Given their rich history and proximity to the capital of the entertainment world, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been referenced in plenty of TV shows over the past several decades. It came as little surprise, then, when a recent “Jeopardy!” episode featured a category called “It’s Time For Dodger Baseball.”
The iconic game show featured a similar category in 2017. That one was called “Let’s Go Dodgers” and included trivia about Jackie Robinson, Clayton Kershaw, Mike Piazza and Duke Snider.
This time around, the category was the last to be introduced as part of the “Double Jeopardy!” round. But James Holzhauer, who was in the midst of one of the greatest winning streaks in the show’s history, went right to the most difficult question in the category.
Watch all the questions, starting with Holzhauer’s selection, below:
The questions in the category were picked from the bottom up, so they got increasingly easier as the round went on. The first one offered a clue about Mexican Dodgers lefty who threw 20 complete games in 1986, which Holzhauer correctly guessed to be franchise icon Fernando Valenzuela.
The second question saluted the Dodgers’ infield of Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey, which still stands as the longest-lasting group of infielders in Major League history.
Later in the round, another contestant circled back to the “It’s Time For Dodger Baseball” category, getting a clue about a Dodgers co-owner who racked up assists playing a different sport on the other side of L.A.
The contestant correctly guessed L.A Lakers icon and embattled former president of basketball operations Magic Johnson.
The next question offered a fun clue about driving down to Orange County to describe longtime Dodgers catcher Mike Scioscia, who is now better known as the former manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
The last and easiest question prompted contestants to answer what award legendary pitcher Sandy Koufax won unanimously in 1963, 1965 and 1966. The answer, of course, was the Cy Young Award.
