- A little-known fact about professional
athletes is that many of them were once student athletes.
And tonight, four NBA players put
their brains and the reputations of their Alma Maters
to the test.
It is time to play College Knowledge.
[APPLAUSE]
First up, looking to activate their
wonder twin powers, representing Stanford University,
from the Los Angeles Lakers, Brook Lopez,
and from the Chicago Bulls, Robin Lopez.
[APPLAUSE]
Hello, Brook and Robin.
Welcome.
And their opponents, representing the University
of Kentucky, from the Minnesota Timberwolves, All-Star
Karl-Anthony Towns, and from the Phoenix Suns,
three-point champion Devin Booker.
[APPLAUSE]
Hello there, Karl.
Hello, Devin.
Welcome.
Uh-oh. Right?
[INAUDIBLE]
Yeah.
First question.
Do you know things? [DING]
Yes. JIMMY KIMMEL: Yes, all right.
Yeah!
JIMMY KIMMEL: They're on the ball.
Yes! [APPLAUSE]
Well, we're going to find out if you're right.
These are the rules.
I will give you question.
The first team to buzz in and answer it
correctly gets points.
If you get it right, you get the points.
If you do not get it right, you get to come in
and try to steal those points.
The winners will bring pride and glory to their schools.
The losers will bring pestilence and shame.
[LAUGHTER] - [INAUDIBLE]
JIMMY KIMMEL: Are you ready? - Yeah.
Let's begin.
The first question is, what physicist is responsible
for the equation E equals MC [DING] squared?
Brook. - Albert Einstein.
JIMMY KIMMEL: That is absolutely right, Brook!
[APPLAUSE]
I have to step back.
The first few words of that question really scared me.
Devin, have you decided not to play?
Six months, man, that's all I did.
[LAUGHTER]
That's all I did.
Next question.
What is the square root of 25?
[DING] Brook.
Five. [APPLAUSE]
JIMMY KIMMEL: Five is right.
It looked like those were on the board.
Move over, bro.
You pressed it.
No.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Devin, did you know that one?
I did. [INAUDIBLE]
JIMMY KIMMEL: You did know that one.
All right. - I did.
All right.
This one might be a good one for you, Karl and Devin.
Which University of Kentucky alum who is often
confused with a turtle now serves
as the Senate majority leader?
[LAUGHTER]
This is a politics question.
[LAUGHS] University of Kentucky?
[DING] Oh!
[LAUGHTER]
Senate majority leader looks like a turtle.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yes.
Yes, he does look like a turtle.
Do you know who the Senate majority leader is?
That was a pretty good answer.
Give it-- tell him again.
We're going to give zero points to everyone for that.
[HORN]
It was Mitch McConnell.
All right, next question.
Which Stanford Law graduate was the first female justice
to serve on the United States Supreme Court?
Hm.
There's a Supreme Court?
JIMMY KIMMEL: Devin, you've got to know this one.
I think I do. JIMMY KIMMEL: You do?
Yeah.
I'm gonna let them mess up first.
JIMMY KIMMEL: OK, yeah. All right.
[DING]
Here we go.
Lopez brothers. There.
Time.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Oh, that is a good guess, but incorrect.
Karl and Devin, do you know who it was?
[LAUGHTER]
I went to Kentucky.
The answer, Sandra Day O'Connor
is who we were looking for. - I told you to say Sandra.
I told him to say Sandra Day O'Connor.
JIMMY KIMMEL: All right, still 20 to none.
Next question, what is the term for a flock of grounded geese?
- Repeat the question, please? - No, don't repeat the question.
The question is, what is the term
for a flock of grounded geese?
[TIMER MUSIC]
Gooses.
- Gooses? - Yeah.
[DING]
Gooses.
Gooses is your answer?
[BUZZ]
[DING]
You know what-- yes, Brook, yes?
Is it still a flock?
It is not.
[BUZZ]
A gaggle is what we were looking for.
A gaggle.
Well, that applies to a lot of things.
JIMMY KIMMEL: But gooses was pretty good.
All right. All right, Kentucky.
Oh, man.
You've got to get on the board.
At least.
Which is the only American state
to begin with the letter P?
[DING]
Karl.
You pressed it.
[LAUGHTER]
No.
No it's not. - Pennsylvania.
[INAUDIBLE]
Pennsylvania is absolutely correct!
[APPLAUSE]
You're within 10 points.
Next question.
He's like, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.
Oh, no.
That's minus one.
Poseidon was the god of what?
[DING]
The sea.
JIMMY KIMMEL: That is right, Karl!
We have a tied game! [APPLAUSE]
I didn't hear it.
We didn't hear that one.
That was cheating. JIMMY KIMMEL: Oh, I'm so sorry.
He's clearly in Kentucky's favor here.
Here we go, though.
It is time for the tie breaker question.
Whoever gets closest will win.
The question is, how many continents--
and you write this down--
are there?
How many continents-- you don't have to ring in--
[DING]
This is a tie breaker. - Oh, we don't gotta ring.
He lost.
You both get to answer.
There's no losing yet.
That's what I did.
How many continents are there?
We'll start with Devin and Karl say seven.
That is absolutely correct.
[DING]
Robin and Brook, you say seven.
That is also correct! - They copied.
[APPLAUSE] - But look at our handwriting.
Everybody wins.
They copied us.
Look how much nicer our seven is, though.
[INAUDIBLE]
We're totally out of questions, [INAUDIBLE]..
Handwriting counts for something, right?
Like, look at this.
[INAUDIBLE]
I'm sorry, penmanship does not count for anything
in this particular game.
You're all winners tonight.
You are College Knowledge champions.
Well done, Brook and Robin, Karl and Devin.
[APPLAUSE]
You all go home with--
ANNOUNCER: Everybody goes home with a dorm room mini fridge.
JIMMY KIMMEL: A mini refrigerator.
[APPLAUSE]
Thanks to Brook, Robin, Karl, Devin.
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