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Alex Trebek zings ‘Jeopardy!’ contestants for lack of football knowledge

February 1, 2018 by Larry Brown • Comments
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With the Super Bowl just a few days away, Thursday’s edition of “Jeopardy!” had a football category. Unfortunately, the contestants on the show were not big football fans, and they clearly forgot to brush up on the subject before appearing on the contest.

Watch as the contestants fail to answer some basic football questions, leading host Alex Trebek to zing them:

These Jeopardy! contestants know absolutely NOTHING about football and Alex Trebek let 'em have it pic.twitter.com/Ng5g0asg71

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 2, 2018

That was brutal. On the bright side, at least it’s an opportunity for us sports fans to feel smarter than some quiz-whizzes at least for a night. You may recall that something similar happened in September too.

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