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Sports and <em>Jeopardy! </em>fans now share mutual disdain for Joe Buck
Most sports fans have an opinion about Joe Buck. Usually, it’s not a good one. ...
What is, 'Aaron Rodgers is stunned you whiffed on this <i>Jeopardy! </i>question?'
Aaron Rodgers continues to bring it as Jeopardy! guest host. And last night, he had another viral moment. ...
Aaron Rodgers is absolutely nailing it as <em>Jeopardy! </em>guest host (yes, even with the FG zinger)
Aaron Rodgers recently said that hosting Jeopardy! full-time would be a “dream job,” and it’s one that now seems within reach....
Actress Shailene Woodley confirms engagement to <em>Jeopardy!</em> nerd Aaron Rodgers
It’s officially official. ...
Nobody threw shade better than Alex Trebek
It had become a weird sort of canon in Alex Trebek’s career that he was TV’s Mr. Nice Guy — the unimpeachably friendly face of a cherished institution....
Have Any Of These Dang <i>Jeopardy!</i> Nerds Watched A Single Game Of Basketball?
Get a load of last night’s Jeopardy! contestants, who knew all sorts of rivers and peace treaties, but not this. Erin and Jamie wisely kept quiet and let the clue pass them by, but customer service representative Kris buzzed in with his spectacularly wrong answer. ...
James Holzhauer Was The <i>Jeopardy!</i> GOAT
You can tell that Jeopardy! is a perfectly devised game format when even James Holzhauer can lose at it. Holzhauer’s streak of 32 consecutive victories on the show came to an end on Monday, when he nailed the Final Jeopardy answer (Who is Christopher Marlowe, whom Holzhauer referred to by the nickna...
How James Holzhauer’s <i>Jeopardy!</i> Run Finally Comes To An End
You knew Jeopardy! phenom James Holzhauer couldn’t win forever....
What It's Like To Get Crushed By <i>Jeopardy! </i>God James Holzhauer
James Holzhauer is one of the finest Jeopardy! contestants the world has ever seen. Through his 22 games as reigning champion, he has won $1.69 million, averaging $76,864 in winnings per episode. He appears to be a real threat to break Ken Jennings’s record of 74 straight wins, which was set in 2004...
<i>Jeopardy!</i> Contestant Crushes Single-Game Winnings Record
A quantum leap helped Jeopardy! contestant James Holzhauer take home a six-figure sum of money on Tuesday. More specifically, Holzhauer correctly wrote down “WHAT IS QUANTUM LEAP” in response to the Final Jeopardy answer and wagered $38,314 to take push his single-day winnings to $110,914. This fina...
Alex Trebek Has Cancer. Damn, Damn, Damn.
I came in third on Jeopardy! That’s another, less blunt way of saying that I got my ass beat. So I have no Alex Trebek stories; they film five episodes a day, so each and every day, 10 hopeful contestants go home immediately and disappointed. It’s a well-oiled machine. My interactions with Trebek we...
Letting Larissa Kelly Fall To The Sixth Pick In <i>Jeopardy!</i> <i>All-Stars</i> Is One Of The All-Time Draft Blunders
Michael Jordan sliding to pick No. 3. Tom Brady dropping to the sixth round. Mike Piazza going 1,390th. Add another one to that list: Larissa Kelly dropping to pick No. 6 in the Jeopardy! All-Stars draft....
College <i>Jeopardy!</i> Contestants Have Totally Played Basketball Before<em></em>
Unlike the introductions for the adult Jeopardy! contestants, who stand there with a slight smile indicating either smugness or paralyzing terror and no emotion in between, the college kids are allowed to “have fun with it.” Last night’s trio put together a little routine involving an invisible bask...
Tonight's <i>Jeopardy!</i> Contestants Knew Absolutely Nothing About Football
Football is, admittedly, a somewhat complicated sport with a byzantine rulebook. However, tonight’s trio of Jeopardy! contestants fell incredibly, woefully short of answering a single question in the whole football category correctly, which is honestly kind of impressive....
<i>Jeopardy!</i> Is A Harsh Mistress
Nick Spicher was embroiled in the Jeopardy! equivalent of an NFL replay review when he gave an incorrect response to the following before/after clue in Monday’s episode: “A song by Coolio from ‘Dangerous Minds’ goes back in time to become a 1667 John Milton classic.”...
<i>Jeopardy!</i> Dummy Beats Even Bigger Dummies With $1
Defending Jeopardy! champion Manny Abell wasn’t doing so hot heading into Final Jeopardy last night. Abell had accrued just $1,000, trailing both Carlos Nobleza Posas and Fran Fried by a cool $11,300, and he needed a lot to break in his favor for him to make up that difference. Thanks to a panel-wid...
<i>Jeopardy!</i> Contestant Has Won Eight In A Row And Works Perfectly As A Heel
Jeopardy! is a wonderful show, but it almost always features contestants who can politely be described as “bookish.” The program carries a sober tone, and host Alex Trebek keeps the antics to a minimum, even during the contestants’ mid-round anecdotes (the worst part of each episode). Then, Austin R...
<i>Jeopardy!</i> NFL Category Goes Horribly Wrong
If you ever thought you could cruise on Jeopardy! if you were fortunate enough to face a sports category, you’d be right. Tonight’s group of competitors failed to come up with the correct response on any of the questions, and were only saved from further embarrassment by the clock running out on the...
<i>Jeopardy! </i>Contestant Thinks Hack Wilson Hit 191 Homers In 1930
Everyone loves a good Jeopardy! fail, and this on Wednesday night was pretty great. The clue said Hack Wilson had 191 of this in the 1930 season. Any baseball fan knows it’s runs batted in, the MLB record. One contestant on Jeopardy! figured he hit 191 home runs. ...