Key Takeaways
- Jeopardy! featured Bruce Springsteen in a dedicated category in 2014.
- Springsteen’s songs were included in four additional categories during that episode.
- A quiz was created from nearly 40 instances of Springsteen’s mentions on Jeopardy!
- Participants can test their knowledge of Springsteen-related trivia through this quiz.
If you’re a global star like Bruce Springsteen, there’s a good chance you’ll become a category on Jeopardy! sooner or later.
That happened to the Boss back in 2014. Not only did he get his own category of questions, four of the episode’s other categories on the board were named after his songs: Born in the U.S.A., Glory Days, Cover Me, and The Ghost of Tom Joad. And the sixth category was titled The ‘E’ Street Band, with questions involving things beginning with the letter ‘E.’
Over the years, Springsteen’s name has come up a whole bunch on Jeopardy!, and we’ve now taken it upon ourselves to pull nearly 40 of those instances from an online database to create our very own quiz. How many can you get right?
1. MUSICAL VENUES for $100: When Bruce Springsteen opened this LA arena, he said he thought he was playing an office supplies store.
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Answer: The Staples Center
2. THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS for $200: “You better watch out” for Bruce Springsteen’s rockin’ rendition of this Christmas classic, recorded live in 1975.
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Answer: “Santa Claus Is Coming’ to Town”
3. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN for $200: After a 1976 gig in Memphis, Bruce scaled the wall of this music icon’s home and was busted by a security guard.
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Answer: Elvis Presley
4. BOOKS AND AUTHORS for 0: In 2016 Bruce Springsteen released an autobiography called this, a title he’d used before.
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Answer: Born to Run
5. LEGENDS OF ROCK for $200: Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi were among the rockers at the 12-12-12 benefit concert to help victims of this disaster.
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Answer: Hurricane Sandy
READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen’s 10 Strongest Political Songs
6. STATES’ MEN for $400: Count Basie and Bruce Springsteen.
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Answer: New Jersey
7. IT’S A LEAP for $400: In song Kenny Loggins and Bruce Springsteen are among artists who’ve taken a “leap of” this.
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