Fark.com goes mainstream with Jeopardy appearance

January 9, 2009 | Jordan Golson | Comments | |

What does news aggregator Fark have that Digg, Twitter and all the other fancy Web 2.0 sites lack? Aside from actual profits (which is no small feat), Fark has appeared as a category on Jeopardy twice. In November 2007, contestants had a little trouble with the headline-based questions, but tonight, when the second installment aired, one contestant (perhaps a Fark reader herself?) managed to get 4 out of 5 questions correct. How about you?

The questions — all chosen by Jeopardy’s producers — were quite funny, although Fark owner Drew Curtis told me the question taking a crack at the Pope was “a little stronger than I would have expected Jeopardy to go, considering their middle-America audience. But good on ‘em, I would have picked it.”

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  • bobby
    Fark is to the internet what frozen jello is to the mold . It just doesn't conform. Ya, maybe it should loose some of it's lib prejudace butt it is still a allright place to hang out.
  • Beckie
    Learn to spell, then be taken seriously.
  • Tsk tsk bobby
    Actually, the site has a INDICATOR for the site's political leanings as measured by the political leanings of both the headline and the conversation in the thread of said headline.

    Lo and behold the average of the indicator has stayed dead center for it's lifespan.
  • Drew Curtis
    If you like anti-religion libtards fark is your place.
  • cwolf
    what about the pro-religion libtards and conservtards that go there too?
  • Durendal
    As a moderate conservative, I implore you all to ignore these twits. I love Fark. Yeah, there are leftists on there. There are also righties as well. It takes all kinds. What unites the site is a love of twisted and tasteless humor.
  • Bevets
    Fark.com is a the tinfoil libtard atheists wear to keep god out of their heads
  • god
    So god is like aliens or government-generated secret radio waves in a big mind-control experiment?
  • CourtroomWolf
    It's actually aluminum, and it's more of a fashion accessory than a Blocker.
  • LiveStalk
    Bevets, shouldn't you be pasting out of context quotes?
  • OneNightStand
    Like so many toddlers who have just learned how to urinate without wetting our shoes, we Farkers all revel in any mention of our world, hoping to receive the accolades of our peers. Tis is just another example of that passion.
  • Booger42
    Wait - you can NOT pee on your shoes?
  • TheMaskedUnit
    Methnks thou doth not know the meaning of tis.
  • Drew, I love you
  • WhitePunk68
    FARK is the big-boobed housewife to my Horny delivery boy. The "Mini-Me" to my "Dr. Evil; It completes me. "Liberal prejudice"? Funny is as funny does... screw the political leanings! Fark-on, Drew!!!
  • ufia
    i like how they avoided the fark category. you know who else avoided fark? sorry.
  • Farkitrol
    Fark! It's like velveeta, but cheesier!

    /with slashies!
  • Reyito
    Before i found Fark, I was lost, living in my mothers basement and surfing the internet in my underwear.

    After i found Fark, I realized the underwear was optional.
  • Farkitrol
    unless it's magic mormon underwear. then it's really really important.
  • vigil
    Optional only depending on the type of chair you are sitting on.

    / Those things can be deadly
  • Jesp
    If you like right wing Neocons, fark is your place.
  • bobby
    Fark is the place where they unconditionally follow the chosen one. Obama will lead just like the pied piper. When they figger it out it will be too late. Praise your chosen one as he leads you to ruin.
  • figger of the year
    lol figger; someone whom figs?
  • The NaSkAr
    I luv Drew bunches! Unleash the dragon, Drew!
  • harrycary
    as a reader of Fark I'm getting a kick out of these replies...
  • Christina
    me too!! Its like Fark live + what those who haven't figured out that even nonconformists conform to that have to complain about...go subculture!! 'cause you are the only "true" culture, and you all know this is true innately!! Hail the one true messiah!!
  • mr_bunny
    The important thing is that I am okay.

    *jazz hands*
  • Trapped-in-ch
    So when are you gonna have Sean Connery on again, Trebek?
  • Ali
    Another daily Fark reader, and proud of it. I so wish I would've seen this Jeopardy episode! Fark is the best thing since [insert great thing].
  • Amy
    I wish I would've seen this episode too, but a street light was blocking my view. :(
  • BlankSlate
    Yay Fark! The ONLY way to read the "news"!
  • Susannah
    the naysayers are just jealous cause they didn't get the Usher headline.
  • RealFarknMcCoy2
    The Usher headline was the easiest one - how could they not get that? As for the conservatards saying Fark is full of libtards, well.... I guess you see what you want to see, doncha? Fark has all kinds of tards... I think most Farkers prolly rode the short bus to school... except me, of course! ;-)
  • Extreme Bingo
    Wait, only libs are allowed there? What the fark, no one told me. I need to turn in my log in and hang my head in shame
  • nate
    HoratioGates
  • nate
    Where did my comment go? Jeesh... you get all dressed up for prime time and the site doesn't play nice with your form filler. Silly Bevets, god is an electron.
  • i love fark so much that i want to die. fark you mother farkers!
  • sybilll
    I pay $5 a month for cliche's to which most of you should have no knowledge. I know, It's A Trap.
  • Inibrius
    Slow news day: Fark is on Jeopardy again. France surrenders.
  • cb
    wow, i was on Fark back when it was conservative as hell, between 9/11 and Bush's re-election. Fark is just going with the flow, as everyone figured out Bush is a moran.
  • Chad72
    Duke sucks. Drew Curtis FTW! Now, where did I leave my squirrel, the one what has teh big nutz?

    /
    //
    ///for good measure.
  • Jixa
    Caturday just isn't Caturday without my coffee and Fark. :)
  • G-Daddy
    Yea Fark!!!
    Whether ye be Lib or just plain 'ol Rational, find it first on Fark.
    Kudos Drew - can't wait till you have a Fark party in Waukesha, WI!!!
  • 40below
    I submitted this category with a better headline!
  • 40 below. care to share what that better headline was?

    let me guess: "What is Fark?"
  • Considering the fact that Fark.com once highlighted that Alex appeared drunk on set, I was surprised that Jeopardy's producers created a Fark category. :) Apparently, Fark.com has a strong base of loyal fans despite its, at times, irreverent observations/spins.

    Now I'm going to spend more time reading Fark.com should I ever become a Jeopardy contestant.
  • In case anyone was wondering, I've removed several comments from some random person pretending to be Drew Curtis.
  • ixijimixi
    But the comments from some random person who IS Drew Curtis, those stayed? Right?
  • Gorgor's mom
    I'm on Fark right now so i'm getting a kick..
  • Dragonsbreath
    You know who else missed .....
  • firstpostfilter
    read these and keep one thing in mind . . . Behold the Power.
  • Brooke
    what happened to the video?
  • Fred
    That question could have also been in the "pope-ery" category.