# What are your five Jeopardy! topics?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/21 "2006-01-27T01:39:38Z")

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> [@Scumpup](#):
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> 1. Arrogance
> 2. Sarcasm
> 3. Cheap Beers of the US
> 4. Failed Relationships
> 5. Fungal Infections

God, that sounds like a _horrible_ night!

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/22 "2006-01-27T01:46:27Z")

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\*\*1. Euclidean Postulates

1. Metaphysical Impossibilities

2. 13th Century Japanese Polish Relations

3. Kevin Bacon

4. Babylonian Law\*\*

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/23 "2006-01-27T02:41:12Z")

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1. Famous Polygamists
2. Showtunes
3. Sitcoms of the 70s
4. Civil War songs
5. Male Actors You’d Like to See Nekkid

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/24 "2006-01-27T02:43:44Z")

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1. Municipal Election Results of the 1930’s

2. British Military Engagements of the Victorian Era

3. Old Time Radio

4. The Archival Status of American and British Television

5. American Theatre of the 1920’s

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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/25 "2006-01-27T02:49:08Z")

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Bond, James Bond  
The Lord of the Rings  
British Rockers  
TV Trivia  
Mythology

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/26 "2006-01-27T04:04:57Z")

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Cats  
Clint Eastwood Movies  
Fire!  
American Newspaper Comics  
Ends with -gry

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**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/27 "2006-01-27T04:12:33Z")

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> [@BMalion](#):
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> 1. Gilbert & Sullivan
> 2. Sherlock Holmes
> 3. Medieval Irish attitudes about Land Tenure and the Church
> 4. Monty Python
> 5. Pizza

With choices like that, I was expecting a location closer to Merrie Olde England than Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame Cleveland! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/28 "2006-01-27T05:41:43Z")

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Geography  
US Politics  
Russian History  
Baseball  
Everything about Ohio

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**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/29 "2006-01-27T05:52:23Z")

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1. AKC Dog Breeds

2. Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy

3. Horses

4. Keith Urban

5. Friends

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**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/30 "2006-01-27T06:01:45Z")

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1. Children’s Literature
2. The Life of Anne Shirley
3. MAC Collections 2005 (somehow I feel like I should be ashamed of this)
4. S&G Song Lyrics
5. From Here to Their (or, Common Grammar Mistakes)

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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/31 "2006-01-27T06:38:57Z")

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Green Bay Packers Quarterbacks of the 1980’s  
Know Your Presidents  
Astronomy  
'90’s Alternative Music  
Must See TV (NBC’s Thursday night comedy lineup in the 1990s)

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/32 "2006-01-27T07:50:53Z")

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I kicked butt on the category Famous Freds - especially sweet because the name of the reigning champion was Fred. 🙂

I wish I had kicked butt as well on the other ones…

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**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/33 "2006-01-27T12:00:31Z")

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> [@Mtgman](#):
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> 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.

Well, here you go: “Groan…” Although I think I would pay good money to watch that…

“This 5/5 Flyer inspired, among other things, a Reef, a Pheonix, and an Oasis”  
“What is Shivan Dragon, Alex?”  
“Correct!”

Mine would be:  
European Board Games  
Rock Bands featuring Classical Instruments (Oh, how I’d love to say, “Who is Apocalyptica, Alex?”)  
Star Wars (Ditto for, “Who is Salacious Crumb?”)  
Animal Oddities  
Ravenloft (a Dungeons & Dragons setting)

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**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/34 "2006-01-27T16:28:26Z")

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> [@gonzoron](#):
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> Well, here you go: “Groan…” Although I think I would pay good money to watch that…

This light-challenged card has the flavor text of “The willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.”

Enjoy,  
Steven

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**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/35 "2006-01-27T16:38:07Z")

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Anatomy  
The Bible  
US History  
Inventors  
Astronomy

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**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/36 "2006-01-27T21:00:46Z")

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1). All Your Base

2). “R” Belong (“Please note the ‘R’ in quotation marks,” says host Trebek)

3). To Us!!

4). What You Say!!

5). You have no chance to survive. Make your time. HAHAHA!!

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**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/37 "2006-01-27T21:31:06Z")

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1 U.S. Presidents  
2 NBA History  
3 The Works of Alan Moore  
4 Oscar Winners  
5 Seinfeld

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**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/38 "2006-01-27T21:39:48Z")

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1. Viola Fingerings

2. Construction Defect Litigation

3. Father Ted

4. Wiggles Lore

5. Key Signatures

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**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/39 "2006-01-27T23:48:54Z")

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1. Medieval English Literature
2. Disneyland
3. King Arthur
4. Horror Movies
5. Star Wars

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-five-jeopardy-topics/341712/40 "2006-01-28T02:19:24Z")

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African Capitals  
License Plate Slogans  
College Sports Nicknames  
The Dreaded Spelling Category  
Women’s Basketball

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