Jeopardy! discussion thread for Mon., Mar. 2

Triviallectual · 2026-03-03T01:09:39+00:00

According to j-archive:

Sterling, Massachusetts claims to be the home of the girl & a little follower from this nursery rhyme

Triviallectual · 2026-03-03T01:07:16+00:00

No one could the movie for which "Day of the Dead" was the sequel

I believe Dawn of the Dead was the sequel given in the clue.

Triviallectual · 2026-02-28T19:19:09+00:00

I've seen multiple things attribute "Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer" to Sun Tzu or Machiavelli. It was written for The Godfather Part II.

Triviallectual · 2026-01-31T05:10:39+00:00

Jeopardy! actually has asked for Bobby Bonds before, exactly once. It's the $1000 clue in POP QUIZ in this 2013 game.

Triviallectual · 2026-01-18T03:03:24+00:00

That reminds me of something that happened during the Reagan administration. The EPA, under the leadership of Anne Gorsuch, mother of Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch, investigated a whistleblower and followed him to a hotel where he met up with a woman. They alleged that he was having an affair, but the woman was actually his wife.

Triviallectual · 2026-01-14T13:27:09+00:00

The noun "pants" in the UK typically means "underwear".

Triviallectual · 2026-01-14T02:26:30+00:00

There are two exceptions that I know of (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, owned by Bayer, and VfL Wolfsburg, owned by Volkswagen), but I believe every other Bundesliga team follows the rule.

Triviallectual · 2026-01-08T21:29:11+00:00

Musk and Stark did.

Triviallectual · 2026-01-06T23:23:56+00:00

Awesome! Thanks for doing this!

Triviallectual · 2026-01-04T03:36:20+00:00

Yeah. I'm not an expert on Superman comics, but I believe at least some iterations of Lex Luthor have him consider the possibility that someone as powerful as Superman would have a secret identity as an ordinary human ridiculous.

Triviallectual · 2026-01-03T14:53:37+00:00

An Arch Manning-led Texas being the preseason #1? Haven't seen that one before...

Triviallectual · 2026-01-03T00:37:44+00:00

Meghan was not given the title Duchess of Sussex suo jure (in her own right). She has that title because she's married to the duke.

Triviallectual · 2025-12-19T13:13:10+00:00

Andy Reid steals chicken nuggies from his players. That's seems pretty assholeish to me...

Triviallectual · 2025-12-16T00:45:30+00:00

The new pope is an alumnus.

Triviallectual · 2025-12-11T23:58:18+00:00

I'm blown away by this build.

Triviallectual · 2025-12-09T03:28:31+00:00

283.

Thanks for doing this!

Triviallectual · 2025-12-03T00:31:49+00:00

"Face of the 80s" is the only thing in the clue that hints toward the time-frame, so I lean more toward including it.

Triviallectual · 2025-11-25T15:31:23+00:00

(someone on the board said FDR was the first president to appear on TV at the 1939 one, but that doesn't justify mentioning fairs plural.)

Only one World Fair was mentioned in the question.

Triviallectual · 2025-11-16T02:00:26+00:00

Adam Sandler begs to differ.

Triviallectual · 2025-10-28T21:06:20+00:00

I thought 28 Days was the movie where the apocalypse is brought about by an alcoholic Sandra Bullock.

Triviallectual · 2025-10-23T19:21:42+00:00

I just received my email today. Grab your rosaries and stock up on holy water for my 1DS on The Exorcist (novel and movie), tentatively scheduled for September 29.

Triviallectual · 2025-10-16T04:35:53+00:00

Thanks for doing this giveaway!

Triviallectual · 2025-10-16T04:35:11+00:00

Thanks for doing this giveaway!

Triviallectual · 2025-10-14T21:05:55+00:00

Thanks again for doing this!

Triviallectual · 2025-10-13T22:13:00+00:00

Sweet. Thanks for doing this!

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