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Celebrity Jeopardy! also refers to a popular recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live which parodies the above. The cast members appearing mostly vary, but Will Ferrell (as Alex Trebek) and Darrell Hammond (as Sean Connery) are almost always featured.

The sketches always begin during what is apparently the second half of a round of Jeopardy!, and two of the "contestants" have somehow attained very high negative scores while another "leads" with a score of zero. Trebek, being portrayed as the beleaguered straight man, attempts fruitlessly to manage the contestants, who are over-the-top caricatures of other celebrities. The contestants blatantly misinterpret questions, misread topic titles (S-Words becomes Swords, for example), and in general display high levels of neuroticism and incompetence. Meanwhile, Trebek insults the contestants, is bombarded with sophomoric insults from Connery, and eventually finishes with giving up on the scripted questions and delivers a childishly simple "Final Jeopardy!" question (e.g. "Things You Like", "Don't Do Anything"), which of course is always botched by the contestants.

The sketch was apparently retired on Will Ferrell's own retirement as a regular SNL castmember in 2002. The final sketch featured the real Alex Trebek in a cameo appearance.

Episodes

• 05-18-02 - Sean Connery, Dave Matthews, Björk - I have a Chardonnay
• 09-29-01 - Sean Connery, Chris Tucker, Anne HecheAnne Heche (born May 25, 1969) is an American actress. A noted thespian even in high school, the soap opera As the World Turns offered her a contract in 1985, when she was only 16. However, both she and her parents felt it best that she finish high school - Hor-semen
• 02-08-01 - Sean Connery, Ozzy OsbourneJohn Michael Osbourne (born December 3 1948, in Aston, a suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England), better known as Ozzy Osbourne was the lead singer of the rock band Black Sabbath and later a popular solo artist. Osbourne has been married twice and i, Martha StewartMartha Stewart (born August 3, 1941) is a popular television and magazine personality known for her cooking, gardening, etiquette, and arts and crafts projects, and as a general lifestyle guide and homemaker. Starting in 2002 her career was rocked by a sc - Don't do anything
• 12-16-00 - Sean Connery, Robin WilliamsRobin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1952) is a multi-award-winning American actor and comedian who was born in Chicago, Illinois. He first achieved notice for his stand-up routines in San Francisco. His first major acting role was in the television ser, Catherine Zeta-Jones2004 film The Terminal Catherine Zeta-Jones (born September 25, 1969) is an Academy Award-winning Welsh actress. She was born Catherine Jones and hails from Mumbles, Wales. Her name stems from two different grandmothers; one grandmother is named Catherine - Anal Bum Covers
• 04-15-00 - Sean Connery, Keanu ReevesKeanu Charles Reeves (born September 2, 1964) is a Hollywood film actor. Although currently working in the United States, Reeves is a Canadian citizen and an avid ice hockey player/fan who was his High School team's MVP. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his first, Hilary SwankHilary Swank (born July 30, 1974 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1999 for her portrayal of a transgendered man in the movie Boys Don't Cry''. Her career in Hollywood was launched with the release - Below Me
• 10-23-99 - Sean Connery, French Stewart , Burt Reynolds - Turd Ferguson; A Petit Dejeuner
• 03-20-99 - Sean Connery, Calista Flockhart, Nicolas Cage - The Pen is Mightier
• 10-24-98 - Sean Connery, Adam Sandler, Tom Cruise - Where are you?
• 05-09-98 - Sean Connery, Minnie Driver, Jeff Goldblum - Therapists
• 10-04-97 - John Travolta, Michael Keaton, Burt Reynolds - Chinese whore, ASIA
• 05-10-97 - Marlon Brando, Phil Donahue, Burt Reynolds - Name this color, the current year
• 12-07-96 - Sean Connery, Burt Reynolds, Jerry Lewis - "S" Words