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What Is A Savage Burn? Mike Bloomberg Torched By ‘Jeopardy’ Great Ken Jennings.

The Bloomberg campaign's attempt to name-check the game show champ didn't go well.
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Mike Bloomberg might want to think twice about who his campaign name-drops in the future.

Bloomberg did not qualify for Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate. Instead, his campaign fired off a series of odd jokes on Twitter about meatballs, Batman and ownership of the moon, among other things.  

But then, the campaign made a joke about Ken Jennings, who had just won the “Jeopardy” Greatest of All Time tournament:

Jennings did not appreciate the name-check: 

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