Aaron Rodgers has a "D'oh!" moment on Jeopardy...

[Archae]

I laughed my ass off at the expression on his face.

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[TexasTowelie]

1. Okay, I realize that there are some people that don't follow sports very closely,

but for three of them to be on the stage at the same time? That was a very basic sports trivia question, particularly if you are over 50 years old. I'm surprised that none of them even ventured to take a guess.

[Archae]

2. The Packers aren't overhyped rich guy's toys like the Cowboys.

Only mention I can think of offhand outside of sports discussions is this MST3K clip.

[TexasTowelie]

4. No need to trash talk the Cowboys.

However, I will say that if you go to Trivia Night at a bar nearly every table would have given the correct answer.

[Archae]

5. Yeah, I'd rather trash talk the Vikings or the Bears.

[TexasTowelie]

7. LOL.

Nothing like those division rivalries to get the blood boiling.

The NFC North teams are located fairly close to each other so I'm certain that the trash talk is more intense.

[lark]

11. I love trash talking the terrible Titans.

[OriginalGeek]

17. I always knew I liked you TexasTowelie

[TexasTowelie]

18. I grew up cheering for the Cowboys in the NFC and the Oilers in the AFC.

We would even have discussions in the family the few times when both teams stood a chance of getting through the playoffs to our hypothetical Super Bowl.

I also might make you envious by noting that the one year I bought season tickets for the Cowboys was the year that Emmitt Smith broke the NFL rushing record against Seattle. I had seats on the second row of the upper deck near one of the goal lines at Texas Stadium.

[OriginalGeek]

22. Lol, yep, that does make me envious

I've been to many single games over the years, the first being the time when I was in 4th grade and my dad took me to Texas stadium and Roger Staubach had one of his famous come from behind victories against the Eagles. Unfortunately, the last 2 games I've been able to attend were both ass-whoopings. I was at the Saints game several years ago (still in the old stadium so maybe more than several) when they beat us by like 11 million points. The only good thing about that one was I was a guest of one of our vendors who had a suite and I had access to free beer and BBQ to help drown my sorrow.

The last game I saw in person was in Denver. I flew out for 70 bucks on stand-by to go to the game with a friend who has Broncos season tickets and knew how much a Cowboys fan I am. He enjoyed that visit more than I did but, again, Denver and surrounding areas contain a TON of great breweries and he brought me to them all lol.

Wait, I may have seen them in Tampa a time or two between those games. At least we won those games!

And yes, we grew up hoping for an all-Texas Superbowl. Seems neither team could coordinate both being good in any 1 year.

Cheers and here's hoping for some good years to come!

[brewens]

9. Last spring there were three contestants that knew nothing about The Beatles. The category was

Fab Four. I don't watch all the time, but have a lot. In all the years watching, that was the only time I would for sure have ran the table on a category.

[TexasTowelie]

10. It sounds like we're old fogies.

I'm 55 so it might be time to apply for the AARP card to get some discounts.

The fact that none of the three contestants could answer what I would consider to be general trivia (whether music or sports) makes me wonder if the contestants just kept their heads buried in a book.

[Phentex]

16. There was a sports category once where no one even took a guess...

This is how I feel!

[TexasTowelie]

19. Okay, I didn't know the question to the $1,000 answer,

but the only time I watched the Vikings was when they played Dallas and that was a long time ago. Once again, this clips begs the question, "Where do they find these people?"

If there are any lurkers from Free Republic, then they are probably getting a good laugh and calling us "libt**ds" or something more disrespectful as we discuss sports . The contestant that was on the screen the most in that video clip looks somewhat to me in high school with the glasses and T-shirt showing underneath the collar.

[rurallib]

20. not all that unusual on Jeopardy

seen many a seemingly easy sports question go unanswered on Jeopardy.

[TexasTowelie]

21. I guess that must be the case.

I'm certain that these contestants are knowledgeable on many topics, but it does make me wonder if they have "people" skills when they can't respond to general trivia questions.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Rodgers was funny and charming in that moment.

I really like him.

[CurtEastPoint]

8. As he was moments later when the answer 'Boston Celtics' was correct and he said, 'THIS you knew?'

[lark]

12. I do too.

He'd make a great host - but don't think he's anywhere near wanting to give up his day job.
Katie Couric was also awesome, IMO.

[liberaltrucker]

14. The show tapes 46 days a year

I'm sure they could work something out.

[Rorey]

6. Dennis....Go again, I guess.

[House of Roberts]

13. Well, I think I would have gotten that one,

since I'm a lifelong 'Bama fan and Bart Starr was highly thought of in my family's home.

Three of those NFL Championships preceded the first Super Bowl, btw. After 1969, the NFL Championship became the NFC Championship, and the winner of the Super Bowl, became the NFL Championship.

[Phentex]

15. I only know him from Jeopardy...

when he competed as a celebrity. I know he's a football player but I couldn't tell you what team. My husband was laughing his ass off.

[MissMillie]

23. I was watching

and yeah, it was a good moment.


He has done much better than I expected him to do. There's still something missing. Same is true for Couric and Jennings.

Maybe I just miss Trebek too much.