Jinx Challenge with Elizabeth Banks | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Intro -Welcome back, everybody. We're hanging out with Elizabeth Banks now! [ Cheers and applause ] Elizabeth, I feel that we have a good connection going right now. And I have a game that we could play to prove it. It's time for the Jinx Challenge. Here we go. -♪ J-J-Jinx, J-J-Jinx Challenge ♪ -All right. Now, here's how it works. We're gonna read a category from the card, okay? And then I'm gonna count to three. We both say something in that category at the same time. When we say the same thing, it's a jinx. And we want jinx. -Okay. Like, "Jinx. Buy me a Coke." -Yes. Correct. Yes, yes. So, yeah. So we're gonna see how many jinxes we can get. First, we have to put on our Jinx gloves. -What? Now... -Okay. This is a thing. -Oh! Okay. -You put maybe that hand. -Wait. This hand? -Yes. That's correct. -Oh, like a high-five. -Yeah. Then we're connected. -Oh! Oh, yeah, I feel this. -So, yeah. So we can -- you feel this? -Oh, yeah. -Right, right? Okay. Here we go. -Do you feel it? -Yes, I feel this. Yeah. We're jinxing, yeah. This is already -- Yeah. -Ooh. -All right. Right? Okay. All right. Here we go. -Okay. Parts of the Face -All right. Now, the first category, all right? We don't have to guess right now, but the first category is Parts of the Face. Okay? -Parts of the Face. -"Skincare" is your new movie. -That's right. -All right. So Parts of the Face. We're both gonna name a part of the face on the count of three. -Do I say...? -...2, 3. -Nose. -Nose. [ Both laugh ] [ Ding! ] ♪♪ -See? See how good -- I knew we were gonna be good. -I feel like I'm winning an Olympic medal! -Now, this is what I'm talking about. We're both very competitive. This is perfect. We already -- This is a great. We're already setting records. Okay, here we go. -All right, here we go. -Who have you played this with before? Who am I beating? -No one. This is the first time we played this. Famous Person with a One-Word Name. Famous Person -Okay, I got it. Come on. We got this. Famous person, one-word name. -Famous person with a one-word name. -Is... -Wait. Is the person we're about to say. -And it is 3, 2, 1. -Cher! -Madonna! Damn it! That was my second choice. -Okay, okay. That was my second choice. -Okay, okay, okay. Famous person, one-word name. -[ Sighs loudly ] Well... -Famous person, one-word name. Oh, we're doing it again. Even though we missed it? Okay, okay. Hang on, hang on, hang on. Hang on. I gotta get one. I had Cher and Madonna. I mean... Aah! -All right. Um, okay. Okay. -We got this. -Yeah. -We got this. -We got this. -Okay. -1, 2, 3... -Prince! -Beyoncé! [ Sad tuba plays ] -All right. Now we're running out of people. I'm trying to think of who else has a one-word name. Oh, I think we're just gonna take the loss on that one. Breakfast Foods So we missed that Jinx. That's all right. -Okay, okay. -Let's try to get three jinxes. Okay. -Okay. -Next category is Breakfast Foods. -How come my arm's all the way over here? -I don't know. Yeah. I'm sorry. -You pushed me. You pushed me. Maybe you're just so used to "Press Your Luck," you're pressing everything all the time. -That's right. -Yeah. All right. -All right. Wait. What is the category? -Sorry. Category is Breakfast Foods. -Breakfast Foods. -Breakfast Foods. -I got it. -Breakfast. For breakfast, you have... 3, 2, 1... -Pancakes! -Eggs! [ Sad tuba plays ] [ Laughter ] Yeah. Oh, no, I know, I know it! Do you know it? -What? -Let's do it again. Because I feel like we're gonna jinx on this one. -Okay. Are we just doing it -- Breakfast Food? -Yeah. -All right. -You can't say what you already said. -I know. All right. -Okay, I'm feeling this one. Ready? 3, 2, 1... -Waffles! -Waffles! [ Cheers and applause ] [ Ding! ] ♪♪ -Arm is getting tired. -It was the combo. -My arm is getting tired. -I don't really know what this part's for. -I don't know it this part of it -- No, this part is -- No, this has nothing to do with anything. I don't understand it, but here we go. But it's helping us. -It's a fun... -All right, we got waffles. Here we go. -This is something that someone would sell on eBay. Summer Camp Activity -Summer Camp Activity. -Ooh. -Summer Camp Activity. -Summer Camp Activity. Okay, okay. Yeah, yeah. Okay. -I think I know. -Okay. -Summer Camp... -Activity. -...Activity. -Yeah. Nice. -3, 2, 1... -Swimming! -Swimming! [ Cheers and applause ] [ Ding! ] ♪♪ -This is the dumbest game we've ever played. It's so fun. All right. For this last one, it is worth... It is worth 10,000 points. -10,000 points?! The other ones have only been worth 4 points. -This is for the Jinx championship. -We have 38 points going into this round. Name a Beetle Okay, here we go. -All right. It says Name a Beatle. -Okay. -Name a beetle. -Name one of the Beatles. -Oh. Oh! The sing-- Oh, okay. The band. -Yes. [ Laughter ] -Not the insect. -Yeah. No, that would be impressive if we could -- -I know a lot. -Really? All right. Yeah. Um... All right. Name a Beatle. -Last name. -Oh, interesting. Last name. Okay. Okay. I was gonna go first name. -Oh. Okay. We can go first name. -No, no, no, no, we'll go last name. -Last name. -Last name of a Beatle. -That's right. Last name of a -- of a person who was in the band The Beatles. -The band, the Beatles. -That's right. The last name... -Last name of a person in the Beatles is... 3, 2, 1... -McCartney. -Lennon. -Okay. [ Laughter ] [ Sad tuba plays ] I thought last name was -- Wait. All right. So, this one, we got to nail this one. All right? We gotta nail this one. Are you gonna get this one? -Uh, okay. We gonna do first name? Are we doing The Beatles? -First name! Yes, yes, yes, yes! Oh, my gosh! We still got this! For 10,000 points, name a Beatle. 1, 2, 3. -Ringo! -Ringo! [ Cheers and applause ] [ Ding! ] -Elizabeth Banks, everybody! We'll be right back with more "Tonight Show," everybody!

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