Reviewed by: Pat Byington
Can you answer these 15 Alabama-related questions from ESPN Jeopardy?
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This summer, ESPN debuted a new show on streaming platforms to test the knowledge of sports fans.
“ESPN Jeopardy!” pit commentators, analysts and celebrity sports fans against each other in a trivia tournament to raise funds for various charities.
You can stream all episodes on Disney+, Hulu or the ESPN app but if you want just a taste of the game show, we’ve gathered 15 questions (or technically answers) from the show relating to sports in our state.
Keep reading to see how many you can get correct.
ESPN Jeopardy! answers about the state of Alabama
Don’t forget, in this trivia game show, contestants are given answers and have to respond in question form. So here are the answers given by host Joe Buck.
NOTE: You can read all the answers without spoilers but you can scroll to the bottom of the page for the correct responses.
- Team Colors for 100 – The shade of flame is a primary color for U. Of Alabama & for all our sakes, don’t say red — It’s Alabama y’all!
- Fight songs for 100 – Their song contains the lines ‘War Eagle fearless & True / Fight on you orange & Blue’
- Gameday guest pickers for 200 – This NBA legend was the first ever celeb picker in 2004: By 2025, he’d been better than terrible, going 23-15 as a seer
- Go Fast for 200 – In 2025, this Lions running back out of Alabama hit 22.23 MPH on his way to a 78-yard touchdown
- In the headlines for 300 – 2024: This Alabama coach ‘retires after 7 national titles, most in major college football history’
- Fans Went Wild: 400 – After beating Bama in 2024, this school’s nerds stopped studying long enough to toss the goalposts in the Cumberland River
- The World of Jordan Chiles for 400 – “I’m one of four female gymnasts to win NCAA, Worlds + Olympic titles. This Olympic teammate of mine who won the 2020 all-around gold is one of the others”
- Agony of Defeat for 400 – While Alabama shudders at its mention, Auburn basks in glee at the final play of the 2013 Iron Bowl nicknamed this
- Real rhymes for 500 – Warren St. John hung out with devoted Alabama football fans to write this book
- Mina Kimes loves football for 500 – “In 2026, I hosted the Scripps National Spelling Bee. So to test your skills, why dont you try to spell the last name of this former Dolphins quarterback, first name Tua”
- Gameday guest pickers for 600 – Her memorable appearance at Ole Miss included a giant pencil, corn dogs and removing Corso’s Big Al head
- Non-major League Sports for 800 – Dondrea Willam went from this spring league to the NFL, switching horses from the Birmingham Stallions to the Broncos
- Key & Peele’s East/West Bowl Colleges for 1000 – Charles Barkley and Gold medalist Suni Lee leaped around the campus of this university along with Quackadilly Blip
- Dickie V’s Diaper Dandy Report Card for 1200 – Woo Pig Sooie! This freshman put on a spectacular show with 49 points in a double OT February loss to Alabama
- My way or the highway for 1500 – Interstate 65 in Alabama takes you to stops on RTJ, short for this golf trail named for a legendary course architect

ESPN Jeopardy! correct responses
Contestants got 10 of these 15 answers correct in the game show.
How many did you get? Here are the correct responses:
- Team Colors for 100 – What is crimson?
- Fight songs for 100 – What is Auburn?
- Gameday guest pickers for 200 – Who is Charles Barkley?
- Go Fast for 200 – Who is Jahmyr Gibbs?
- In the headlines for 300 – Who is Nick Saban?
- Fans Went Wild: 400 – Who is Vanderbilt?
- The World of Jordan Chiles for 400 – Who is Suni Lee?
- Agony of Defeat for 400 – What is the Kick Six?
- Real rhymes for 500 – What is Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer?
- Mina Kimes loves football for 500 – What is T-a-g-o-v-a-i-l-o-a? (No contestant even tried on this one)
- Gameday guest pickers for 600 – Who is Katy Perry?
- Non-major League Sports for 800 – What is the UFL? (Careful, one contestant got this wrong by saying USFL instead of the new league name)
- Key & Peele’s East/West Bowl Colleges for 1000 – What is Auburn?
- Dickie V’s Diaper Dandy Report Card for 1200 – Who is Darius Acuff?
- My way or the highway for 1500 – Who is Robert Trent Jones? (Shout out to actor Jon Hamm who got this one right on the show)



