# 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:** 48
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/944 "2023-10-08T15:39:54Z")
What is Wheel of Fortune? 1. After Alex Trebek’s death, a controversial selection process for hosts on this show ensued. Final choices Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik are not well liked by fans. ---
**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, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/945 "2023-10-08T15:42:36Z")
What is Jeopardy? 1. As hard as it is to believe, Drew Carey has been the host of this long-running game show for the last 16 years. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/946 "2023-10-08T21:24:51Z")
What is “The Price Is Right”? New category: **Science** 1. This astrophysicist was captain of his Harvard wrestling team. ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/947 "2023-10-08T21:48:16Z")
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson? 1. This 17th century polymath is believed by many to have died a virgin ---
**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, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/948 "2023-10-08T22:25:41Z")
Who is Sir Isaac Newton? 1. This scientific field studies celestial objects and phenomena; it has nothing to do with prediction via horoscopes. ---
**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 9, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/949 "2023-10-09T03:13:14Z")
What is astronomy? 1. Now considered pseudoscience, this field deals with the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/950 "2023-10-09T03:45:49Z")
What is phrenology? New category: Languages 1. This person, widely believed to be illiterate, created a writing system which is still in use today for his people. ---
**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 9, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/951 "2023-10-09T04:30:06Z")
Who is Sequoyah? 1. This language is not closely related to any Chinese language, but is written using three separate scripts derived from written Chinese ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/952 "2023-10-09T05:22:22Z")
What is Japanese? 1. The Latin language was the precursor tongue to each of the modern languages in this language subgroup. ---
**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 9, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/953 "2023-10-09T05:32:47Z")
What are Romance languages? 1. Early research in linguistics was complicated by a belief among European scholars that all human languages originally derived from this language used only for liturgical purposes at the time ---
**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 9, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/954 "2023-10-09T06:30:48Z")
What is Hebrew? Pass cuz I’m not sure that’s correct. ---
**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 9, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/955 "2023-10-09T07:20:22Z")
Hebrew is correct. Since you’ve passed, I’m gonna go right ahead with a new category: Gen Z Slang. 1. This term for an obsessed fan, which can be used as a noun or verb, is derived from the title of an Eminem song about such an individual ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/956 "2023-10-09T08:03:02Z")
What is ‘Stan’? Why are we switching categories after only four? Monty did it after the fourth question in the **‘Science’** category too, so I’m gonna go back and post the fifth **Science** question to close out that bracket… 1. This branch of botany is concerned with the study of mushrooms and other fungi. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 9, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/957 "2023-10-09T08:56:51Z")
What is mycology? Back to **Gen Z Slang** ; 1. While many exceptional people are worthy of being goated, only a lucky few earn the privilege of being goated with this ---
**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 9, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/958 "2023-10-09T12:08:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > 1. This term for an obsessed fan, which can be used as a noun or verb, is derived from the title of an Eminem song about such an individual What is stan? Still in play: > [@Smapti](#): > > 1. While many exceptional people are worthy of being goated, only a lucky few earn the privilege of being goated with this ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/959 "2023-10-09T17:12:03Z")
What is “with the sauce?” 1. Something that is this is not at all trendy ---
**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 10, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/960 "2023-10-10T07:32:04Z")
What is… (guessing here) cheugy? 1. If your teenager thinks you’re out of touch, they might tell you to touch this ---
**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 13, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/961 "2023-10-13T04:11:03Z")
What is grass? 1. This synonym for dead owes its existence to social media posting restrictions. ---
**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 13, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/962 "2023-10-13T04:26:18Z")
What is unalive? New category: Rock Opera. 1. This 1976 sci-fi tale is partially inspired by the 1812 Overture and Ayn Rand’s Anthem ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/963 "2023-10-13T12:07:20Z")
What is Rush’s 2112? 1. This actor in Jesus Christ Superstar was also in The Color Purple, where he played the father of Shug. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=49)