# 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:** 51
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1004 "2023-10-20T20:58:00Z")
Who is Dan Quayle? New topic: **Little Richard:** 1. Rather than ice cream, this Little Richard hit was actually originally was about anal sex. (ok this question probably wouldn’t have actually appeared on Jeopardy) ---
**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 21, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1005 "2023-10-21T02:17:55Z")
What is ‘Tutti Frutti’? 1. This up-and-coming rock group opened for Little Richard on his 1962 tour of Europe ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1006 "2023-10-21T14:49:51Z")
Who are The Beatles? 1. Little Richard was referenced several times and made a cameo appearance on this long-running US animated show. ---
**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 22, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1007 "2023-10-22T04:14:41Z")
What is The Simpsons? (“I taught Paul McCartney to go WOOOOOOOOOOO!”) 1. This 1956 song, Little Richard’s only #1 on the R&B charts, only made it to #6 on the Hot 100 ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1008 "2023-10-26T00:43:10Z")
_beep-beep-beep_ What is Long Tall Sally? I don’t have another question for this category, so here’s a new one; **Eureka! Moments** 1. A melted candy bar in physicist Percy Spencer’s pocket lead to the invention of this kitchen appliance ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1009 "2023-10-26T01:36:09Z")
What is the microwave oven? 1. He developed vulcanization to harden rubber by dropping it into a frying pan with sulphur; a tire company was named in his memory. ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1010 "2023-10-26T04:00:03Z")
Who is Charles Goodyear? Let’s close out the **‘Little Richard’** category: 1. He performed the theme for this animated children’s show on PBS. _ **-“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 26, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1011 "2023-10-26T04:17:08Z")
What is The Magic School Bus? Back to **Eureka! Moments** ; 1. Attempts by Bell Labs to remove all possible sources of radio interference in 1964 resulted in the discovery of this echo of the Big Bang ---
**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 31, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1012 "2023-10-31T04:52:29Z")
What is the Cosmic Microwave Background? 1. In spite of orders to the contrary, Archimedes, discoverer of the Eureka moment, died at the hands of Roman soldiers during the siege of this Mediterranean city. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1013 "2023-10-31T13:43:37Z")
Where is Syracuse? 5. In 1928 Dr Alexander Fleming returned from a holiday to find mold growing on a Petri dish leading to this pharmaceutical. ---
**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 31, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1014 "2023-10-31T13:57:10Z")
What is penicillin? New category: **Cartoon cats** 1. This orange striped tabby famously loves lasagna and hates Mondays. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1015 "2023-10-31T14:43:54Z")
Who is Garfield? 1. This cat who was featured in an early 20th century comic strip was always having bricks hurled at him by his mouse nemesis , Ignatz. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1016 "2023-10-31T14:56:27Z")
Who is Krazy Kat? 1. This cat’s nemesis was a small bird named Tweety. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1017 "2023-10-31T14:57:59Z")
Who is Sylvester? 1. This cat, a parody of comic strip cats, eventually ran for President, hosted the brain of Donald Trump, and reportedly died of acne. ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1018 "2023-10-31T15:23:39Z")
Who is Bill the Cat? 1. Cute kitty swallowed by a whale. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 31, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1019 "2023-10-31T20:47:28Z")
Who is Figaro? New category: **Anatomy** 1. Unlike the other major internal organs, this organ can regenerate ---
**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 31, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1020 "2023-10-31T20:50:13Z")
What is… skin? 1. The phalanges are the bones that make up these. ---
**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 31, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1021 "2023-10-31T22:37:16Z")
1. What is the liver? (Unless skin is an internal organ) 2. What are the fingers? 3. The hypoglossal nerve is responsible for the movement of this body part. ---
**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 31, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1022 "2023-10-31T22:42:56Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > What is the liver? (Unless skin is an internal organ) _Ohhhhhh._ Right, I didn’t see the word “other” in that clue. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1023 "2023-11-01T01:32:59Z")
What is the tongue? 1. Present in all vertebrates, this is made of 33 independent bones in humans. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=52)