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Pups take over Jeopardy with their own category

By Wesley Coburn

LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 09: "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek speaks as he is inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the NAB Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner at the Encore Las Vegas on April 9, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. NAB Show, the trade show of the National Association of Broadcasters and the world's largest electronic media show, runs through April 12 and features more than 1,700 exhibitors and 102,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 09: "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek speaks as he is inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the NAB Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner at the Encore Las Vegas on April 9, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. NAB Show, the trade show of the National Association of Broadcasters and the world's largest electronic media show, runs through April 12 and features more than 1,700 exhibitors and 102,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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Pups took over their own category on Jeopardy yesterday.

At Dog O’Day, Jeopardy is one of our favorite TV shows (yes, we’re nerds), and yesterday’s episode – Monday, April 29 – featured one of our favorite topics: puppers!

In the first round of the Alex Trebek-hosted there was a category called PUP CULTURE, and we swept it. What follows isn’t the precise wording the clues used, but they’re close paraphrases.

For $200, the Shih Tzu, Chow Chow and Pomeranian are all part of this group.

“What is the Toy Group?”

For $400, accompanied by a video of a Herding Group doggo enjoying a casual all-four-paws-in-the-air back scratch: [The clue referred to a past champion whose name we can’t recall, possibly Shasta the Golden _____.]

“What is a Collie?”

For $600, This 8-letter Alaskan breed was first developed in 1926.

“What is an Alaskan Malamute?”

For $800, accompanied by a photo of a hunting dog hard at work: This breed is part of the American Kennel Club logo.

“What is a Pointer?”

For $1000, shipwrecked Newfoundlands became the foundation of this breed of retriever named after the body of water they were stranded in.

“What is the Chesapeake Bay Retriever?”

Current champion James Holzhauer continued his epic dominance (he’s so good that The Atlantic has run several stories about him), but it was close.

While James had an off day for him, “only” earning $54,017 (he’s averaging about $71,000) to bring his 18-day total to about $1.3 million, he won Final Jeopardy by only $18 after a sports information director named Adam gave him by far the closest competition yet.

James is averaging about twice the daily amount that Ken Jennings won during his epic 74-game streak back in 2004, and he hasn’t even played in any special tournaments yet (Tournament of Champions, etc).

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