Emma Stone on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’.Photo:Scott Kowalchyk/CBS
Scott Kowalchyk/CBS
SuperfanEmma Stone’sJeopardy!dreams came true thanks toStephen Colbert.
After Stone, 35, previously revealed that she hasapplied to be on the game show every yearbut hasn’t been successful, Colbert, 59, surprised her with aJeopardy!-style quiz as she appeared on Tuesday’s episode ofThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Colbert revealed that he had someLate Showor Ed Sullivan Theater-themed questions at the ready to see if thePoor Thingsactress has what it takes to appear on the show.
Stone laughed, “Oh, boy. Now you’re going to understand why I haven’t gotten on the show.”
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“Emma Stone, welcome toJeopardy!First question, Stephen Colbert is such a fan of this author’s work, he aired his concerns with Peter Jackson about the Elves of Mirkwood,” Colbert, who had his band play a version of theJeopardy!theme tune for the segment, questioned.
TheLa La Landstar answered correctly, “Who is, the author ofLord of the Rings… Tolkien. Who is Tolkien?”
Elsewhere in the segment, Colbert gave the clue, “It was rumored that the crime rate dropped dramatically during their February 9, 1964 appearance onThe Ed Sullivan Show.”
Stone correctly guessed, “Who areThe Beatles?”
Emma Stone got to live out her ‘Jeopardy!’ dream with a little help from Stephen Colbert.CBS/Youtube
CBS/Youtube
“This singer’s hip gyrations onThe Ed Sullivan Showin 1957 were not shown because they were deemed too sexual,” Colbert then asked as Stone correctly answered: “Who was Elvis Presley?”
Colbert — who pointed out the questions had all actually appeared onJeopardy!— then ended the segment with a question about Stone’sPoor Things, which she got wrong.
“On January 30, 2024, Emma Stone appeared onThe Late Showin support of her outstanding performance and Oscar nomination for this film,” Colbert stated.
“What is… being here with you tonight?” Stone jokingly replied. Colbert insisted he was looking forPoor Thingswhile the actress laughed and put her head in her hands.
Emma Stone took part in a ‘Jeopardy!'-style quiz on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’.Scott Kowalchyk/CBS
Elsewhere in the interview, Stone revealed why she doesn’t want to appear onCelebrity Jeopardy!as a contestant.
“You know that you applied, you took the quiz, you got on the show through actually having the brains to be on the show,” the star insisted.
“Not thatCelebrity Jeopardy!people don’t have the brains, because I’ve seen some really impressive candidates. However, I just want to know that I passed the test. This might be because I didn’t really graduate from high school and I didn’t go to college, and I like knowing I passed the test,” Stone added.
“This is my degree,” she joked.
“I watch it every single night, and I mark down how many answers I get right. I swear, I could go onJeopardy!“she insisted.
source: people.com
