# What are your five Jeopardy! topics? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 26, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712 "2006-01-26T16:28:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/1 "2006-01-26T16:28:22Z")
Inspired by the Coupland book **Microserfs** , here’s a poll for you to name your five dream categories in Jeopardy! Mine would be: 1. 2D adventure games from LucasArts 2. European underground pop music 3. Things to do when you’re bored 4. Meals that have potato in them 5. Cute animals ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/2 "2006-01-26T16:40:22Z")
A Jeopardy game gives you eleven categories, you know. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/3 "2006-01-26T16:55:48Z")
I’m doing 5 categories. I feel like Cliff Claven! Jane Austen aka Regency England Critical Care Nursing Gardening Child Developement Snarky Political Humor ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/4 "2006-01-26T17:05:23Z")
> [@Mr. Moto](#): > > A Jeopardy game gives you eleven categories, you know. I forgot to line that it’s _top five_ categories. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/5 "2006-01-26T17:50:03Z")
1. The History of Ice Cream 2. Beers of the world 3. Alternative Music 4. Famous Bass Players 5. World Capitals ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/6 "2006-01-26T17:52:33Z")
1. Psychology 2. Southern Literature 3. Queen Elizabeth I 4. Diseases 5. Anatomy ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/7 "2006-01-26T18:14:44Z")
1. Gilbert & Sullivan 2. Sherlock Holmes 3. Medieval Irish attitudes about Land Tenure and the Church 4. Monty Python 5. Pizza ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/8 "2006-01-26T18:34:42Z")
Ooo fun! Assuming I can’t have Obscure Things That Ellen Knows, I’d choose– 1. Popular music 2. Catholicism 3. American literature 4. Before and after (You know–that wacky category. I love it.) 5. Movies ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/9 "2006-01-26T18:41:28Z")
White, Blue, Black, Red, and Green. The two people on the SDMB who will get that joke will probably just groan, and it’s more than the joke deserves. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/10 "2006-01-26T18:47:25Z")
If Double Jeopardy! begins and I see these five categories: BASEBALL CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY WORLD WAR II VIDEO GAMES ECONOMICS … I just won the game. I’d beat Ken Jennings with those categories. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/11 "2006-01-26T18:48:24Z")
Jazz of the 40’s-60’s Chess before Garry Kasparov B Westerns of the 30’s-50’s The Sopranos Macrame’ and Ornamental Knots (Now watch somebody ask me a question (give me an answer) in one of these!) ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/12 "2006-01-26T18:48:29Z")
1. Predators of the Mesozoic Era 2. Sid Meier’s Civilization 3. Icelandic Sagas 4. Island Biogeography 5. Rhymes with “Orange” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/13 "2006-01-26T18:51:49Z")
1. Potent Potables 2. European History 3. Science Fiction 4. Worlds of Whedon 5. Hot Foods ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/14 "2006-01-26T18:56:23Z")
[ol] [li]James Bond[/li][li]Dinosaurs[/li][li]Monty Python[/li][li]Hockey[/li][li]WW II[/li][/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/15 "2006-01-26T19:03:30Z")
1. Arrogance 2. Sarcasm 3. Cheap Beers of the US 4. Failed Relationships 5. Fungal Infections ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/16 "2006-01-26T19:19:18Z")
1. Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals 2. Legion of Super-Hero Comics 3. Famous Surrogate Mothers 4. Weight Loss Programs 5. Cecil Adams & The Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/17 "2006-01-26T19:39:38Z")
[Sean Connery] I’ll take Jap Anus Relations for $200. [/Sean Connery] ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/18 "2006-01-26T20:08:18Z")
1). Cowpunk bands of the 1980’s 2). Smoky and the Bandit quotes 3). Buddy Sorrell said… 4). WKRP history 5). Country music of the 70’s ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/19 "2006-01-26T20:11:47Z")
That depends. Do get to compete against Sean Connery? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/20 "2006-01-26T22:28:43Z")
[ul] [li]The NFL[/li][li]Potent Potables[/li][li]Seinfeld[/li][li]Fluid Dynamics[/li][li]“Q” foods[/li][/ul] You’ll rue the day you crossed me Trebek! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712.md?page=2)