Tag: Jeopardy

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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James Holzhauer trolled Ken Jennings on Jeopardy! Masters with a hilarious Final Jeopardy answer

This is too good.

Ah, the James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings “rivalry.”

The two Jeopardy! all-time greats have exchanged so much trash talk in the past, leading up to and after Jennings won the GOAT tournament.

Now, we’re up to Jeopardy! Masters, featuring Holzhauer — the professional sports gambler — and Jennings is the host. James ended up winning one of the rounds, but before he did, he trolled Jennings with his Final Jeopardy answer, and it was very funny.

Instead of answering the clue that would have gotten you “What is the Manhattan Bridge,” Holzhauer wrote down, “Stop ducking a rematch Ken.” And their exchange is delightful:

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The new Jeopardy! Masters tournament and format, explained

What to know about Jeopardy!’s latest tournament of stars.

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. We here at For The Win are big Jeopardy! fans, and the Jeopardy! Masters tournament is no exception. What’s that? Glad you asked.

Ken Jennings is the ultimate Jeopardy! GOAT — remember a few years ago when he topped James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter in the Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time tournament? — but that’s not stopping him from hosting a new best-of-the-best Jeopardy! tournament.

Monday kicks off the first episode of the Jeopardy! Masters tournament, which will pit some of the shows most successful candidates against each other to see who will become a different kind of Jeopardy! champion.

James Holzhauer playfully roasted Ken Jennings ahead of Jeopardy! Masters

James Holzhauer playfully roasted Ken Jennings ahead of Jeopardy! Masters

James Holzhauer is back on his trolling ahead of Jeopardy! Masters.

Jeopardy! champion James Holzhauer has cultivated a reputation for being a phenomenal trash talker, and he’s at it again ahead of next week’s Jeopardy! Masters competition.

Holzhauer will be squaring off with fellow Jeopardy! heavyweights like Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach, Andrew He and Sam Buttrey, with former Jeopardy! winner Ken Jennings hosting the shows.

Well, Holzhauer found a hilarious way to warm up his intimidation tactics by roasting Jennings’ standing as host.

First, Holzhauer takes aim at the way that the game shows are being marketed with Jennings front and center. He compares it to the NFL advertising a Super Bowl with a referee as the main draw. Ouch.

Next, Holzhauer pokes fun at Jennings by comparing him to legendary Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.

Having competed against him, Jennings knows how effective Holzhauer can be once he’s on the Jeopardy! stage. He’s now the warm-up target for Holzhauer’s trolling ahead of next week’s marquee games.

A ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant made an awful late Double Jeopardy wager that backfired

Not a great Double Jeopardy wager here.

Look, Jeopardy! is hard.

Having to answer clues in the form of questions while ringing in before your fellow contestants is hard as heck already. But having to do math, too? We’ve seen that be really hard for others in the past, and in Wednesday’s episode, we saw a rough wagering moment.

Contestant Karen was up to $21,800. She got a late Daily Double, a huge thing considering the others had $7,100 and $6,400 respectively. The move here is to make a small wager so that when Final Jeopardy comes up, it’s impossible for the others to win.

But, no. Karen bet a whopping $10,000 and missed the clue. Later, she missed Final Jeopardy and finished in third place.

And fans were not happy.

You can see it all go down around the 15-minute mark here:

 

That “Cliff Clavin” reference? That’s from Cheers:

 

Georgia Bulldogs featured as answer to question on ‘Jeopardy!’

Georgia is everywhere…

If you’re a Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn or Georgia Tech fan, you’re probably getting pretty tired of hearing about how the Georgia Bulldogs are back-to-back reigning national champions.

It’s everywhere you look. And on Thursday, it was even featured as answer to a question on ‘Jeopardy!’.

“Who are the Georgia Bulldogs?” would have been the correct answer to Thursday night’s Jeopardy clue that read: “This SEC school won the 2023 NCAA Football Title Game in Convincing Fashion with a 65-7 Drubbing of TCU”

Georgia strength and conditioning coordinator Scott Sinclair tweeted the question on Thursday.

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