Sting made a cameo appearance on Jeopardy Thursday, reading the questions to an entire category of answers about him.
And the answers (with the questions in bold) are:
- $200- In 2019, the music rights organization BMI honored this song I wrote for the most radio plays in its 14 million song catalog; remember, "I'll be watching you." (What Is "Every Breath You Take?")
- $400- My friend and colleague Shaggy and I shared the 2019Best Reggae Album Grammy for44/876; the title came from our home country's dialing codes, 44 for mine, England, and 876 for this homeland of his. (What is Jamaica?)
- $600 - My new album,Duets, features collaborations with Eric Clapton, Herbie Hancock, and this woman, whose "What's the 411?", pioneered the fusion of soul music and hip hop. (Who is Mary J. Blige?)
- $800- In the musical The Last Ship, I played the foreman of a northern English shipyard that shuts down in 1986, as a consequence of the anti-labor policies of this British prime minister. (Who is Margaret Thatcher?)
- $1000- Swiss psychologist Carl Jung coined this word to describe apparently unconnected events that coincide in time; in 1983, it gave The Police the title for our final studio album. (What is Synchronicity?)
To plug his appearance on show, Sting provided a video of him singing new words to the "Jeopardy Theme."You can check that out on the show's Twitter.