# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/442 "2023-07-03T20:43:55Z")
Who is Bill Watterson? 1. The creator of the comic strip “Li’l Folks” is on record as having hated this new title given to it by the distribution syndicate. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/443 "2023-07-03T21:14:02Z")
What is **‘Peanuts’**? 1. This newspaper comic strip by Milton Caniff, which debuted in 1947, introduced us to the hero’s cousin, Poteet, ten years later. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/444 "2023-07-03T22:24:45Z")
What is ‘Terry and the Pirates.’ New category: **The National Basketball Association** 1. The Denver Nuggets recently became the second former ABA team to win an NBA championship; this team was the first. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/445 "2023-07-03T22:33:17Z")
Who are the Spurs? 1. This innovation in 1954 is credited with saving basketball or at least exploding its popularity. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/446 "2023-07-03T22:37:44Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > This newspaper comic strip by Milton Caniff, which debuted in 1947, introduced us to the hero’s cousin, Poteet, ten years later. > > 5, What is ‘Terry and the Pirates.’ Bzzzzzt. Incorrect. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/447 "2023-07-03T22:59:05Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > Bzzzzzt. Incorrect. What is Steve Canyon? ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/448 "2023-07-03T23:16:28Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > What is Gemini? This was the response to “This American spacecraft was designed to hold two astronauts”. Nitpick: “Gemini” was the name of the project. The spacecraft was a “Titan II GLV” or “Gemini Titan II”. [Titan II GLV - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_II_GLV) ---
**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 3, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/449 "2023-07-03T23:38:01Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > This innovation in 1954 is credited with saving basketball or at least exploding its popularity. What is the shot clock? 1. This Hall of Famer famously claimed to have bedded 20,000 women over the course of his life ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/450 "2023-07-03T23:42:49Z")
Who was Wilt Chamberlain? 1. This star of the early NBA was so dominant that the league widened the “lane,” and implemented the shot clock, in efforts to curb his influence on play. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/451 "2023-07-04T03:46:21Z")
Who is George Mikan? 1. This team is the only team to ever win the NBA championship in their first post-season appearance. ---
**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 5, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/452 "2023-07-05T08:06:54Z")
_beep-beep-beep_ I’m calling time on this one. New category: **Famous Addresses.** (We supply the street address, you name the establishment located there.) 1. 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/453 "2023-07-05T14:06:58Z")
What is the Willis Tower? 1. 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Kelly Drive Philadelphia, PA 19130 ---
**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 5, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/454 "2023-07-05T14:11:24Z")
What is the Philadelphia Museum of Art? 1. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/455 "2023-07-05T14:13:56Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > What is the Philadelphia Museum of Art? Judges say that is acceptable, although we were going for the statue and steps for Rocky Balboa. 1. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/456 "2023-07-05T15:26:06Z")
What is the White House? 1. 1313 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, CA ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/457 "2023-07-05T15:37:30Z")
What is Disneyland? 1. 221b Baker Street, London, NW1, United Kingdom ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/458 "2023-07-05T15:41:38Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > This team is the only team to ever win the NBA championship in their first post-season appearance. > [@Smapti](#): > > _beep-beep-beep_ > > I’m calling time on this one. The answer: The Portland Trail Blazers ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/459 "2023-07-05T15:42:25Z")
> [@Mike\_H](#): > > 221b Baker Street, London, NW1, United Kingdom What is Sherlock Holmes’ address? pass ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/460 "2023-07-05T16:35:41Z")
New category - **Food and Drink** 1. This gravy made from fried ham drippings & black coffee sounds like an early flight. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/461 "2023-07-05T17:40:19Z")
What is red-eye gravy? 1. Shoestring potatoes are better known by this American idiom. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=24)