--- ---  # Alex Trebek Just Couldn't Resist Getting in a Jab at This _Jeopardy_ Contestant  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 13, 2016 2:51 PM UTC  Television personality Alex Trebek Backstage Creations Celebrity Retreat at the 2014 Writers Guild Awards at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on February 1, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Television personality Alex Trebek Backstage Creations Celebrity Retreat at the 2014 Writers Guild Awards at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on February 1, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.Mark Sullivan/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 13, 2016 2:51 PM UTC The majority of [_Jeopardy_](http://time.com/4349323/jeopardy-buzzy-cohen/) is about fast-paced quiz rounds, but there are also those few minutes every episode when [Alex Trebek](http://time.com/4288596/alex-trebek-snl-saturday-night-live-cameo/) takes some time to get to know the three contestants. These segments normally go off without a hitch. However, there are occasionally moments that seem like they were pulled straight from one of _Saturday Night Live’s_ infamous [“Celebrity Jeopardy”](http://time.com/3710664/snl-40-celebrity-jeopardy-saturday-night-live/) sketches. During Wednesday’s installment of the trivia show, contestant Susan Cole, a legislative librarian from Bowie, Maryland, began telling the host about her love of Nerdcore Hip-Hop. “It’s people who identify as nerdy rapping about the things they love,” she said. “Video games, science-fiction, having a hard time meeting romantic partners. It’s really catchy and fun.” Unfortunately, Trebek is apparently not a fan of that particular music genre. “Losers, in other words,” he responded. Watch the full clip below. \[h/t [YouDGTV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP2TcYP6HuA)\] Jeopardy: Alex Trebek Calls Nerds Losers to Contestant ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4529725/jeopardy-alex-trebek-losers-contestant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4529725/jeopardy-alex-trebek-losers-contestant/"},"headline":"Alex Trebek Just Couldn't Resist Getting in a Jab at This Jeopardy Contestant","datePublished":"2016-10-13T14:51:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:37.402Z","description":"What is...awkward?","url":"https://time.com/4529725/jeopardy-alex-trebek-losers-contestant/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","TV","Jeopardy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted35d5f8ee221ab7/6988a9dcab6d77ad346ab8db/alex-trebek.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted35d5f8ee221ab7/6988a9dcab6d77ad346ab8db/alex-trebek.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Backstage Creations Celebrity Retreat at the 2014 Writers Guild Awards","caption":"Television personality Alex Trebek Backstage Creations Celebrity Retreat at the 2014 Writers Guild Awards at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on February 1, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.","creditText":"Mark Sullivan/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4529725/jeopardy-alex-trebek-losers-contestant/","name":"Alex Trebek Just Couldn't Resist Getting in a Jab at This Jeopardy Contestant"}}]}] ```