# 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:** 38
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/742 "2023-08-22T23:03:02Z")
What is Star Wars? 1. This orphan learns of his magical birthright. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/743 "2023-08-22T23:06:34Z")
Who is Harry Potter? 1. These hillbilly characters were the protagonists of ten films that kept Universal Studios afloat in the 1950s. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/744 "2023-08-22T23:19:35Z")
Who are Ma and Pa Kettle? 1. This loquacious equine title character appeared in seven films in the 1950s. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/745 "2023-08-22T23:33:10Z")
Who is Francis the Talking Mule? 1. Either the antagonist of the first film, or the protagonist of the whole series, depending on when you ask (and Asta isn’t talking). ---
**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:** [August 23, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/746 "2023-08-23T02:21:43Z")
What is The Thin Man? New category: Potent Potables. 1. This bitter liqueur, originally sold as a medicinal tonic, is held up as a point of pride by Chicagoans capable of tolerating its unique flavor ---
**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:** [August 23, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/747 "2023-08-23T16:40:49Z")
What is Malort? 1. This stout was originally brewed at a Dublin brewery, on which the founder held a 9000-year lease. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/748 "2023-08-24T08:15:45Z")
What is Guinness? 1. This mixed drink popular in New Orleans takes its name from the lantern-shaped glass in which it is traditionally served ---
**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:** [August 24, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/749 "2023-08-24T11:42:18Z")
What is a Hurricane? 1. Popular cocktail whose name translates to “divine wind.” ---
**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:** [August 24, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/750 "2023-08-24T23:34:20Z")
What is a Kamikaze? 1. A major-league baseball team was once referred to by the name of this trendy drink from the 1970s. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/751 "2023-08-25T01:34:19Z")
What is the Cincinnati Reds? (“The Big Red Machine”) Next: **Department stores** 1. This iconic department store closed it’s New York City store in 1987 after 140 years of operation. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/752 "2023-08-25T02:18:20Z")
What is Gimbels? 1. This defunct chain of tech-focused department stores shared its name and logo with a supermarket chain now owned by Kroger ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/753 "2023-08-25T02:27:25Z")
What is Fry’s? 1. The flagship store of this chain on 34th Street in New York City has wooden escalators between its upper floors. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/754 "2023-08-25T03:13:45Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. A major-league baseball team was once referred to by the name of this trendy drink from the 1970s. > > What is the Cincinnati Reds? (“The Big Red Machine”) I’m sorry, but that’s not the answer we were looking for. And for the record – I’ve never heard of a drink called “The Big Red Machine”. Is that a regional thing? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/755 "2023-08-25T03:14:17Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > What is the Cincinnati Reds? (“The Big Red Machine”) (I believe that @Bicycle_Bill may have been referring to the “Harvey Wallbanger,” a mixed drink which was the basis for the nickname of the Milwaukee Brewers (“Harvey’s Wallbangers”) in the early '80s, when they were managed by Harvey Kuenn, and hit a lot of home runs.) ---
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/756 "2023-08-25T03:31:54Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > And for the record – I’ve never heard of a drink called “The Big Red Machine”. Is that a regional thing? There’s Big Red, but that’s not a potent potable. > **[Big Red (soft drink)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Red_(soft_drink))** > > Big Red is a soft drink. It was created in 1937 by Grover C Thomsen and R.H. Roark in Waco, Texas and originally known as Sun Tang Red Cream Soda. It is an American variety of cream soda and a special off-brand "blue cream soda". Gary Smith was the chief executive officer of Big Red Group (“BRG”) directly responsible for all functional areas. He successfully acquired and integrated numerous businesses to build BRG into a national company, eventually selling the entire business to Keurig Dr Pep Th... ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/757 "2023-08-25T03:32:24Z")
There’s a regional soft drink around the northern KY / southern OH area called “Big Red”. I’m not sure that the “Big Red Machine” was an allusion to the soft drink to the same extent that “Harvey’s Wallbangers” was for the early 80’s Brewers, and in any case I don’t think that Big Red qualifies as a Potent Potable. > **[Big Red (soft drink)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Red_(soft_drink))** > > Big Red is a soft drink. It was created in 1937 by Grover C Thomsen and R.H. Roark in Waco, Texas and originally known as Sun Tang Red Cream Soda. It is an American variety of cream soda and a special off-brand "blue cream soda". Gary Smith was the Chief Executive Officer of Big Red Group (“BRG”) directly responsible for all functional areas. He successfully acquired and integrated numerous businesses to build BRG into a national company, eventually selling the entire business to Keurig Dr Pep Th... ETA: ninja’d by @Smapti ---
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/758 "2023-08-25T03:44:24Z")
What is Macy’s? 1. Garrett Popcorn of Chicago is now the home of these chocolate mints originally associated with Frederick & Nelson ---
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/759 "2023-08-25T04:33:12Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > (I believe that @Bicycle_Bill may have been referring to the “Harvey Wallbanger,” a mixed drink which was the basis for the nickname of the Milwaukee Brewers (“Harvey’s Wallbangers”) in the early 1980s, when they were managed by Harvey Kuenn, and hit a lot of home runs.) That’s the one I was thinking of. Play on. _ **-“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:** [August 25, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/760 "2023-08-25T08:11:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Garrett Popcorn of Chicago is now the home of these chocolate mints originally associated with Frederick & Nelson What are… Milk Mints? 1. This anchor store was prominently located at “Twin Pines Mall” in the movie _Back to the Future._ ---
**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:** [August 25, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/761 "2023-08-25T08:17:14Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > What are… Milk Mints? Nope. Frangos. > **[Frango](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frango)** > > Frango mints are a brand of chocolate truffles first created for the Frederick & Nelson department stores. Traditionally flavored with mint and widely popularized by the Marshall Field and Company department store, they were later produced and distributed by Macy's department stores. Frango is also the brand name of a line of various other related food products. > Historically associated with the Midwestern and Pacific Northwest regions of the United States, the candy is sold in various outlets th... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=39)