Well, that's one dream down the drain.
 

"The Sport of Kings" was a category on Jeopardy tonight. All five questions were easy. And now my dream of being in 3rd place and risking everything on the Daily Double on a racing question to take the lead is dead. They won't have another horse racing question until after I'm dead.

For two thousand dollars, the answer is "Zenyatta"

Who is the greatest horse evah?

If it's any consolation, "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" has horse racing questions fairly often. Today included one- the correct answer was Jackson Bend. Really.

What was the question?

It was something along the lines of "Which one of the following is not the name of a shoe designer, but a horse that ran in the 2010 Kentucky Derby?" I'd give you the other names, but I don't know anything about shoes, so I don't remember any of them.

did any of the geeks get a single one right?

Yeah the Zenyatta one.

Who is the first horse to appear on Dancing with the Stars?

:rolleyes:

Come to think of it, "Millionaire" had a $100,000 question on racing, too: "These two Indian tribes' names are also shared by what two winners of the Kentucy Derby?"

Yes. These were the questions and answers (trimmed down)....

1. The bet that requires picking the first 3 finishers is called......trifecta (correct)

2. A female horse under age 4 is called....filly (correct)

3. This racing news paper called "America's Turf Authority" has been around since blah blah blah.....No one said DRF

4. This "smokin" horse retired with almomst $10 million in earnings....Cigar (correct)

5. This track is in Arcadia, CA....(not sure if anyone got it.)

#5 is Santa Anita

I know. They were not hard questions. Although I am surprised the guy pulled Cigar.