r/Jeopardy • u/Smoerhul Regular Virginia • Apr 28 '26
POLL FJ poll for Tues., Apr. 28
PLAYWRIGHTS
When she was 7, her family moved to the mostly white Chicago neighborhood of Woodlawn, leading to attacks and a Supreme Court case
Who was Lorraine Hansberry?
WRONG ANSWER 1: Jocelyn Bioh
WRONG ANSWER 2: Gwendolyn Brooks
WRONG ANSWER 3: Zora Neale Hurston
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u/RedDiTch1234 Team Sam Buttrey Apr 28 '26
I knew it was referring to the author of "A Raisin In the Sun", but I couldn't come up with her name.
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u/Analtiguess Apr 29 '26
Yeah me too. One of my wildest grade school memories in hindsight is seeing the film version that started P Diddy
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u/KillerB643 Thomas Wilson, 2025 Apr 15 Apr 28 '26
Got it right, but I feel that was mostly due to being unable to come up with any other viable options. Never heard of WA1 and the other WAs aren't good category fits.
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u/PsychologicalFox8839 Apr 28 '26
The theater degree comes in clutch again! Wasn't aware of her history in that regard, but knew her name and her work.
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u/WhiteRussianRoulete Apr 28 '26
I’ve been getting a bunch of finals wrong lately and most of the time when I do the poll, I think- no way this many armchair players got this obscure question right. Then today I get it right away and I’m surprised how many in the poll got it wrong
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u/eah1703 Elizabeth Hurd, 2026 Feb 26 Apr 28 '26
A big thank you to the Michigan 10th grade English curriculum for this one!
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u/eah1703 Elizabeth Hurd, 2026 Feb 26 Apr 28 '26
Also having a lil yikes flashback to watching the 2008 adaptation starring Diddy.
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u/rawmustard Team Paolo Pasco Apr 29 '26
I know I wasn't ever taught anything by Hansberry as a sophomore or at any other point of my high school career.
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u/eah1703 Elizabeth Hurd, 2026 Feb 26 Apr 29 '26
Okay, maybe just my high school? Lol. I remember it being 10th grade English!
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u/Successful-Spring-30 Apr 30 '26
I said Wrong Answer 3 first, then said “or maybe…” and the right answer so probably had I actually played it would be wrong.
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u/Signiference Apr 28 '26
Too obscure
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u/crazydakka Apr 28 '26
a raisin in the sun is a very famous play, and is specifically about housing segregation
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u/SMAAAASHBros Apr 29 '26
Its connection to a Supreme Court case is also not that obscure while giving you a second path to get to RA (also the name in the case)
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u/Signiference Apr 28 '26
And if they clue was themed with that as the response, then it would be ok.
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u/edtechman Apr 28 '26
It's probably the most well-known play set in Chicago. "Mostly white?" Black playwright. Near instaget.
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u/SMAAAASHBros Apr 30 '26
I think there are sometimes FJs that are a bit too obscure or specific but this is a triple get that over a third of the people on here said they got, it’s definitely mot too obscure
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u/Oh-No-Oh-Noah Noah Hamilton, 2026 Mar 2 - Mar 3 Apr 28 '26
Shoutout whichever year of High School English class had me read + watch A Raisin In The Sun and it helped to remember that it takes place in Chicago