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Contestants on ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’ Fail to Solve Simple Clue from Classic American Movie (Video)
RNN ^ | 01-18-2022 | Becca London

Posted on 01/18/2023 10:07:11 AM PST by montag813

by Becca London

All three contestants on "Celebrity Jeopardy!" failed to solve a very simple clue about a midwestern state referenced in a popular movie classic, and the interaction went viral on social media.

The video showed contestant Torrey DeVitto, a TV actress and model, pick the category "The Fifty States" for $300.

"In 'Field of Dreams' a question is asked, 'Is this heaven?' - No, it's this midwestern state also known as 'the corn state,'" read host Mayim Bialik.

DeVitto guessed Wisconsin and was shot down.

Candace Parker, a WNBA player, offered Nebraska, which was also wrong.

Comedian Patton Oswalt, a third contestant who is considerably older than the other two, also bizarrely had no idea, but wisely kept silent until the beep.

The answer?

DUH!

Here's the video of the clue that was circulated on social media:


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baseballviewers; buttheyknoweconomics; buttheyknowpolitics; celebrities; famousmorons; hollyweird; idiocracy; jeopardy; liberals; marchingmorons; professionalliars; sportsfans
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To: laweeks
Can’t stand Mayim Bialik

Me either. People around here say they stopped watching FOX when they called AZ for Biden. Well, I haven't watched Jeopardy since Alex left the show.

41 posted on 01/18/2023 10:42:20 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: NEMDF

Ha! GMTA!


42 posted on 01/18/2023 10:42:46 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: laweeks

Can’t stand Mayim Bialik

Thank you, nothing personal really. Supposed to be smart, but doesn’t seem clever.
Just. Don’t. Like. Her.


43 posted on 01/18/2023 10:42:58 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL )
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To: ought-six; NEMDF

;^)


44 posted on 01/18/2023 10:44:14 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: AlaskaErik
I imagine most here know it was on the USS Missouri.

Originally, the surrender was to have been on the USS South Dakota, but President Harry Truman changed it to the USS Missouri because he was from Missouri.

45 posted on 01/18/2023 10:45:28 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

I haven’t watched since Art Fleming left.


46 posted on 01/18/2023 10:47:54 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: montag813
"In 'Field of Dreams' a question is asked, 'Is this heaven?' - No, it's this midwestern state also known as 'the corn state,'" read host Mayim Bialik.

I don't think it's much of an asset knowing a reference from a movie, in this case, Field of Dreams.

As to "the corn state" clue, I would have said Nebraska first and then Iowa.

47 posted on 01/18/2023 10:48:55 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“Since Alex Trebek died, I just don’t bother watching.”

I think Jeopardy with Ken Jennings is ok. We watch it. I can’t stand Celebrity Jeopardy.


48 posted on 01/18/2023 10:49:11 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: dfwgator

On top of that, the original version of “Jeopardy!” allowed contestants to buzz in at any time, rather than being forced to wait for Trebek to read the entire clue. This, too, sat badly with Fleming.

“I would say, ‘The answer is, “He was the first…’” and they would buzz in!” said Fleming, who claimed he preferred this method of gameplay because it resulted in more wrong responses, and therefore a more exciting game.


49 posted on 01/18/2023 10:52:27 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: montag813

you know! Who cares.

I did not see the movie because I thought the whole plot was stupid. Kevin Cosner starred in the movie which is par for his movies. Water world and dancing with wolves, both idiotic for their plots.


50 posted on 01/18/2023 10:57:20 AM PST by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW) )
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To: montag813

Heaven? That’s what your mother said last night, Trebeck!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

That’s it, Connery, you’re on time out.


51 posted on 01/18/2023 10:59:03 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: montag813

Heywood Banks for the win:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eMYGbRO-jmE


52 posted on 01/18/2023 10:59:13 AM PST by bigbob (p)
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To: montag813

Well, no one ever said that celebrities were smart. Or even of average intelligence for that matter . . . .


53 posted on 01/18/2023 11:04:16 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Doctor Congo

I heard the following joke when my daughters were at Truman State in Kirksville, MO.

Q. How do you get to Nebraska?
A. Go north until you hit corn, then go west until you hit wheat.


54 posted on 01/18/2023 11:07:47 AM PST by rwa265
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To: BenLurkin; Red Badger; Liz; Kaslin

Now ya got me all confused abootthese Yankee football teams.
I know a few though: Nebraska Wolverines, Ohio State Badgers, Iowa Sooners, Michigan State Lions and Pennsylvania Nittenzy Sweaters. The Other Ohio State Team is the Pecans or Walnuts or something like that.


55 posted on 01/18/2023 11:09:51 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Robert A Cook PE

The Sockeyes.................


56 posted on 01/18/2023 11:13:21 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: rwa265

I fell asleep at the wheel on I-70 westbound in Kansas one night.

I woke up in Denver....................


57 posted on 01/18/2023 11:14:35 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

8<)


58 posted on 01/18/2023 11:15:22 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: montag813

I, a Noo Yawker who never visited Chicago, knew the right answer.


59 posted on 01/18/2023 11:17:43 AM PST by aculeus
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To: aculeus

Fuhgeddaboudit.....................


60 posted on 01/18/2023 11:22:24 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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