Emma Stone Gets to Live Out Her Dream of Appearing on Jeopardy! — but with Stephen Colbert

The actress from ‘Jadnik’ recently revealed that she applies to participate in the show every year

Superfan of Emma Stone Danger! dreams come true thanks to Stephen Colbert.

After Stone (35) previously revealed that she applied to participate in the game show every year but was unsuccessful, Colbert (59) surprised her with Danger!-quiz-style as she appeared on Tuesday’s episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Colbert revealed that he has Late show or Ed Sullivan Theater themed questions ready to see if they will Poor people the actress has what it takes to appear in the series.

Stone laughed, “Oh man. Now you’ll understand why I didn’t get on the show.”

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“Emma Stone, welcome Danger! First question, Stephen Colbert is such a fan of this author’s work, he expressed his concerns to Peter Jackson about Elves of Mirkwood,” Colbert, whose band played a version of the song Danger! theme tune for the segment, questionable.

The La la country the star answered correctly: “Who is, the author Lord of the Rings… Tolkien. Who is Tolkien?”

Elsewhere in the segment, Colbert dropped a hint: “It was rumored that the crime rate dropped dramatically during their appearance on February 9, 1964. The Ed Sullivan Show.”

Stone guessed right, “Who are the Beatles?”

Emma Stone had to live her ‘Jeopardy!’ dream with a little help from Stephen Colbert.

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“This singer spins her hips The Ed Sullivan Show In 1957, they weren’t shown because they were considered too sexual,” Colbert then asked as Stone answered correctly, “Who was Elvis Presley?”

Colbert — who pointed out that all the questions actually came up Danger! — then ended the segment with a question about Stone Poor people what did she do wrong.

“On January 30, 2024, Emma Stone appeared on Late show in support of her outstanding performance and Oscar nomination for this film,” Colbert said.

“What is… being here with you tonight?” Stone replied jokingly. Colbert insisted he was looking Poor people while the actress laughed and put her head on her hands.

Emma Stone participated in a ‘Jeopardy!’-style quiz. about ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’.

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Elsewhere in the interview, Stone revealed why she didn’t want to appear Danger from celebrities! as a competitor.

“You know you applied, you took the quiz, you got on the show because you actually had enough brains to be on the show,” the star insisted.

“Not that Danger from celebrities! people have no idea, because I’ve seen some really impressive candidates. However, I just want to know that I passed the test. Maybe it’s because I didn’t actually graduate from high school and I didn’t go to college, and I like knowing that I passed the test,” Stone added.

“This is my diploma,” she joked.

Stone’s latest Danger! comments come after she said she spent a lot of time preparing to one day be a contestant on the show during an appearance on Diversity‘with Prize giving round podcast earlier this month.

“I watch it every night and note how many correct answers I get. I swear, I could go on and on Danger!” she insisted.

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