PropertyValue
rdfs:label
  • Black Jeopardy!
rdfs:comment
  • Black Jeopardy! is a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live which is a parody of the same-named special event on the television quiz show Jeopardy!, a game show which features competition between notable individuals with all winnings going towards charitable organizations, and significant reductions to the game's level of difficulty. The SNL skit aired four times during season 39, season 41, and season 42, with Kenan Thompson, Jay Pharoah and Sasheer Zamata appearing three times, with Leslie Jones appearing in the second time as a video speaker and the fourth time as a contestant, replacing Pharoah.
dcterms:subject
Latest Appearance
  • 2016-10-22
Starring
First Appearance
  • 2014-03-29
Caption
  • Leslie Jones, Sasheer Zamata, and Tom Hanks as contestants for Black Jeopardy!
sketch format
  • Live
total appearances
  • 4
dbkwik:snl/property/wikiPageUsesTemplate
Image
  • Black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks-10-22-16.jpeg
related sketches
abstract
  • Black Jeopardy! is a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live which is a parody of the same-named special event on the television quiz show Jeopardy!, a game show which features competition between notable individuals with all winnings going towards charitable organizations, and significant reductions to the game's level of difficulty. The SNL skit aired four times during season 39, season 41, and season 42, with Kenan Thompson, Jay Pharoah and Sasheer Zamata appearing three times, with Leslie Jones appearing in the second time as a video speaker and the fourth time as a contestant, replacing Pharoah. Kenan Thompson appears as the host Darnell Hayes, or nicknamed Alex Treblack, as mentioned in the first air. The contestants featured Jay Pharoah and Sasheer Zamata as Amir and Keeley, respectively, and featured Leslie Jones as Shanice replacing Pharoah after Pharoah's dismissal from the show. The third contestant is portrayed by the episode's host. On March 29, 2014 the contestant was Louis C.K. as Mark, a professor of African-American studies. On November 14, 2015 the contestant was Elizabeth Banks as Allison. On May 14, 2016 the contestant was Drake as Jared and on October 22, 2016 the contestant was Tom Hanks as Doug.
is related sketches of