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Though we continue to live in a world where the supply of fresh Jeopardy! episodes slowly dwindles, the ones currently airing offer insight into the fickle nature of trivia knowledge. While many of the contestants on the syndicated show possess a wide range of interests and command of large quantities of trivia, sometimes a good old fashioned pop culture question is the difference in a game.

Monday’s edition of Jeopardy! was yet another example of that, as contestants were tripped up by a Final Jeopardy! question deemed easy by a lot of viewers. In fact, some predicted what the answer would be well before the question ever hit their screens. The Final Jeopardy category on Monday was Recent Movie Songs, and given that the show was recorded a few months earlier it certainly limited what “recent” releases are. Given that the biggest recent movie song was Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper singing in A Star Is Born, many people flat out guessed it would be the answer.

Here was the Final Jeopardy clue: “In October 2019 this song, a duet, was still in the top 10 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart after spending a year on the chart.”

Twitter was flooded with answers about “Shallow” and how many predicted the answer to the question before it was even read after the commercial break.

Even some former contestants who often play along on Twitter knew it right away.

But it was far from a gimmie for those playing. Only contestant Ben Sonday had the right answer. Andrew Cramer knew it was a Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper song, but didn’t have the name. And champion Felicity Flesher got it wrong, calling it “Into the Deep.” It’s likely a nod to one of the song’s lyrics — I’m off the deep end, watch as I dive in — but it was incorrect.

Fittingly, knowing the answer wasn’t enough for Sonday to win, wagering just $401. Cramer, meanwhile, had enough left to beat out Flesher, who would have easily escaped if she could come up with “Shallow.”

It just goes to show you: one person’s ubiquitous earworm may be another person’s undoing on Jeopardy! Gotta be prepared for everything while on stage.

If your pre-coronavirus life consisted of near-daily hikes, weekend camping trips, and any other excuse to spend an excessive amount of time outside, you’re probably having a tougher time in quarantine than us homebodies. Especially if you don’t have a backyard. But while trailheads, beaches, and national parks remain closed to the public, you can still enjoy the outdoors — so long as you’re keeping socially distant from others. In fact, you can do it tonight.

Pack some snacks, gather your housemates, bundle up, and take a drive out to a dark and secluded place away from the city to catch the Lyrid Meteor shower this very evening. From about 12 AM to 4 AM you can enjoy a meteor show that should produce about 15 meteors per hour, according to Earth Sky. It’s not exactly a jaw-dropping amount, but it’s a great excuse to take a long drive and get some fresh air, and it’s not like you have anything else to do tonight.

Tonight’s near new moon will also improve viewing conditions a great deal, as the shooting stars won’t have to compete with the bright light of the moon, so if you’re feeling lazy it is possible to catch some activity from the city, but the show won’t nearly be as brilliant. To best view the Lyrids, head to a dark area away from light pollution and look towards the southwest early in the night. As the hours approach dawn, turn your gaze directly overhead. The meteors will be emanating from the constellation Lyra, which, if you’re unfamiliar, looks kind of like a juice box. You’ll want to fix your gaze towards that general area to catch the most activity.

If you’re feeling creative, this is a great time to grab that camera and tripod and capture some time-lapses of the night’s sky show.

While The Last Dance is nominally about the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, the 10-hour documentary goes much deeper into the history of the team’s major players like Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, and will continue to follow that trajectory as it bounces back and forth from the 97-98 season to the past that shaped that last team.

The next episode will feature the Bulls-Pistons rivalry of the late 80s and early 90s, and also introduce Dennis Rodman to the documentary for the first time, with some fantastic stories surely to come out of his involvement and his teammates’ remembrances of The Worm. After that, we’ll get to the first three-peat and, eventually, Michael Jordan’s first retirement after the 1992-93 season.

Jordan’s retirement to play baseball in the minor leagues for 18 months before returning in 1995 remains a hot topic for many, with speculation about exactly why he chose to step away from basketball. After the murder of his father, Jordan decided to pursue his first sports love of baseball, but there are some that believe there was more to it. The “secret suspension” theory is popular among some corners of the internet, but former teammate Steve Kerr believes Jordan was simply emotionally exhausted from the constant scrutiny and spotlight that followed him as the world’s most famous athlete (and, arguably, person), as he told Rachel Nichols on The Jump.

