DAVID GREENE, HOST:
Good morning. I'm David Greene. So "Jeopardy!" last night...
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RYAN: Football - 200.
ALEX TREBEK: Do or don't name this play in which the quarterback runs the ball and can choose to pitch it to another back.
GREENE: What's the option? No one playing got it.
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RYAN: Football - 400.
GREENE: Silence again.
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RYAN: Taking on the 600.
GREENE: Nope.
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RYAN: Eight hundred.
GREENE: Nada. All football clues fell flat, including the last one about Minnesota's famous defense.
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TREBEK: Who are the Purple People Eaters? We're going to take a break.
GREENE: Yeah. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.