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A “Jeopardy!” category during Thursday night\u2019s episode left contestants scratching their heads as many players drew a blank.<\/p>\n

“Jeopardy!” contestants proved they were not the biggest sports fans when attempting to guess the clues for the category “Hall of Famer by Position.”<\/p>\n

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“Jeopardy!” contestants fail in sports Hall of Fame category.<\/span> (Jeopardy)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The first $400 clue simply listed two names, “Joe Namath and Joe Montana.”<\/p>\n

Although the player Mason correctly guessed, “What is quarterback?” he did not appear to answer with confidence and laughed at the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the next few clues, the players failed to answer and were silent for the remaining sports questions.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

After co-host and former champion Ken Jennings read the $800 clue, “Bill Walton and Bill Russell,” the buzzer went off as the contestants continued to be stumped.<\/p>\n

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Another “Jeopardy!” category read, “Jerry Rice, Randy Moss and John Stallworth,” which again had the contestants silent.<\/span> (Jeopardy)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“This might be a long category,” Jennings teased, as laughter was heard in the audience.<\/p>\n

Another category read, “Jerry Rice, Randy Moss and John Stallworth,” which again nobody buzzed in for the receivers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Jennings proceeded to give the “Jeopardy!” contestants a few words of encouragement, “Hey sports fans, I believe in you.”<\/p>\n

The last clue on the game board read, “Gump Worsley, Shrimp Worters and Rat Westwick,” which the contestants joined in on the audience’s laughter.<\/p>\n

“It just sounds like I\u2019m making people up, these are hockey goalies \u2014 ice hockey goalies,” Jennings confirmed.<\/p>\n

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For the next few “Jeopardy!” clues, the players failed to answer and were quiet for the remaining sports questions.<\/span> (Jeopardy)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Viewers at home were not too pleased with the lack of sports knowledge from the “Jeopardy!” contestants either.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That was painful to watch,” one comment read on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another viewer wrote, “That’s just sad and embarrassing.”<\/p>\n

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“Ooof that sports category had me yelling at the TV,” other fans wrote on Reddit.<\/p>\n

Despite the sports category fail, contestant Yoshie came out on top during Final Jeopardy taking home a grand prize of $11,200 for her correct answers.<\/p>\n

This was not the first time fans have been critical over a “Jeopardy!” clue they called “way too easy.”<\/p>\n

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Ken Jennings is a former “Jeopardy!” champion and co-host of the game show.<\/span> (Raymond Liu\/ABC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Earlier this month, during a Final Jeopardy round, a category “Word Origins” had the clue, “Though it meant \u2018seasickness\u2019 in Latin, this 6-letter word now refers to a more general feeling of sickness.”<\/p>\n

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As the player in last place at the time, Valerie offered her answer first \u2014 she gave the right response, which was “nausea.”<\/p>\n

Host Ken Jennings told her, “That’s correct, it’s the same root you see in words like \u2018nautical,\u2019 meaning \u2018ships.\u2019”<\/p>\n

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“Jeopardy!” contestant Steve gave an incorrect response for a previous Final Jeopardy.<\/span> (Jeopardy!\/ABC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

However, the camera panned over to another contestant named Steve, who grimaced as it was revealed that he had answered “malaise.”<\/p>\n

Jennings teased the contestant who answered incorrectly.<\/p>\n

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“Oh, no. He might be coming up with nausea right now,” Jennings quipped.<\/p>\n

The joke got a large laugh from the audience and a chuckle out of Steve.<\/p>\n

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Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an Entertainment Writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to stephanie.giang@fox.com and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n