These are the hardest 'Jeopardy!' questions that stumped even the contestants — can you get them right?

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• While "Jeopardy!" is meant to be a game show to showcase people's intelligence, sometimes these contestants stumble.
• Using an episode database, INSIDER found some questions that stumped all three contestants. 
• With categories ranging from baseball to Disney, can you get right what these "Jeopardy!" contestants couldn't?

"Jeopardy!" is America's favorite game show and for good reason. It's entertaining to watch people earn money based on their intelligence, but every so often that intelligence runs short. 

INSIDER rummaged through J-Archive — an exhaustive, fan-made episode database — and found a number of "triple stumpers," when all three contestants did not know the answer to the clue. Although it's rare, it does happen. 

Throughout the show's 34-season history, there are a number of categories that prompt the contestants to stumble. Keep reading to see which questions confused players and to challenge yourself to see if you're smarter than a "Jeopardy!" contestant.

This question was worth $200, and the category was "Let's Have a Ball."

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First contestant's answer: "Um ..."

Second contestant's answer: "What is the 8-ball?"

Third contestant's answer: "What is the pinball?"

Correct answer: What is the cue ball?

This one was under the "Name the Automaker" category and worth $200.

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First contestant's answer: "What is Toyota?"

Second contestant's answer: "What is Mercury?"

Third contestants answer: "What is Buick?"

Correct answer: What is Pontiac?

In the "Food, Glorious Food" category, this question was worth $200.

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First contestant's answer: "What is a goose?"

Second contestant's answer: "What is a turkey?"

Third contestant's answer: "What is a partridge?"

Correct answer: What is a pigeon?

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