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We’ll take “Bad Guesses That Contestants Will Never Live Down” for $1000!

On the June 13th episode of Jeopardy! in the category of “Knight After Knight,” the answer was, “To honor his father, this star here was knighted in his birthname, so he’s Sir Maurice Micklewhite.”

Contestant Mazin Omer buzzed in and answered, “Who is Mick Jagger?” Oof!

 

While Omer was promptly racked over the coals on Twitter, it should be noted that Mick Jagger’s full name is Michael Philip Jagger, because sometimes, people are just born with cool names that make them destined to be rock icons.

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Erica Banas is a rock/classic rock news blogger who's well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights