisa is bemused to learn that this place in which she has been imprisoned is in fact a peninsula ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/439 "2023-07-03T20:01:25Z")
What is Monster Island? New category: **See you in the funny papers** 1. This comic caveman lived in the Kingdom of Moo. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/440 "2023-07-03T20:11:22Z")
Who is Alley Oop? 1. The strip debuted on November 24, 1918; as of today, it is the longest-running current strip in the United States. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/441 "2023-07-03T20:23:45Z")
What is Gasoline Alley? 1. This cartoonist, who created the comic strip _Calvin and Hobbes_, famously refused to enter into merchandising or licensing deals for the characters from his strip. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=23)