‘Jeopardy!’ contestants fumble football category

“Jeopardy!” contestants have proven themselves time and again to be unbelievably clever when it comes to answering general-knowledge questions — unless those questions happen to be about sports, that is. That was definitely the case on an episode airing Monday in which all three contestants did their best to avoid the “NFL Teams By Hall of Famers” category — a surefire sign that host Alex Trebek was not dealing with football fans.

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