# You're on Jeopardy, what six categories would see you winning the first round?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 24, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-jeopardy-what-six-categories-would-see-you-winning-the-first-round/261197 "2004-08-24T01:44:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-jeopardy-what-six-categories-would-see-you-winning-the-first-round/261197/21 "2004-08-24T06:49:47Z")

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Current American President_ **s** _?

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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:** [August 24, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-jeopardy-what-six-categories-would-see-you-winning-the-first-round/261197/22 "2004-08-24T06:56:08Z")

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When I was on the defending champion’s name was Fred. One of the categories in the first round was “Famous Freds.”

I whooped him on it. I came in second on the end, but I had a moral victory. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-jeopardy-what-six-categories-would-see-you-winning-the-first-round/261197/23 "2004-08-24T06:57:06Z")

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Jennifer Connelly Pictures, Hot or Not?  
Letters of the Alphabet  
The Colour Wheel  
Cover Songs  
Farscape  
Stirfry

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-jeopardy-what-six-categories-would-see-you-winning-the-first-round/261197/24 "2004-08-24T11:12:23Z")

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Human Resources  
Kevin Spacey Movies  
International Cuisines  
Duran Duran  
19th Century American History  
The NFL

or

World Travel  
Teas  
Elton John  
Great Britain  
Spelling  
Pulitzer Prize Winning Literature

Since I’m in the contestant pool for this season, I’m now going to say a few prayers.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-jeopardy-what-six-categories-would-see-you-winning-the-first-round/261197/25 "2004-08-24T11:56:02Z")

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American cults  
Famous tap-dancers  
Gardening in zone 7  
Crossword clues  
Cole Porter vs. George Gershwin  
Philly trivia

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**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-jeopardy-what-six-categories-would-see-you-winning-the-first-round/261197/26 "2004-08-24T13:20:07Z")

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George Orwell  
Movies  
First Century Rome  
Harry Potter  
The Simpsons  
“Weird Al” Yankovic songs

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