# 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:** 56
**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:** [December 8, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1104 "2023-12-08T03:50:31Z")
What is No Name City? New category: **Godzilla**. 1. This fictional island is where Godzilla is first encountered both in the 1954 film and in 2023’s Godzilla Minus One ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1105 "2023-12-09T22:26:07Z")
What is Odo Island? 1. Godzilla teamed with this creature to fight an alien monster on another planet. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1106 "2023-12-12T04:11:05Z")
::Beep beep:: Time’s up! The question is: What is Rodan? 1. Before going on to appear several times in a courtroom, this American actor starred in the first US adaptation of _Godzilla_. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1107 "2023-12-12T04:45:14Z")
Who is Raymond Burr? 1. These hard rockers didn’t need more cowbell for their 1977 hit “Godzilla.” ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1108 "2023-12-12T04:54:13Z")
Who are Blue Oyster Cult? 1. The 1998 American film was the first to feature a CGI Godzilla; Toho, however, continued to use a man in a suit until this 2016 release ---
**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:** [December 21, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1109 "2023-12-21T00:23:50Z")
beep-beep-beep What is Shin Godzilla? New category: Christmas Traditions 'Round the World 1. No Christmas in this Asian country would be complete without dinner at Kentucky Fried Chicken ---
**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:** [December 21, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1110 "2023-12-21T01:49:44Z")
What is Japan? 1. Owing to the fact that Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, this singer-songwriter wrote a Christmas song called “White Wine in the Sun”. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1111 "2023-12-26T14:23:26Z")
Who is Tim Minchin? 1. You’d be here if you got a visit from La Befana, a good witch who flies on a broomstick on the night of January 5th. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1112 "2024-01-27T05:31:28Z")
Where is Italy? New category because it’s not Xmas anymore; **Potent Potables** 1. This bitter liqueur named for a Caribbean island is often colored blue for visual effect ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1113 "2024-01-27T05:36:24Z")
Curaçao 1. This prison-made booze rhymes with the last name of a Renaissance heretic who was led to the stake with his tongue wedged in an iron bridle ---
**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:** [January 27, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1114 "2024-01-27T05:48:27Z")
What is pruno (rhyming with Giordano Bruno)? 1. This rum cocktail was a favorite of Hemingway, a variant of which shares his nickname ---
**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:** [January 29, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1115 "2024-01-29T13:53:42Z")
What is a Daquiri? 1. This Japanese liqueur is a grain alcohol that uses two types of melon in its flavoring. ---
**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 29, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1116 "2024-01-29T20:28:59Z")
What is Midori? 1. Colt .45, St. Ives, and Olde English 800 are all examples of this type of beverage. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1117 "2024-01-29T20:43:02Z")
What is malt liquor? Ttsongsul is a Korean folk beverage made with rice, with this peculiar fermentor. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1118 "2024-01-30T19:19:37Z")
Ttsongsul What is the [turd of a child](https://www.vice.com/en/article/7b7zmg/how-to-make-faeces-wine)? (how the hell did THIS delightful beverage ever get invented?) 🤮 It’s definitely past time for a new category! **Greek Mythology** 1. This Greek goddess was, among other things, known as the goddess of war. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1119 "2024-01-30T21:40:04Z")
Who is Athena? 1. This Titan held up the sky; his namesake rocket conquered it by putting astronauts into orbit. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1120 "2024-01-30T21:54:06Z")
Who was Atlas? 1. Euryale and Stheno would cry their version of “Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!” when this third sister took all the attention. But instead of “Marsha,” her name was… ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1121 "2024-01-31T16:51:06Z")
Who is Medusa? 1. Aeacus, Rhadamanthus, and Minos were three kings who held a special position in the underworld. ---
**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 31, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1122 "2024-01-31T18:17:39Z")
What are judges? 1. The gods punished him by having his liver eaten by an eagle every day, eternally, since the liver grew back every night. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/1123 "2024-01-31T18:34:06Z")
Who is Prometheus? This object of a mythological quest was commemorated by something that once hung from the neck of Emperor Franz Joseph, among others [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=57)