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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:

This Jeopardy! contestant amazingly named her cat NAZ REID after the Timberwolves big man

NAZ REID, the cat, is already a legend.

Minnesota Timberwolves big man Naz Reid probably didn’t expect to hear his name if he was watching Jeopardy! on Thursday night.

Reid is a 23-year-old center who averaged 11.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game last season. He isn’t exactly a household name after playing four years in the NBA, but fans of the popular game show learned a bit more about the former LSU star last night.

Anji Nyquist, a contestant from Minnesota, told host Ken Jennings about her interest in the Timberwolves and her basketball-loving cat. It was a very fun fact update about Nyquist, who won the competition on Wednesday and was returning to defend her crown.

Here is what she had to say to Jennings during the telecast:

“I am a big Timberwolves fan. We have season tickets. This season did not go the way we were hoping for but I’m hopeful because we have Anthony Edwards, who is really good, and we have Naz Reid — who I named my cat for.”

Nyquist confirmed that the cat is spelled with all capital letters, NAZ REID.

In case you were curious, here is what NAZ REID (the cat) looks like:

 

She added that NAZ REID watches basketball with her and that she loves to watch the basketball go around the court.

This is just legendary stuff from Nyquist, NAZ REID and Naz Reid.

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Former Oregon Ducks’ TE gets Jeopardy treatment on popular gameshow

This former Oregon Ducks’ tight end became the clue to a question on the popular gameshow ‘Jeopardy’ on Thursday night.

The average career for a college athlete is four years long. Often times that gets stretched to five years if the athlete chooses to redshirt for a season. Other times, an athlete may decide to medically redshirt and add an additional year had they been unable to play because of an injury.

It’s not often that you see a player in college for more than five years, though. So when you’re former Oregon Duck’s tight end Cam McCormick and are entering your ninth year of college eligibility, you become the clue to a question on Jeopardy.

“Apparently still learning to Duck, tight end Cam McCormick of this Pac-12 school got a ninth year of eligibility in 2022.”

“What is the University of Oregon?”

“That is correct.”

That’s a question that was aired on the popular gameshow ‘Jeopardy’ Thursday night. Fortunately, the contestant got the question right.

McCormick is now playing for the Miami Hurricanes, having transferred there to follow Mario Cristobal after starting his career in Eugene. In 2017, McCormick missed a good portion of the season after recovering from rhabdomyolysis. McCormick then missed most of the 2018 season, and all of the 2019 and 2020 seasons, due to a broken ankle that required multiple surgeries.

McCormick made his return to the field for a game against Ohio State in September 2021, but he tore his Achilles in that contest and missed the rest of the season. After playing the 2022 season for Oregon, McCormick was granted a ninth year of eligibility, where he will suit up for the Hurricanes.

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Jeopardy! fans are furious that a spelling error cost a 9-time champion’s streak to end

Jeopardy fans are MAD.

It was a rough ending to a great Jeopardy! winning streak for Ben Chan, a philosophy professor at St. Norbert College.

He had won nine straight contests heading into Tuesday night’s episode, when this Final Jeopardy came up with the category of Shakespeare’s characters: “Both of the names of these 2 lovers in a Shakespeare play come from Latin words from ‘blessed.'”

The answer? It was: Who are Beatrice and Bendedick?

But Chan answered “Who are Beatrice and Benedict?” And the spelling mistake cost him dearly. He wagered enough that it left him second place, and Jeopardy! fans everywhere were so mad, because they thought spelling didn’t count:

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James Holzhauer had a wild Jeopardy! Masters exchange with Ken Jennings: ‘Keep it in your pants’

“Keep it in your pants, Ken!”

Jeopardy! Masters is into its second week, with James Holzhauer ahead of the rest of the field of legends.

He’s also winning when it comes to bantering with host and former rival, Ken Jennings. Last week, we saw Holzhauer use his Final Jeopardy board to joke with the host: “Stop ducking a rematch, Ken.”

Then, there was a clue that flummoxed the competitors. Jennings jokingly said that he refers to Holzhauer as “elegantly erotic and full of enchanting terror,” as the clue said.

The reply from Holzhauer?

“Keep it in your pants, Ken.”

LOLOL! Can’t wait to see more of this as the week goes on:

The Rams were a ‘Jeopardy’ answer and one contestant whiffed with his guess

This was a ‘Jeopardy’ question every Rams fan should know the answer to

Rams fans who happened to catch “Jeopardy Masters” on Monday night were almost guaranteed to know at least one answer. One of the most memorable moments in franchise history was used as a $600 clue in the category “Great sports calls,” as pointed out by a fan on Reddit.

The clue?

“Al Michaels: ‘It is caught by Dyson. Can he get in? No, he cannot. Mike Jones made the tackle &’ they ‘have won the Super Bowl!’”

We showed up on Jeopardy Masters!
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The first contestant, Andrew, clearly wasn’t a Rams or Titans fan because had he been, he immediately would’ve known that it was the Rams who won thanks to Jones’ clutch tackle at the 1-yard line as time expired in Super Bowl XXXIV.

“Who are the Broncos?” he said.

Incorrect.

James Holzhauer, the record-setting “Jeopardy” champion and professional gambler, then chimed in and said, “Who are the Rams?”

An easy $600 for him.

Here’s the Super Bowl moment the clue was referring to, one every Rams fan will remember forever.

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