Sentence examples for reference to jeopardy from inspiring English sources

If that Toronto mistake was indeed some kind of joke (a vague reference to Jeopardy host Alex Trebek's Canadian hometown perhaps?) than we're closer than we thought.

"I am responsible for something rare, which is three seconds of complete and utter silence on national television," Eichner said, in reference to stumping the "Jeopardy!" panelists.

An early Jeopardy! reference to the Cheers episode happened during the airing of the final round of the Jeopardy!

The name of the high school in this episode, Grover Cleveland Alexander High School was a reference to a question David Duchovny got wrong during his appearance on a celebrity edition of Jeopardy.

In acknowledgment of IBM and Watson's achievements, Jennings made an additional remark in his Final Jeopardy! response: "I for one welcome our new computer overlords", echoing a similar memetic reference to the episode "Deep Space Homer" on The Simpsons, in which TV news presenter Kent Brockman speaks of welcoming "our new insect overlords".

Peter Wayner from InfoWorld defined "pulling a Clavin" as a reference to Cliff Clavin's wagering all his leading score and then losing all to a zero in the Final Jeopardy! round and as a tactic to avoid in Jeopardy!

That's a reference to "White Men Can't Jump," the 1992 film in which a character does exactly that in her quest to get on "Jeopardy!" But what would happen if someone did prepare full time?

Francis' reference to St.

Obvious reference to Imran Khan.

(a reference to Thomas Shadwell).

McClane, for his part, adds some pop-culture references of his own, which Gruber doubtless wouldn't get when Gruber tries and fails to guess his identity, McClain taunts him with an allusion to "Jeopardy".