VIDEO: JEOPARDY! Contestant Tricks Alex Trebek Into Saying 'Turd Ferguson'

By: Sep. 17, 2015
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On last night's JEOPARDY!, JEOPARDY! contestant Talia managed to get host Alex Trebek to say the name Turd Ferguson with her Final Jeopardy answer: "What is the Love Ballad of Turd Ferguson?" The name hails from an iconic SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit which parodies the long-running game show.

Check out the clip from last night's show as well as Will Ferrell portraying Trebek in a skit from the SNL's 40th Anniversary Special.

JEOPARDY!, America's Favorite Quiz Show and its host, Alex Trebek, began their 31st season September 15, 2014. The top-ranked game show among homes with 25 million viewers each week,JEOPARDY! holds the Guinness World Records title for the most Emmy Awards won by a TV game show (31 Emmys), including the 2014 Emmy for Outstanding Game Show. In 2014, JEOPARDY! won the inaugural Writers Guild of America award for Outstanding Writing for Quiz and Audience Participation; it is also the recipient of a 2011 Peabody Award. JEOPARDY! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company; it is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBSTelevision International, both units of CBS Corp



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