“Make no mistake about it, he faced all kinds scrutiny, but it was different,” Kerr said. “I will always maintain that the reason he really went and played baseball was because he was fried emotionally from the scrutiny that really only he felt. Just watching him, by the time I got there, watching the life that he led compared to everyone else, it was insane. And so, I think he had had enough and just stepped away for a little while, then came back and was ready to roll.”

It wouldn’t be surprising if this was the case, with his father’s death only adding to the emotional weight he would’ve had to carry. It’ll be interesting how much The Last Dance dives into that decision and how much Jordan speaks on it, but we’ll just have to wait a few weeks to find out.

The anti-vaxxer movement is starting to have a very negative impact on people’s health. Their belief in the false notion that vaccines cause autism has led to a decrease in the number of vaccinated Americas.

Last year, this created the largest measles outbreak in the U.S. since 1992. Back in 2000, it was believed that the disease had been completely eradicated in the U.S.

The health problems caused by the anti-vaxxer movement have led many to fear how they will respond to COVID-19. Health officials warn that life many not completely return to normal in the United States until a COVID-19 vaccine is administered to the entire population.

Over 70 potential vaccines are currently in the works across the world.

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However, there is some hope that the current crisis will change some anti-vaxxers’ minds.

Haley Searcy, a former anti-vaxxer, told CNN she has changed her mind about vaccines because of the pandemic. “I was just as scared of vaccines as I was of the diseases they protect against,” she said.

“Since COVID-19, I’ve seen firsthand what these diseases can do when they’re not being fought with vaccines,” said Searcy. A big reason for her change of heart is her mother.

“My mother has a lung disease, so if she gets COVID-19 there is no fighting it,” she added. “I learned as much as I could to speak out against misinformation in the hopes that I could convince more people to stay home and follow social distancing so that she won’t get sick.”

“So many lives are at stake, including people I care about who are very vulnerable,” Searcy said.

Searcy’s dear of vaccines stemmed from a lack of knowledge on the subject. “I wasn’t actively looking for vaccine information but the more I learned, the more I realized it would help and the easier it became to recognize the lack of science in anti-vax arguments,” she said.

The modern anti-vaxxer movement was born in 1998 when a fraudulent paper authored by Mr. Andy Wakefield alleged a connection between the MMR vaccine and autism. The paper was later redacted.

Since, there have been over 140 peer-reviewed articles, published in relatively high impact factor or specialized journals that document the lack of a correlation between autism and vaccines.

Last year, another study of over 650,000 children found there is absolutely no evidence that vaccinations cause autism.

Lynette Marie Barron, who runs an anti-vaxxer group called Tough Love, says around half of its members would take a COVID-19 vaccine. She told CNN the split is “like a 50/50, which I wasn’t expecting,” with some saying they were “so scared” of the virus that they would get a vaccine if it were available.

She says that others, like herself, “don’t care” and “wouldn’t if you paid me a million dollars.”

It’s telling the way people behave when in a crisis versus everyday life. Some anti-vaxxers probably get a kick out of pumping themselves up by pretending they know more than the experts. But now that vaccines are a matter of life and death, some are smartening up and listening to science.

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Epic and Google have apparently squashed their app store beef and have made it easier for you to get Fortnite on your mobile phone these days. The maker of Fortnite has officially put the massively popular battle royale game back into Google’s Play Store after a year-plus absence over in-game purchases.

Fortnite had always existed on Android devices, but getting it on your phone or tablet required a workaround because of a dispute between Fortnite maker Epic and Google. The game could be downloaded from outside the Play store — directly from Epic’s website — because the game maker didn’t want to give Google a cut of any in-game purchases.

Here’s the full statement from Epic about the decision to put the game back into the Play Store:

After 18 months of operating Fortnite on Android outside of the Google Play Store, we’ve come to a basic realization:

Google puts software downloadable outside of Google Play at a disadvantage, through technical and business measures such as scary, repetitive security pop-ups for downloaded and updated software, restrictive manufacturer and carrier agreements and dealings, Google public relations characterizing third party software sources as malware, and new efforts such as Google Play Protect to outright block software obtained outside the Google Play store.

Because of this, we’ve launched Fortnite for Android on the Google Play Store. We’ll continue to operate the Epic Games App and Fortnite outside of Google Play, too.

