Tag: Jeopardy

Jeopardy contestants totally failed an easy Super Bowl Final Jeopardy

This seemed fairly easy.

OK, no offense to these brilliant Jeopardy! contestants, who are smart about all kinds of topics, but we’ve seen sports categories be a blind spot in years past.

But from where I’m sitting, Thursday’s Final Jeopardy clue was a layup.

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“It’s the only team to play in the Super Bowl before Neil Armstrong’s moon walk that has not been back to the big game since,” it read. Contestants swung and missed with guesses like the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans and New York Giants.

And as you guessed, it was … the New York Jets! Just another rough one for Jets fans this week.

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Joe Mazzulla really doesn’t care that his love for The Town became a Jeopardy! question

Well then!

Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla might love the movie The Town, but he doesn’t seem all that moved by that being the inspiration for a Jeopardy! prompt.

After Mazzulla’s habit for watching the Ben Affleck-directed Boston crime movie was featured on the long-running game show this week, the Celtics coach shrugged it off when asked about it.

“I could care less,” Mazzulla told reporters about the Jeopardy! moment before leaving the press table.

“What is a firm response?” would be the winning answer for any Jeopardy! contestant if they saw the Mazzulla clip.

To be fair to Mazzulla, his team dropped a tough one to the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday, so he might not have been in the mood to talk about it. At the least, we probably know what movie he’ll watch to cheer himself up!

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A Travis Kelce Jeopardy clue has a funny Taylor Swift twist

This was funny.

It was an easy Jeopardy! clue, a $200 one in the category of “The TV Show in Question,” but it’s still worth highlighting because it made me giggle.

“‘Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?”; is hosted by the man who’s maybe more famous as a BF than as a 3-time Super Bowl champ,” it read.

Yep, you knew it the second you saw it, as did the contestant on Wednesday’s edition of the syndicated game show: Who is Travis Kelce?

Some might argue he’s AS famous as a boyfriend to Taylor Swift, but that’s nitpicking.

Here’s that moment from Wednesday’s game:

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This Jeopardy! contestant’s story about a serial killer might be the quiz show’s wildest ever

This was … something!

Uhhh, wow.

I’m usually one of those Jeopardy! watchers who doesn’t pay much attention to the personal stories told by contestants (no offense!), but this one? You’re going to want to pay attention.

It starts with Ken Jennings and Amanda, a contestant. He mentions she’s got a story about … a serial killer?

Turns out her middle school hall monitor was a little “off,” and there was a reason for that: he was a serial killer who had bodies buried under his house.

“Welcome to the show, Amanda,” Jennings says with a tinge in his voice that can only be described as “… Wow.”

Same here, Ken!

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Jeopardy! contestants struggled mightily with a 21st century sports category

Can you do better than these Jeopardy contestants did? Probably.

To their credit, the contestants on Tuesday’s edition of Jeopardy! got two clues right — one referring to tennis’s U.S. Open and another dealing with Pittsburgh Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger.

But when it came to three others in the category of 21st century sports? Well, it wasn’t great. Although we’ve seen some success in sports over the years, there have been some big fails with some others who whiffed.

Check out these three clues — one baseball, one college sports, one with a photo of a well-known NBA star — and see if you fare better than these smart people did on Tuesday:

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Super Bowl LVIII hero Mecole Hardman appears as answer on “Jeopardy”

Super Bowl LVIII hero Mecole Hardman appeared as an answer on a recent episode of “Jeopardy”

Even in the offseason, the Kansas City Chiefs can’t escape the national spotlight.

This week, Super Bowl LVIII hero Mecole Hardman made a television appearance in his most unconventional manner yet: As an answer on the popular game show Jeopardy.

Check out the interesting question that had Hardman as the answer, and see if you would have guessed it correctly:

While this was hardly Hardman’s biggest break of 2024, it was interesting to see the former Chief featured on a game show that isn’t known for throwing the names of NFL players around often.

Unfortunately, it didn’t seem like the contestants watched Kansas City’s resounding victory over the San Francisco 49ers in February, as the only guess was incorrect.

Hardman might not be a household name among the Jeopardy-watchers of the world, but his inclusion in this broadcast is sure to have those with eidetic memories on the lookout for more Chiefs references in the future.

All 3 Jeopardy! contestants whiffed big on an easy $200 St. Louis Cardinals clue

This was supposed to be the easiest clue!

Avid Jeopardy! fans know that quickly providing the correct answer to a clue can be challenging sometimes from the comfort of your couch and surely assume the pressure is 100 times worse when you’re actually playing the game show. The people on the show are filled with a wealth of knowledge, but they don’t know everything.

So sometimes we can’t help but chuckle when contestants struggle with some clues or categories, especially when it comes to sports.

And Friday’s episode of Jeopardy! provided the latest example of all three contestants being totally stumped by a pretty easy question.

In the opening round of the episode, one of the categories was Meet Me in St. Louis, as J-Archive noted. The $200 question, which is supposed to be the easiest of the category, was the last clue left on the board, and every player missed it. The clue was:

Major League Baseball’s Cardinals play their home games at this sudsy arena

Bryan rang in first and said, “What is Budweiser?” before Erin chimed in with: “What is Anheuser?” The third contestant, Rachel, didn’t guess, so no one had Busch Stadium, which was the correct response.

As host Ken Jennings joked, not a lot of baseball fans in this Jeopardy! episode.

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Mayim Bialik is out as Jeopardy! host and fans have mixed feelings

Mayim Bialik is out from Jeopardy and Ken Jennings will the sole host.

Mayim Bialik is no longer splitting Jeopardy! hosting duties with Ken Jennings.

As the actress revealed on Friday, she heard from Sony that she’s out from the “syndicated version of Jeopardy!” and that she was grateful for the opportunity to work on the beloved quiz show.

In a separate statement, the show said that “we hope to continue to work with her on primetime specials,” meaning that maybe we’ll see her for Celebrity Jeopardy! or the like. Their reasoning? They decided to have one host for the syndicated Jeopardy!

Fans of the show had mixed feelings about the move, with some supporting both her and Jennings:

You’ll definitely do better than these sheepish Jeopardy! contestants at a sports Hall of Fame category

These contestants did NOT do well in this Jeopardy sports category.

Not EVERY Jeopardy! contestant struggles with sports categories.

In the past, though, we’ve seen some struggles, from a Yankee Stadium category to one focused on college football.

And this time, on Thursday’s edition of the quiz show, there was “Hall of Famer by Position” — they would list names of athletes, and the contestants would need to name the position they played. It’s straightforward, and one of them had the answer to “Joe Namath, Joe Montana” (you know that one).

But the rest? No guesses whatsoever. Oops. I’m betting that you all will get most, if not all of these. Give it a shot:

Good luck!

Celebrity Jeopardy! 2023: Meet the big names vying for the title in Season 2

Here’s who’s competing on Celebrity Jeopardy in Season 2.

It’s time once again to watch some big names compete for a lot of money for their chosen charities.

That’s right, after Ike Barinholtz won Season 1 of Celebrity Jeopardy!, Season 2 is back with some actors, former athletes and other huge names in pop culture competing in the tournament format that captivated us the last time it was on TV.

As you’ll see below, it’s supposed to be 27 celebrities listed. As of publishing this, only 18 were named, so we’ll update this when we see more of the names pop up.

Here’s a look at who we know will be on this time around: