Meantime, on Jeopardy:

The Jeopardy contestants never seem to know anything about sports, because they’re all nerds. Really smart nerds, but nerds nonetheless.

Case in point, they left the “21st Century Sports” category for last:

If you asked them who won the Super Bowl four months ago, they would totally whiff, but ask them about esoteric Moldovan art or centuries-old British literature and they’re mashing the answer button like Kyle Schwarber mashes in June.

Ken Jennings: “Where did Caitlin Clark go to college?”

<crickets>

Ken Jennings: “She was best known for her 1847 novel Jane Eyre, published under the androgynous name Currer Bell.”

all three contestants at the same time: “Who is Charlotte Brontë?

Ken Jennings: “that is correct!”

My dream Jeopardy round would include the categories Philadelphia Union soccer, amateurish blog writing, 1990s death metal, Nietzsche, and suburban dad yard work. Pagan’s ideal set of categories would probably be Temple University (a basketball school), hot dogs, quiet quitting, TikTok, and proper grammar.