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There are very few times that Joe Average can sit back and scoff at Jeopardy! contestants for their lack of know-how on a subject."Body Parts in Latin"? Um, no."The 5th Century"? Negatory."Contemporary American Authors"? Unless it's Dr. Seuss, then probably not."Sports"? Now we're talking!
Football Can't be Tackled by 'Jeopardy!' Contestants One particularly bad round in 2018 had host Alex Trebek offering to cut to commercial rather than carrying on the debacle of a"Talkin' Football" category. The three contestants that day - an English teacher, an attorney, and a banker - tore through everything else on the board, avoiding the category like the plague, but eventually, they had to tackle it.
Posts 1 Jennings referenced the infamous episode in 2022, when a once-in-a-lifetime moment saw contestants go 5-for-5 on an"NFL Opening Weekend," sending the contestants and live crowd into hysterics with,"You guys did very well on football and will not go viral on YouTube!" Of course, even if the sports category has nothing to do with football, contestants fare no better.
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