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Fantasy books mentioned on Jeopardy, and perhaps other game shows


Zsinj16
June 20th, 2001, 11:59 AM
Okay, I know that on the game show Jeopardy, they often do trivia on different kinds of books, but I have hardly ever seen trivia on any fantasy novels on Jeopardy. The only time I saw a question about a fantasy book on Jeopardy was when they asked a question about a book series based on a card game and the answer was "What is 'Magic:The Gathhering'". Has anyone else ever seen any trivia on fantasy books on Jeopardy, or any other game shows for that matter?

Lady Fox
June 20th, 2001, 02:29 PM
Yes, Dune was mentioned in tonight's Jeopardy show. Also, I seem to recall something about Tolkein's Lord of the Rings trilogy at some point, and not too long ago Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider series was in one of the Answers as well.

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Zsinj16
June 20th, 2001, 03:38 PM
Well, isn't Dune in the Sci-Fi genre?

Kierk Soren
June 20th, 2001, 06:04 PM
picky...picky...picky, Fantasy does not have to mean some pseudo medieval enviorment. Yes, in my estimation, any alternative realm is fantasy.

MajicK
June 20th, 2001, 06:16 PM
I don't know if Greek Mythology counts, but it is oft mentioned on Jeopardy. The only other fantasy-based questions I can remember were two asking about the TV shows Hercules and Xena (and no one got them correct!).

FitzChivalry
June 21st, 2001, 01:15 AM
I once saw in a local trivia show a question about Dragonlance, the guy who asked didn't manage to pronounce Raistlin correctly....

 

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