“Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time” competitors James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings are known for razzing each other on Twitter, but a dirty joke Jennings tweeted at his competitor yesterday might just take the cake for greatest twitter response of all time.
To be fair, Holzhauer started it.
“My wife is going to make me roleplay as @KenJennings tonight,” the highest single-game earnings record holder tweeted Thursday.
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Jennings, who holds the record for longest winnings streak in regular-season play, gave a legendary reply.
“It’s all about timing on the button,” he said .
Gasp! What would Alex Trebek say?
This isn’t the first time Jennings has said something endearingly off-color.
“Extra” host Mario Lopez tweeted a clip from Jennings’ original “Jeopardy!” run in 2004 in which he answers the question: “This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker.”
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Jennings smashed that button and shouted out, “What’s a hoe!”
He was wrong, but that was a good guess — and it got a joking “Whoa!” out of Trebek.
Jennings secured a second win during Thursday night’s third round of ABC’s “Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time,” establishing himself as the front-runner in the multi-night event that pits him against James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter to settle once and for all which “Jeopardy!” champion is truly the greatest.
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If he wins the next game, Jennings will take the title and the $1 million prize money. Jennings previously won the opening round on Tuesday, while Holzhauer won round two.
The next episode of “Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time” airs on Tuesday at 8/7c on ABC.
Oscars 2020: We Predict the Nominations in All 24 Categories (Photos)
TheWrap Awards Editor Steve Pond offers his picks for this year's Oscar nominees, in all 24 categories.
Best Picture
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Little Women”
“Marriage Story”
“1917” (pictured)
“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
“Parasite”
If the number of nominees goes to nine:
“Ford v Ferrari”
Best Director
Pedro Almodóvar, “Pain and Glory”
Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Sam Mendes, “1917”
Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” (pictured)
Best Actress
Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet”
Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”
Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”
Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”
Renée Zellweger, “Judy” (pictured)
Best Actor
Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”
Robert De Niro, “The Irishman”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker” (pictured)
Best Supporting Actress
Laura Dern, “Marriage Story” (pictured)
Scarlett Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit”
Jennifer Lopez, “Hustlers”
Florence Pugh, “Little Women”
Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”
Best Supporting Actor
Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (pictured)
Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”
Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Little Women” (pictured)
“The Two Popes”
Best Original Screenplay
“Knives Out” (pictured)
“Marriage Story”
“1917”
“Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood”
Best Cinematography
“The Irishman”
“Joker”
“The Lighthouse” (pictured)
“1917”
“Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood”
Best Film Editing
“Ford v Ferrari” (pictured)
“The Irishman”
“1917”
“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
“Parasite”
Best Original Score
“Joker”
“Little Women”
“Marriage Story”
“1917”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” (pictured)
Best Original Song
“Into the Unknown” from “Frozen II”
“(I’m Gonna) Love M e Again” from “Rocketman”
“Spirit” from “The Lion King”
“Stand Up” from “Harriet”
“Glasgow” from “Wild Rose” (pictured)
Best Costume Design
“Dolemite Is My Name”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Little Women”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Rocketman” (pictured)
Best Production Design
“The Irishman” (pictured)
“Little Women”
“1917”
“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
“Parasite”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“Bombshell” (pictured)
“Joker”
“Judy”
"Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
“Rocketman”
Best Sound Editing
“Ford v Ferrari”
“Joker”
“1917” (pictured)
“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Best Sound Mixing
“Ford v Ferrari” (pictured)
“Joker”
“1917”
“Rocketman”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Best Visual Effects
“Avengers: Endgame” (pictured)
“The Irishman”
“The Lion King”
“1917”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Best International Feature Film
“Corpus Christi”
“Les Miserables”
“Parasite” (pictured)
“Pain and Glory”
“Those Who Remained”
Best Animated Feature
“Frozen II”
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
“I Lost My Body”
“Missing Link”
“Toy Story 4” (pictured)
Best Documentary Feature
“American Factory”
“Apollo 11” (pictured)
“The Cave”
“For Sama”
“Honeyland”
Best Animated Short
“Dcera (Daughter)”
“Kitbull” (pictured)
“Mind My Mind”
“The Physics of Sorrow”
“Sister”
Best Live Action Short
“Little Hands”
“Miller & Son”
“Nefta Football Club” (pictured)
“The Neighbors’ Window"
“Refugee”
Best Documentary Short
“Fire in Paradise” (pictured)
“Ghosts of Sugar Land”
“Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)”
“St. Louis Superman”
"Walk Run Cha-Cha"
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TheWrap awards editor Steve Pond picks all of this year’s nominees
TheWrap Awards Editor Steve Pond offers his picks for this year's Oscar nominees, in all 24 categories.
