# 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:** 47
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/924 "2023-10-05T05:10:27Z")
What is _Dead Man’s Party_? 1. This song and video featured a chilling spoken-word sequence by horror icon Vincent Price. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/925 "2023-10-05T06:38:21Z")
What is Thriller? 1. Michael Jackson provided backing vocals for this song by the son of Motown founder Berry Gordy ---
**Author:** ![Xocomil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xocomil/32/14927_2.png) [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/926 "2023-10-05T06:52:54Z")
What is Somebody’s Watching Me? 1. After Stephen King handed him a copy of one of his novels, an inspired Dee Dee Ramone wrote the lyrics to this song in one hour in King’s basement. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/927 "2023-10-05T06:56:43Z")
What is Pet Sematary? 1. Tracy Morgan and Donald Glover recorded a full version of this “spooky, scary” song after introducing it as a joke in an episode of _30 Rock_ ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/928 "2023-10-05T06:57:30Z")
What is Pet Sematary? 1. This vocalist of The Stooges sang the title track to _Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare._ ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/929 "2023-10-05T20:34:43Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > This vocalist of The Stooges sang the title track to _Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare_ Who is Iggy Pop? Still in play; > [@Smapti](#): > > Tracy Morgan and Donald Glover recorded a full version of this “spooky, scary” song after introducing it as a joke in an episode of _30 Rock_ ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/930 "2023-10-07T01:05:21Z")
beep-beep-beep “What is “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah”?” New category: Horror movies 1. James Brolin stars in this 1979 film ostensibly based on the true story of the Lutz family ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/931 "2023-10-07T02:14:19Z")
What is The Amityville Horror? 1. In this film series, little girls playing with their jump rope warn the heroes, “One, two, Freddy’s coming for you.” ---
**Author:** ![Xocomil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xocomil/32/14927_2.png) [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/932 "2023-10-07T02:24:35Z")
What is A Nightmare on Elm Street? 1. This German Expressionist classic was infamously filmed without the rights holder’s permission. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/933 "2023-10-07T02:29:31Z")
What is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari? 1. This main antagonist of the _Friday the 13th_ series was not even a central character in the first film, and was not originally intended to be the bad guy of the franchise. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/934 "2023-10-07T02:37:23Z")
Who is Jason Voorhees? (And I think that the answer to question 3 was _Nosferatu_?) 1. Leatherface, the primary character of this horror film series, was based on real-life serial killer Ed Gein. ---
**Author:** ![Xocomil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xocomil/32/14927_2.png) [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/935 "2023-10-07T02:46:56Z")
Yes, it was Nosferatu. I skimmed the Caligari Wikipedia article to see if it could also apply to that film. I don’t think so. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/936 "2023-10-07T02:47:12Z")
What is Texas Chainsaw Massacre? New category: Based On A Not-So-True Story 1. Frank Dux’s farfetched tales of secret martial arts tournaments were recounted in this Jean Claude Van Damme film ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/937 "2023-10-07T03:29:08Z")
What is Bloodsport? 1. This film committed borderline character assassination against antagonist boxer Max Baer by insinuating that he was unrepentant for killing an opponent in a ring. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/938 "2023-10-08T03:21:47Z")
What is Cinderella Man? 1. The author of this 1976 folk ballad adjusted the lyrics as sung in concert after later research proved some of his descriptions of the event it describes to be inaccurate ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/939 "2023-10-08T05:38:37Z")
What is _The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_? 1. Real historical figures are central to this 2009 World War II epic, but no, Hitler was not actually gunned down in a burning movie theater. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/940 "2023-10-08T05:47:30Z")
What is Inglorious Basterds? 1. This game show host claimed to have lived a secret double life as an assassin in an autobiography that was adapted into a 2002 film starring Sam Rockwell ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/941 "2023-10-08T05:53:20Z")
Who is Chuck Barris? New Topic: **Game Shows Then and Now** 1. Dick Clark hosted this game show where a celebrity and a contestant would take turns trying to describe, and guess, a word. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/942 "2023-10-08T06:17:41Z")
What is The $100,000 Pyramid? 1. The acid-tongued host of this British game show crossed the pond to host its American adaptation in 2000 ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/943 "2023-10-08T13:18:22Z")
What is The Weakest Link? 1. Ryan Seacrest will be the new host for Season 42 of this show, which calls itself “America’s Game Show”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=48)