We hope that Google will revise its policies and business dealings in the near future, so that all developers are free to reach and engage in commerce with customers on Android and in the Play Store through open services, including payment services, that can compete on a level playing field.

It’s an interesting dispute from a business perspective: it’s much easier to get other apps and software on your Android phone than say, an Apple device that’s essentially locked down with the exception of things available in Apple’s app store. But in avoiding Google’s Play Store, while entirely possible to do, it’s making things much harder for gamers who want to play Fortnite on their Android device. and those that don’t know it’s possible to download it outside of the Play Store missed out altogether.

Well, problem solved now.

[via Polygon]

WWE’s Money in the Bank PPV is coming up in about two and a half weeks, on Sunday, May 10. Thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, it’s been moved from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore. WWE hasn’t actually said where the regular matches will originate, but we know that the two Money in the Bank Ladder Matches are happening at WWE Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. As WWE has explained, the matches will start on the ground floor, and competitors will have to make it all the way to the roof of the building, where the briefcase will be hanging.

Solo Wrestling on Twitter has photos of the entire rooftop setup in Stamford, including the men’s and women’s briefcases hanging above the ring.

It honestly looks a little treacherous up there. Hopefully it won’t be too windy.

Here’s the latest card for the event as far as we know at this point:

• The Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match currently has Asuka, Shayna Baszler, Nia Jax, and Dana Brooke, plus either Lacey Evans or Sasha Banks and a sixth unnamed competitor.
• The Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match so far has Daniel Bryan, Rey Mysterio, Aleister Black, Apollo Crews, and either Drew Gulak or King Corbin, plus a sixth competitor.
• Braun Strowman will defend his WWE Universal Championship against Bray Wyatt.
• Bayley will defend her WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship against Tamina.
• Drew McIntyre will defend his WWE Universal Championship against Seth Rollins.

When Netflix chose a release date for its docuseries Tiger King, there’s no way the streaming giant could’ve known that the world would go into lockdown, and the show would become an instantaneous social media hit thanks to a captive audience. For a month straight, the strange adventures of Joe Exotic and his rival, Carole Baskin, have dominated headlines and even resulted in a quickly-produced bonus episode starring Joel McHale, so it’s no surprise that Netflix is now reporting huge numbers for the viral series. But as ubiquitous as Tiger King seems to be, the show just narrowly missed landing the top spot of most-watched series, according to Deadline:

In an investor letter released today for the Reed Hastings-run streamer’s Q1 earnings report in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and widespread stay-at-home orders, the sordid saga of the now imprisoned Joe Exotic, big cats, betrayal and more was watched by 64 million households around the planet over its first month of release.

To give a further global context, that blockbuster number for Tiger King is slightly exceeded by the Season 4 launch of the suspenseful La Casa de Papel AKA Money Heist, which dropped on April 3. The latest eight-episode of the Álex Pina created Spanish language worldwide hit has had 65 million households, according to the investor letter Netflix put out after the closing bell today.

Of course, it’s important to note that these numbers are coming directly from Netflix, which has been notoriously secret about protecting its internal data from third party verification. On top of that, the streaming service recently revealed that it implemented a controversial change to its viewing metrics. Before, audiences had to watch at least 70% of an episode or movie for it to count as a “view.” Now, merely watching the first two minutes is enough to qualify for a view. This change resulted in some healthy skepticism around the actual success of Netflix’s The Witcher and 6 Underground, and it will presumably raise a few eyebrows in regards to the real viewership size for Tiger King.

(Via Deadline)

Aside from the quarterbacks at the very top, there is no group with more buzz heading into the 2020 NFL Draft than the wide receiver class. There are a number that could find their way into the first round and the depth is rather incredible throughout the draft.

As such, there’s going to be ample opportunity for teams to find talent at receiver who fit whatever needs they may have. There are burners, shifty slot guys, and some serious physical specimens on the outside. Antonio Gandy-Golden from Liberty fits into that latter category. At 6’4, 223 pounds, he has terrific size, and during the Flames’ two seasons at the FBS level, Gandy-Golden recorded more than 2,400 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns.

