WFU shoutout on Jeopardy Friday night

[mmedeac]

There was a question on Jeopardy College Tournament last night that referenced MSD. Something about Demon Deacons and Smokey the Bear. Answer "What are Wake Forest Fires?"Vandy player got it correct. Go Deacs!:dancindeac:

 

[Ralph Medlin]

The best part was after the answer/question when Alex Trebek said "Man, that guy [Redacted] has ruined the basketball program there" and the audience laughed.

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

Nice. The answer hasn't been uploaded on the Jeopardy archive yet.

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

Other Jeopardy! answers that directly reference Wake Forest or Demon Deacons -



This religious group was responsible for founding Wake Forest & Baylor universities (Colleges and Universities, Daily Double, 3/26/96)

The mascot seen here supports this North Carolina school's Demon Deacons sports teams (College sports nicknames, $1,000, 3/17/99)

In 1954, when you talked about Arnold, you meant this Wake Forest golfer & ACC champ (The ACC, $800, 11/10/05)

The North Carolina university founded in this town in 1834 is now in Winston-Salem (U.S. Colleges & Universities, $800, 5/31/06)

A Wake Forest win in its 1923 football season led a writer to term the team this 2-word name due to "devilish" play (We're no Angels, $1,000, 6/26/06)

Finn was BMOC at the ACC school that's located in Winston-Salem (Finnegan's Wake, $800, 4-23-09 - this was part of a Double Jeopardy entirely about James Joyce :scdboner: )

 

[Freakindeacon33]

Other Jeopardy! answers that directly reference Wake Forest or Demon Deacons -



This religious group was responsible for founding Wake Forest & Baylor universities (Colleges and Universities, Daily Double, 3/26/96)

The mascot seen here supports this North Carolina school's Demon Deacons sports teams (College sports nicknames, $1,000, 3/17/99)

In 1954, when you talked about Arnold, you meant this Wake Forest golfer & ACC champ (The ACC, $800, 11/10/05)

The North Carolina university founded in this town in 1834 is now in Winston-Salem (U.S. Colleges & Universities, $800, 5/31/06)

A Wake Forest win in its 1923 football season led a writer to term the team this 2-word name due to "devilish" play (We're no Angels, $1,000, 6/26/06)

Finn was BMOC at the ACC school that's located in Winston-Salem (Finnegan's Wake, $800, 4-23-09 - this was part of a Double Jeopardy entirely about James Joyce :scdboner: )

Those are some unbelievably easy questions.

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

There was a question on Jeopardy College Tournament last night that referenced MSD. Something about Demon Deacons and Smokey the Bear. Answer "What are Wake Forest Fires?"Vandy player got it correct. Go Deacs!:dancindeac:

These break out at the home of North Carolina's Demon Deacons, horrifying Smokey the Bear (College Before & After, $2,000)

 

[DeacAlum2001]

Those are some unbelievably easy questions.

Easy to us and the rest of our 10 living alumni but not necessarily to the average person. Not everyone is an ACC basketball fan or knows anything about ACC schools other then Duke or UNC.