# What I learned from watching "Rock and Roll Jeopardy" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-watching-rock-and-roll-jeopardy/14649 "2000-03-12T20:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-watching-rock-and-roll-jeopardy/14649/1 "2000-03-13T06:42:00Z")
I learned that Dave Mustaine, lead singer of Megadeth is very intelligent, knows his rock and roll history and is attractive. I mean, the guy even knew Elton John lyrics. I learned that Moon Zappa is ditzy and thinks she’s funny and always wants to draw attention to herself. I don’t know what I think about George Clinton—he strikes me as the type of person who needs to think a while before answering…not good on Jeopardy. (These were the three contestants on the show I watched. I didn’t learn about anything else.) * * * –Gail “Predictable, really I suppose. It was an act of purest optimism to have posed the question in the first place.” --John Cleese ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-watching-rock-and-roll-jeopardy/14649/2 "2000-03-13T06:52:00Z")
## The only episode I ever watched was when the lead singer of Sugar Ray (Mark something) was completely kicking ass. I don’t even remember who the other two contestants were, not that it mattered because they both had scores less than 1000. I can’t remember his exact score, but I believe it was over 15,000 at the end. Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Beauxeau\_IX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Beauxeau\_IX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauxeau_IX)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-watching-rock-and-roll-jeopardy/14649/3 "2000-03-12T20:37:00Z")
I’ve seen both episodes, and I agree with both of you. The only thing I can add, Shadowfox, is that one of the other contestants was Edwin McCain. I remember at one point he got a question wrong because he added an “s” at the end of a song title. He asked if they weren’t going to give him credit simply because he added the “s.” The host said, “Sorry, we can’t” and McCain and said under his breath: “Geez, this is worse than high school.” …well, I thought it was funny. …okay, maybe you had to be there. * * * In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial Who, squatting upon the ground Held his heart in his hands, and ate of it I said: Is it good, friend? It is bitter–bitter, he answered; But I like it Because it is bitter, and because it is my heart — Stephen Crane ---
**Author:** ![Beauxeau\_IX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Beauxeau\_IX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauxeau_IX)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2000, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-watching-rock-and-roll-jeopardy/14649/4 "2000-03-12T20:42:00Z")
I’ve seen both episodes, and I agree with both of you. The only thing I can add, Shadowfox, is that one of the other contestants was Edwin McCain. I remember at one point he didn’t get credit because he added an “s” to the end of a title. He asked if he wasn’t going to get credit simply because he added the “s.” The host said, Sorry, we can’t. And he replied under his breath, “Geez, this is worse than high school.” …well, I thought it was funny. …okay, maybe you had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-watching-rock-and-roll-jeopardy/14649/5 "2000-03-13T17:27:00Z")
I’ve seen Edwin McCain in concert, even though I wasn’t a very big fan at the time, and I swear, he is one of the funniest men I’ve ever heard in my life–really great storyteller, too. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-watching-rock-and-roll-jeopardy/14649/6 "2000-03-13T17:45:00Z")
What I learned is that game shows need a special employee. This employees job would be to wait for a contestant to start acting like a complete idiot (a la Ms. Zappa), then go over and beat the ever loving snot out of them. I’ll bet the charity that was counting on her winning was rethinking its strategy.