# Who am I? (Jeopardy question) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100 "2014-10-12T14:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/1 "2014-10-12T14:26:10Z")
Suppose a celebrity contestant got an answer in which he was the question. Would this question count? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/2 "2014-10-12T14:39:02Z")
How could this ever happen? The producers know who will be on the show. If they did this as a joke, maybe with all three celebrities having answers, then of course it would count. Their game, their rules. Who’s going to say no? The Supreme Court of Game Shows? ---
**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:** [October 12, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/3 "2014-10-12T14:39:25Z")
I don’t think they would ever let that happen. It’s not like they don’t know the categories and questions beforehand. the producers, I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/4 "2014-10-12T14:44:17Z")
They would probably allow “Who am I?” just as much as “Who is \ \”. But since the game show producers are the ones setting and interpreting the rules (and drafting the questions before the show), it’s really up to them to decide what counts and what doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/5 "2014-10-12T15:23:33Z")
Moved from General Questions to Café Society. **samclem** , moderator ---
**Author:** ![ozaline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@ozaline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ozaline)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/6 "2014-10-12T15:43:30Z")
I wonder if SNL Sean Connery ever got a answer he was the question too, and how he handled it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/7 "2014-10-12T15:46:49Z")
Didn’t that sort of happen on Celebrity Jeopardy with Kareem? ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/8 "2014-10-12T15:51:55Z")
I was just going to mention the Kareem thing. It wasn’t a “Who Am I?” category. It was movie quotes, or something like that. As I recall, it was about identifying who said the line about dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the court. Sadly, Kareem missed it. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/9 "2014-10-12T15:52:57Z")
Found the clip: [Celebrity Jeopardy--- Kareem Oops - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuUJaCUMm10) ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/10 "2014-10-12T16:04:57Z")
The BBC Radio panel game _Quote…Unquote_ has occasionally done something like this, giving panelists a quote from themselves to identify. They don’t always get it. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/11 "2014-10-12T18:02:21Z")
“Never Mind The Buzzcocks” gives people snippets of their own lyrics to finish a lot. They are missed a lot 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-am-i-jeopardy-question/701100/12 "2014-10-12T23:26:26Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > “Never Mind The Buzzcocks” gives people snippets of their own lyrics to finish a lot. They are missed a lot 🙂 Isn’t that why Huey Morgan lost it and smashed his mug? [This clip is highly worth it even if you have never seen the show.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vYsAgWyEwA)