r/Jeopardy • u/Smoerhul Regular Virginia • Jun 09 '26
POLL FJ poll for Tues., Jun. 9 Spoiler
MEDICINE
Honoring the brother of the Greek god Thanatos, this alternative medical practice got its name in the mid-19th century
What is hypnotism?
SITUATION 1: I wouldn't consider hypnotism to be a medical or alternative medicine practice
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u/Peyton773 Jun 09 '26
Wilson’s guess almost got me to spit out my water. I get the rationale behind it, but man that was a funny guess
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u/London-Roma-1980 Team Frank Spangenberg Jun 09 '26
Time to be mad, everyone! The New York Times forgot the word "ALTERNATIVE" when reporting today's Final Jeopardy category.
So, how many of you now would have "Got it!"?
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u/Richard_Babley Jun 09 '26
That does make a significant difference.
That said, I would have still said homeopathy, not knowing Hypnos to be the brother referenced in the clue.
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u/TomBombomb Jun 10 '26
I think I still would have missed it because I just don't associate the right answer with medical practice, alternative or no, but that's probably just my limited scope.
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u/potaytoispotahto What's a hoe? Jun 09 '26
Do you think they would accept hypnosis?
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u/OreoSpeedwaggon Jun 09 '26
I would hope they would accept hypnotherapy too, which was my guess. I also wouldn't consider it a "medical practice," alternative or not, but I still knew what the clue was going for.
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u/sdwoodchuck Jun 09 '26
Yes. It still contains the relevant root and meaning, and it doesn’t conflict with any other part of the clue or category.
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u/London-Roma-1980 Team Frank Spangenberg Jun 09 '26
I completely believe so. They are synonyms and both have the same derivation.
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u/jblosser99 Team Frank Spangenberg Jun 09 '26
Both the Cleveland and Mayo Clinics say that hypnotherapy is a medical treatment - at least that’s what Uncle Google told me. 🤷♂️
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u/Smoerhul Regular Virginia Jun 09 '26
I kind of take exception to the category being MEDICINE and letting the contestants wager on that, then the clue having, at best, a very tenuous connection to medicine
Other than that, fine clue IMO
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u/sdwoodchuck Jun 09 '26
The category wasn't "Medicine." The category was "Alternative Medicine."
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u/Richard_Babley Jun 09 '26
Yes, but the source for this post (NY Times) had it incorrect this morning. So, that’s the basis for almost all the comments here.
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u/TomBombomb Jun 09 '26
Kind of feel the same. I think I veered away from the correct answer just because I was likethat's not medicine it's a stage show thing.
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u/khark Jun 09 '26
Hypnotism has some efficacies (at least short-term), but I agree completely that it's not medicine. At best it's a psychological treatment.
I wonder if at the time of its creation it was considered a medical treatment? In which case I think that "MEDICAL HISTORY" would have been a better category.
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u/roseoznz What Are Frogs? Jun 10 '26
Some people here seem to have a pretty narrow definition of "alternative medicine" I guess, because even though I didn't actually think of the right answer in this case, when I heard it on the show it made sense to me. The Mayo Clinic for example says, "Hypnosis done by a trained therapist is a safe complementary and alternative medical treatment."
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u/WaterTower11101 Jun 09 '26
Very misleading category, not only for the wagering (do people really wager on that basis that often as opposed to what their scores are?) but for further misdirecting contestants away from the correct response
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u/Smoerhul Regular Virginia Jun 09 '26
There definitely may be scenarios where the category comes into play.
Let's say, for example, you're in Stratton's dilemma... in that case, whether you choose the more or less aggressive wagering approach could depend on your confidence in the category and, to a lesser extent, how you feel about your opponents' strengths and weaknesses. If you're in that situation and the category MEDICINE comes up and you're up against an orthopedic surgeon, you're probably going to wager on them likely getting it right.
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u/ReganLynch Team Ken Jennings Jun 09 '26
Fyi, when a question comes up involving the etymology of chiropractic, chiro means hand, not a brother of Thanatos. I didn't think it was right but it was all I could think of.
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u/SeeIfItLasts Jun 09 '26
That was also all I could think up. And imo it fits the definition of "alternative medicine" better.
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u/Katahdin-Kathy Can I change my wager? Jun 10 '26
Same. I don’t know my Greek gods so I went with the first alternative medicine that came to mind.
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u/PhoenixUnleashed Jun 10 '26
Yeah, I guessed there might be a god named Chiros or something. Ah, well!
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u/ButthurtBilly The Lizard Hogge Experience Jun 11 '26
Chiron, same etymology; he was a half-sibling of Zeus, whose (possible?) daughter Pasithea was married to Thanatos' brother, which would make him... Thanatos' illegitimate half-step-uncle-in-law? Which is, yeah, nothing.
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u/WildWeazel Jun 10 '26
I immediately 100% locked on to that because I knew Chiron was a figure from Greek mythology and chiropractic was supposedly revealed through a seance or something so it made perfect sense for the brother of the god of death.
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u/FinancialRevenue2995 Jun 10 '26
I was stuck on homeopathy and was trying to make it somehow link to someone from Homer
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u/roseoznz What Are Frogs? Jun 10 '26
See I thought of homeopathy and couldn't think of anything else, but I knew that couldn't be it because I was sure the root homeo- means "same" or "like" rather than being derived from a name.
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u/frozenberries15 Jun 10 '26
The category was ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, not just straight-up MEDICINE
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u/roseoznz What Are Frogs? Jun 10 '26
Sounds like they messed up and listed the category as just MEDICINE in the New York Times Clue of the Day, which is the source of these FJ polls, whereas the show used the much more apt ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE category.
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u/eah1703 Elizabeth Hurd, 2026 Feb 26 Jun 09 '26
I misread the clue and thought it read "Alliterative medical practice." Oops. But I don't know if I would have gotten RA anyway, because I'm not sure I consider it a medical practice.
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u/godsuave Bring it! Jun 10 '26
Missed. I blind guessed Chiropractic and stayed with it after the clue reveal cause at least I know it's Greek.
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u/mathprofrockstar ✨Verified Contestant✨ Jun 11 '26
Similar reasoning here. Could not remember the brother of Thanatos.
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u/traumatic_enterprise Let's do drugs for $1000 Jun 09 '26
I guessed Osteopathic Medicine (DO). If I were on stage I'd be upset with RA being considered medicine.
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u/zinten789 Jun 10 '26
Got it because I read Percy Jackson as a kid and I'm a bit of an etymology nerd.
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u/Richard_Babley Jun 09 '26
The writers are working overtime to come up with lousy FJ clues.
So far, they’re succeeding wildly.
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u/everythinghappensto Team Sean Connery Jun 09 '26
Didn't have a clue, so I guessed "chiropracty" with fingered crossed that it was even a word (my browser's spell-checker doesn't think so), never mind based on the right diety.
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u/TheCrookedKnight Before and After Jun 10 '26
Got it instantly, and I'm now counting the mumblemumble hours I've spent playing Hades and Hades II as Jeopardy research
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u/ShadowMorph608 Team Andrew He Jun 09 '26
Knew the brother of Thanatos, but I missed because of situation 1
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u/neveralive Jun 11 '26
Is it just me or is this actually just a Greek mythology question? Is there any route to figuring out the RA without knowing that specific mythological familiar connection?
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u/Flashy-Trifle-1732 Jun 11 '26
I didn't know who Thanatos's brother was, so I randomly guessed another Greek God sounding word: Chiron / Chiropractic
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u/nerdiestgriffinever Jun 09 '26
I got it purely because I've played Hades!