He has big play ability, as evidenced by his 17.7 yards per reception, and was, by far, Liberty’s best offensive weapon. Entering the NFL Draft, Gandy-Golden figures to find himself taken in the mid-rounds given the depth of this year’s class, but he has the size and potential to be a steal for whatever team lands him. Ahead of the start of NFL Draft weekend, Gandy-Golden spoke with Uproxx Sports on behalf of Panini, as he is part of their “Road to Rated Rookie” video series that will follow Jerry Jeudy, D’Andre Swift, Jordan Love, Eno Benjamin, and Gandy-Golden through the draft process and into their NFL debuts.

Gandy-Golden discussed the somewhat strange draft process he’s gone through this year, how he’s been able to keep training, his love of puzzles, what teams have told him to work on the most in his game, and more.

This has obviously been a unique draft process for everybody. What has it been like for you the last couple months?

It’s been pretty normal, aside from everything being shut down. I’ve still been able to workout and things like that, so I can’t really get too deterred or thrown off my schedule as far as that goes. It’s definitely been weird having to find new places and just trying to work things out to where I can workout.

What have you found you’ve been able to do to keep training and keep trying to sharpen those skills as you get ready to go to the next level?

I’ve pretty much been able to do everything. I’m up at my school right now, so I can use our outdoor fields and some days our indoor fields. I have a few people that have been able to come throw with me so I can catch with and things like that, and I also have a small gym here I still have access to.

You’re part of Panini’s “Road to Rated Rookie” series. What are folks going to learn about you as a person and a player in this series?

I feel like I’m more than just a football player. I have many other things I can do that I have interest in, and I feel like that will interest them in just seeing that aspect of it and it’s more than I just play football at the level that I do. I just am an overall fun guy. I’m not just a big stiff robot that plays football [laughs].

What are some of those things you like to do off the field, whether it’s to decompress or just non-football stuff you’re really into?

Yeah, I like puzzles and that’ll be a big thing people see most and find that interesting. I love anything that pretty much challenges me, so I have this think called the Kendama that I do. I like to draw, I like music and things like that, I like to dance on occasion. You know, just to have fun and lighten up the mood.

Part of the draft process is kind of selling yourself to teams and letting them know what they’d be getting if they take you. What are you telling teams that you talk to in meetings or calls about you as a football player and what they’d be getting as a guy in the locker room?

Yeah, yeah, so just as a football player, I do what I’m supposed to do on the field as well as off the field, but that I’m a guy they can trust and rely on to get things done. I feel like that’s a good thing for a team. I’m physical — a big, physical receiver — and I like to impose my will. They can look at my film and see that, but it’s always good to hear it when they talk to me. Off the field, I don’t get in trouble. So that’s another sort of security blanket type of thing they can have, just knowing that off the field issues will not be a worry.

On the other side, what are things teams have told you that they want to see you work on and improve on — as well as the things they like in your game — in terms of feedback of what they’ve seen on tape?

So they like my physicality and how I am on the field. They like how I run a route, like my head’s on fire, basically. We can agree on this too, that I need to polish up my releases and work on those, and just get that initial separation. But overall they say they like my game and anything else they say they can help me work on.

As you say, you’re a big, physical guy at 6’4, 220-230, who are the guys in the league that you look up to or model your game after or think you have some similarities to?

I love Julio Jones, Larry Fitzgerald. Those have always been my top two guys. Definitely as of recently, Michael Thomas just with how smooth he is and how efficient he is and gets things done and has become one of the top few guys in the league the past few years. Just those three guys mainly, Thomas fairly recently, but those top two guys for a long time.

How are you managing the stress and excitement as we get a few days away from draft weekend?

I’ve just been relaxing, taking my time just in my day. Enjoying this time I have right now, and working out of course. That’s always a good thing, just trying to set a pace and having everything ready to go so when my name is called I won’t have any hiccups.

When your name is called, what’s your setup going to be for watching the Draft?

I’m going to be at my school and hopefully I can get one of the facilities to have a nice place to watch it and have a few people with me. But, yeah, I’ll just be watching it with my family waiting for that day and waiting for that call.

When you do get drafted, Panini will get you on a card. Are you looking forward to that as a milestone and getting that first trading card?

Oh yeah, for sure. I’m definitely excited and I’m super glad we’ve been working together and everything they’ve been doing for me that we’ve been working together on, it’s been amazing, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for us.