Here’s a bit of a belated tribute to Alex Trebek, the longtime Jeopardy! game show host who passed away earlier this month.
Jeopardy! fans have created a database, the J! Archive, of more than 400,000 clues, and Natick shows up twice, sort of.
Clue: This largest deer’s name is from the Natick Indian language, not the cows’
Answer (in the form of a question): What is a moose?
No one got it right.
Clue: Priestly, Watt & Wedgwood were in a scientific club of “Lunaticks” whose meetings were set for each one of these
Answer: What is a full moon?
Hey, don’t blame for that one. That’s what shows up in the search engine.
Six Natick residents are listed as having played on Jeopardy:
| Alex Rubington, a marketing communication coordinator from Natick, Massachusetts | Season 21 1-time champion: $6,800 + $1,000. |
| Sharon Rozines, a solutions support engineer from Natick, Massachusetts | Season 17 player (2001-07-04). |
| Cinnamon Stetler, a research technician from Natick, Massachusetts | Season 16 player (2000-06-08). |
| Elayna Kotsaftis, a treasury associate from Natick, Massachusetts | Season 19 player (2003-05-23). |
| Toby Crew, a commercial pilot from Natick, Massachusetts | Season 29 player (2013-07-12). |
| Terri Evans, a writer and editor from Natick, Massachusetts | Season 35 player (2019-06-11). |
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