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Jeopardy! contestant misses Jesse Owens, Ohio State question
Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor via Big Ten Network
Jesse Owens is one of the greatest athletes of all time, regardless of sport. The Ohio State track and field legend and four-time Olympic gold medalist took the No. 3 spot on BTN’s “Big Ten Icons” list, compiled in 2011. With Friday’s release of “Race,” a sports-drama based on Owens, the former Buckeyes standout is all over popular culture. That includes Jeopardy! Take it away, Alex Trebek: “Jesse Owens, known as the Buckeye Bullet, broke an astounding three world records and tied a fourth, all within 45 minutes, for this Big Ten school.” Easy, right? Welp, here’s the contestant’s response:
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Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor via Big Ten Network
Jesse Owens is one of the greatest athletes of all time, regardless of sport. The Ohio State track and field legend and four-time Olympic gold medalist took the No. 3 spot on BTN’s “Big Ten Icons” list, compiled in 2011. With Friday’s release of “Race,” a sports-drama based on Owens, the former Buckeyes standout is all over popular culture. That includes Jeopardy! Take it away, Alex Trebek: “Jesse Owens, known as the Buckeye Bullet, broke an astounding three world records and tied a fourth, all within 45 minutes, for this Big Ten school.” Easy, right? Welp, here’s the contestant’s response:

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