'Jeopardy!' makes joke at Astros' expense

'Jeopardy!' makes joke at Astros' expense

Published Nov. 18, 2013 10:02 p.m. ET

It just keeps getting worse for Astros fans.

As if finishing the season with a league-worst 51-111 record wasn't bad enough, the nationally televised game show "Jeopardy!" made fun of them during a recent episode.

Answer: The large valve used to control wellborge fluids on oil rigs is this "preventer"; The Astros could have used one.

Question: What is a "blowout preventer?"

Yikes. Alex Trebek probably didn't make any new fans in Houston with that one.

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