--- title: Jeopardy! Had a Whole Category on Reese Witherspoon Movies description: 'Jeopardy!' had an entire category on Reese Witherspoon movies, ranging from 'Legally Blonde' to 'Walk the Line.' Do you know the answers? canonical: https://time.com/5226169/reese-witherspoon-jeopardy-category/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-03T17:05:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:49.760Z og:title: Jeopardy! Had a Whole Category on Reese Witherspoon Movies and One Player Crushed It og:description: I'll take Reese Witherspoon movies for $1,000, Alex og:url: https://time.com/5226169/reese-witherspoon-jeopardy-category/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeopardy! 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 3, 2018 5:05 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 3, 2018 5:05 PM UTC Reese Witherspoon’s filmography spans nearly three decades and runs the gamut from romantic comedies like [_Legally Blonde_](http://time.com/5198145/reese-witherspoon-reacts-to-legally-blonde-dissertation/) to dramas like _Walk the Line_, the biopic that won her an Oscar. So it should come as no surprise that Witherspoon’s extensive career in Hollywood is now a [_Jeopardy!_](http://time.com/money/5219570/jeopardy-beatles-clue/)category, something that Alex Trebek introduced to the world on Monday night’s episode of the game show. While the category was fairly straightfoward, asking contestants to name Witherspoon’s most beloved films like _Sweet Home Alabama_ and _Election_ from descriptions of the characters she played, it proved to be the forte of one contestant in particular. Millennial contestant Emily completely dusted the competition by correctly answering all of the questions to become the uncontested champ of the category. While it’s always good to be a Reese Witherspoon fan ([just ask Adam Rippon!](http://time.com/5156263/adam-rippon-reese-witherspoon-friendship-twitter-olympics-2018/)), it looks like Emily’s fandom definitely paid off. 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