My Dream Jeopardy! Categories

Tuesday, October 7, 2003

I’m stealing this idea from Ben, who in turn, stole it from someone who stole it from Douglas Coupland.

If I was on the Jeopardy!, the seven categories I’d want to compete with, as announced by Mr. Alex “No Moustache” Trebek, would be:

  1. Elvis Costello
  2. Junk Food
  3. Being Snarky
  4. Robots
  5. Cartoonists
  6. Star Wars
  7. Wordplay and Puns

And for final Jeopardy!:
Homestar Runner

(note: Like Ben, I’d have chosen the Simpsons as my final Jeopardy! category, but I didn’t want to look like a copycat...)

What would yours be?


Comments

10-7-03 · 1:21 am

Zombie Claire says:

1. Johnny and Jenny
2. Movies with David Thewlis in them
3. Saskatchewan CCF 1944
4. Things Rory likes to eat
5. Sherlock Holmes’ funniest clients
6. Gay Hotties and Gay Hottie Subtext
7. Jean Claude Van Damme underground fighting tournament movies

Final jeopardy category: Star Trek the Next Generation Scenes You Vaguely Remember But Are Sure Happened
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10-7-03 · 1:24 am

Robot Johnny says:

You can’t even remember my birthday; I think you might run into trouble in the first category.

10-7-03 · 1:24 am

Zombie Claire says:

7 categories is NOT ENOUGH I didn’t even get in HOCKEY HOTTIES which are their OWN CATEGORY!!!!

10-7-03 · 1:26 am

Zombie Claire says:

The category is “Johnny and Jenny” so it’s about “Johnny and Jenny” stuff, like:

Question: The two movies Johnny and Jenny got into a public screaming match over in the video store.

Me: What are DIE HARD and ALIEN?

10-7-03 · 1:28 am

Zombie Claire says:

Question: Johnny said this when Jenny claimed her uncle “had that car”.

Me: What is “NO. He DOESN’T!”

10-7-03 · 1:40 am

VampyreJenny says:

1. Elves of Middle-Earth
2. Oasis
3. Ewan McGregor Films
4. Foreign Hotties
5. Methods for Crushing Nerds at Con
6. T.V. actors in Film
7. Guns N’ Roses: The Glory Years

Final Jeopardy: Van Dammage

10-7-03 · 1:42 am

Zombie Claire says:

LOL “Methods for crushing nerds at con” OH heartless heartless beast!

10-7-03 · 10:11 am

Joe says:

1. People with the first name Eddie and the last name Vedder
2. What smell is this?
3. Pie
4. Burt Reynolds
5. Gomez in a Bucket
6. Curb Your Enthusiasm
7. The Dark Side of the Moon

Final: Useless baseball lore

10-7-03 · 11:44 am

Matt says:

My list:<ol><li>M*A*S*H characters</li><li>The Bush Whitehouse</li><li>Contemporary Satirists</li><li>Postmodern buzzwords</li><li>Toronto Mayoral Candidates</li><li>GTA:Vice City Strategy</li><li>Simpsons</li></ol>Final Jeopardy...:

<ul><li>Potpourri</li></ul>

10-8-03 · 1:48 am

Zombie Claire says:

I’d make a MATT category

Answer: This instrument is something Matt likes to play.

Me: What is a TUBA?

Answer: Matt works for this man at City Hall.

Me: Who is Dick Balls?

Answer: Matt says Claire should vote for THIS Mayoral candidate so that an intelligent garbage strategy will be implented in the GTA.

Me: ............. TELL ME SOON PLEASE MATT ELECTION TIME IS A’COMIN’! WHO IS THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST GARBARGE BALLS??

10-8-03 · 1:57 am

Ben says:

Congratulations. You actually got responses to your post. And from cool people at that.

Sadly I didn’t discover Homestar Runner until very recently, but that’s an excellent choice.

Also, I would like weird place names in the Maritimes, things my friends have eaten for money, and CWD folks I’ve met.

10-8-03 · 4:08 am

TJ says:

1. Joe R Lansdale novels
2. Geography of Grayslake, Illinois
3. Fauna of Chicago
4. Aquarium fishes
5. REM songs pre-Green
6. History of the Marvel Universe
7. Comic books by Dan Clowes

final: The Waco Brothers

10-8-03 · 10:09 am

ryan says:

1. Monty Python Dialogue
2. Star Trek
3. Simpsons (yeah yeah)
4. Beer
5. Instrumental Music Bands With Atrociously Long Names
6. Pretentious Movies
7. Potent Potables

And for final Jeopardy!
8. What is Ryan thinking at this very moment.

10-8-03 · 10:40 am

Dennis says:

1. German beer
2. Soccer world championchips 1982 in Spain
3. Ren & Stimpy
4. Austrian born californian gouverneurs
5. The KING
6. 50s and 60s cars
7. People, sooooo close to get a signed puck by Wayne Gretzky but couldn’t make it…

Final Jeopardy:
Geile blonde Frauen, jawoll!

Cheers, Dennis/Germany

10-8-03 · 10:50 am

Robot Johnny says:

mmmm.... blonde Frauen!

10-9-03 · 9:31 am

Llord says:

1. Things That are Yummy.
2. What’s so Funny About the Word “Poop”?
3. Pornographic Actresses.
4. More Yummy Things.
5. Services Marketing (my current favourite class).
6. The Letters in the Alphabet.
7. Different Ways People Spell Lloyd.

And the Final Jeopardy Category:
Steven Wright Quotes.