# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/82 "2021-01-15T16:13:30Z")
Hans-Adam II 1. The Prime Minister of Morocco ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/83 "2021-01-16T03:54:45Z")
Who is Saad-Eddine El Othmani? **The Dreaded Opera Category** 1. Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/84 "2021-01-16T04:04:51Z")
What is “Fidelio”? (“Fidelio” was the first opera I ever saw – I saw an oratorio performace when I was in college) 1. The final opera written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, it premiered just two months before his death in 1791. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/85 "2021-01-16T10:04:51Z")
What is _The Magic Flute_? 1. Spanish gypsies, bullfighters and soldiers, all singing in French. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/86 "2021-01-16T11:09:58Z")
What is Carmen? 1. A Chinese princess, Mandarin bureaucrats, and undercover royalty from Tartary, all singing in Italian. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/87 "2021-01-16T16:33:35Z")
What is _Turandot_? 1. He tricks the title character into thinking he’s saved her lover, but doesn’t live to see Act 3. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/88 "2021-01-26T21:55:30Z")
What is _‘Rigoletto’?_ **Famous Deaths in Song** He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle. _ **-“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:** [January 26, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/89 "2021-01-26T22:02:47Z")
What is “The Wreck of the Old 97”? 1. Bobbie Gentry’s 1967 song, about a suicide at the Tallahatchie Bridge ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/90 "2021-01-26T22:33:54Z")
What is Ode to Billie Joe? 1. They say they found his high school ring clutched in her fingers tight. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/91 "2021-01-28T00:59:55Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > What is _‘Rigoletto’?_ Wrong. The correct response is "Who is Scarpia, in _Tosca_? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/92 "2021-01-28T03:40:13Z")
What is Teen Angel? 1. Felina kissed you goodbye in this town. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/93 "2021-01-28T16:00:24Z")
What is the West Texas town of El Paso? 1. This folk-rock ballad is the longest number 1 hit song ever, and was on the Billboard charts at that position in 1972, 13 years after the tragic event that inspired it. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/94 "2021-01-28T17:53:07Z")
What is “American Pie”? Next topic: **SPORTS VENUES** 1. Before Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970, the Pittsburgh Pirates called this park home for 61 seasons. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/95 "2021-01-28T17:58:41Z")
What is Forbes Field? 1. This NCAA venue is, by seating capacity, America’s largest football stadium. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/96 "2021-01-28T21:24:22Z")
What is U of Michigan? (I lived in an apartment with a view of it one summer) 1. This top-level tennis venue can leave reddish clay marks on players’ clothing ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/97 "2021-01-28T22:26:02Z")
What is the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris? 1. Opened in 1972, this is the 3rd-oldest NFL stadium behind Soldier Field and Lambeau Field. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/98 "2021-01-28T22:34:57Z")
What is Arrowhead Stadium? 1. This automobile racetrack features a 2 1/2 mile asphalt oval, with a one-yard-wide line of bricks at the finish line. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/99 "2021-01-29T00:06:03Z")
What is the Indianapolis 500? Next: **Norse Mythology** 1. The slayer of Balder ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/100 "2021-01-29T06:24:19Z")
(Nitpick: The Indianapolis 500 is the name of the race, not the track, which is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.) So, just to keep things legit: What is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway? Next: **Norse Mythology** 1. The slayer of Balder ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/101 "2021-02-02T21:58:05Z")
Right. Moving on to another topic then. Next: **Advertising Slogans** 1. Please don’t squeeze the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=6)