This... Is... Jeopardy!

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Yeah, well, they probably have “Who is Mozart?” as a question every week of TV Jeopardy, so I don’t think some repetition is horrible here.

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Who are Mulder and Scully?

  1. Steve Urkel appeared on this not actually poker-themed show and got a dance lesson from Uncle Jesse.
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Sure, but the sane clue, with the same answer, by the same poster, is at least a little chuckleworthy.

What is Full House?

  1. According to a fan theory, dozens of TV programs linked by an interconnected series of crossovers are all the daydream of a child seen in the final episode of this hospital drama
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I just really, really like Lower Decks. hehe!

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What is… ER?

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Sorry, incorrect.

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What is St. Elsewhere?

New category: Comedians/Comediennes

  1. This radio and TV comedian was in the inaugural group of inductees to the International Clown Hall of Fame.

-“BB”-

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Who is Red Skelton?

  1. The Supreme Court’s decision in FCC v. Pacifica Foundation proved this comedian right about words you can’t say on TV
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Who is George Carlin?

  1. This funny lady was a pioneer of the ‘Chitlin’ Circuit’ of vaudeville.
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Who is Moms Mabley?

  1. This fictional comedienne was close friends with Lenny Bruce.
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Who is Miriam Maisel?

  1. This prop comic received 5,466 votes for governor of California in 2003
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Who is Gallagher?

New topic: Governors

  1. This New York politician brought prosperity to New York City by spearheading a canal project many considered to be “Folly”.
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Who is DeWitt Clinton?
The Erie Canal was known as both “Clinton’s Folly” and “DeWitt’s Ditch”

  1. This recent New York governor, prominent during the pandemic, resigned in 2021 due to an investigation into multiple cases of sexual harassment.
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Who is Andrew Cuomo?

  1. Ten years before he started his political career by winning election as governor of California, the film Demolition Man predicted a constitutional amendment that permitted him to become president in the future.
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Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?

  1. This colorful governor of Louisiana was assassinated in 1935.
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Who is Huey Long?
Long wasn’t governor at the time of his assassination, but he was de facto running the state.

  1. In 2020, Donald Trump commuted the sentence of this former Illinois governor
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Who is Rod Blagojevich?

New category:

Figures in the Donald Trump administration

  1. She served as the Secretary of Education under Trump until shortly after the events of January 6.
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Figures in the Donald Trump administration

Who is Betsy DeVos?

  1. He served as Communications Director for 11 days in July 2017.

And re. Huey Long, his life inspired Robert Penn Warren to write a novel, All the King’s Men, which won the Pulitzer Prize for 1947.

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Who is Anthony Scaramucci?

  1. Trump’s relationship with this attorney general soured when he told him that the 2020 election was not stolen.
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Who is William Barr?

  1. This man, Trump’s first Secretary of State, was reported to have called his President a “moron.”
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The judges would have preferred that you be specific, as Leo Gallagher’s brother Ron has also performed prop comedy under the name “Gallagher”.

Who is Rex Tillerson?

  1. In the lead-up to 1/6/21, this former vice president advised Mike Pence that his role in certifying the election was strictly ceremonial
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I think the judges should consider that Leo Gallagher is the correct Gallagher of fame.

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  1. In the lead-up to 1/6/21, this former vice president advised Mike Pence that his role in certifying the election was strictly ceremonial