# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/782 "2023-08-26T02:08:32Z")
What is Atlanta? 1. Dr. John, Louis Prima, Lil Wayne ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/783 "2023-08-26T03:36:29Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > What is Atlanta? Sorry, we were looking for Athens, Georgia. Carry on… ---
**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 26, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/784 "2023-08-26T06:37:08Z")
What is New Orleans? 1. The Sonics, Bing Crosby, Neko Case ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/785 "2023-08-26T17:58:32Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Sorry, we were looking for Athens, Georgia. Carry on… D’oh! I knew that! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/786 "2023-08-26T18:13:26Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > What is New Orleans? > > 1. The Sonics, Bing Crosby, Neko Case I’m going to say Tacoma, WA, but while both Crosby and Case were born there, neither started their careers there. Crosby played in a band in Spokane, WA, before moving to LA and getting a contract; Case played in Vancouver, BC, before moving to Seattle and getting noticed. In case that answer is satisfactory: 1. Kiss, Lady Gaga, Steely Dan ---
**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 26, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/787 "2023-08-26T21:27:32Z")
What is New York? New category: Common bonds. 1. The English, We Got the, Texas Radio and the Big ---
**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 26, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/788 "2023-08-26T21:33:04Z")
What is ‘Beat’? (or “What are types of beats?”) 1. Side, place, bicycle, and penalty. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/789 "2023-08-27T00:19:06Z")
What are kicks? 1. Public, world, vinyl, and criminal ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/790 "2023-08-27T00:33:47Z")
What are some records? 1. Sea, pocket, quick, and small. ---
**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 28, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/791 "2023-08-28T01:15:13Z")
…what is sand? 1. Irrational, imaginary, perfect ---
**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 28, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/792 "2023-08-28T04:27:26Z")
What are numbers? New category: **Controversial toys** 1. This toy allowed you to change her from a child to a teenager with the turn of an arm. ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/793 "2023-08-28T05:12:35Z")
What is Skipper? 1. These collectible cardboard tokens popular with '90s kids were often viewed as gambling devices by school authorities ---
**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 28, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/794 "2023-08-28T12:43:34Z")
> …what is sand? Bzzt! We were looking for “change”. Play on. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/795 "2023-08-28T14:52:37Z")
What are pogs? 1. This popular doll was part of an Oreo Cookie campaign. ---
**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 29, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/796 "2023-08-29T09:21:47Z")
What is Barbie? 1. Later models of this NES accessory were colored bright orange to make it less resemble a real weapon ---
**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 29, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/797 "2023-08-29T09:32:34Z")
What is the Zapper? 1. More than 6,000 Americans had visited emergency rooms with injuries caused by this toy in the eight years leading up to its U.S. ban in 1988. ---
**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 29, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/798 "2023-08-29T11:29:53Z")
What are lawn darts? pass ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/799 "2023-08-29T14:11:11Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > What is the Zapper? I think “cap guns” is the correct answer. New category: **Banned in the US** 1. In 1971, ads for this product were banned from TV and radio. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/800 "2023-08-29T14:29:36Z")
What are cigarettes? 1. Banned in Jersey City, the controversy over this 1953 Otto Preminger film was the focus of an episode of M\*A\*S\*H. ---
**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 29, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/801 "2023-08-29T15:23:28Z")
What is “The Moon is Blue”? 1. This wormwood-based alcohol spirit was banned in the U.S. in 1912, due to its alleged hallucinogenic properties, and was not legalized again until 2007. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=41)