What’s “messy?”
Throughout Wednesday evening’s “Jeopardy!” episode, recreation present followers referred to as out host Ken Jennings for a questionable ruling.
Whereas a contestant named Rishabh was decided to proceed his successful streak, different “Jeopardy!” gamers put up a great combat in the course of the intense recreation present.
Because the episode concluded with the “Final Jeopardy!” spherical, gamers had been confronted with the class “College Towns.”
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“Jeopardy!” viewers had been upset with host Ken Jennings after a solution in the course of the Ultimate Jeopardy! spherical appeared “illegible.” (Getty Pictures; Jeopardy!/ABC)
Jennings learn the immediate, “Two schools in the Southeastern Conference are located in cities with this same name but in different states.”
Rishabh, an Illinois native who’s presently a sophomore on the College of Pennsylvania, performed towards environmental legal professional Jay Eversman and affiliate professor Rachel Cassidy.
Two contestants, Rishabh and Rachel, each answered accurately with “What is Columbia?” As Rishabh wagered $9,801, he took dwelling $20,201 for his two-day win.
As Rishabh wagered $9,801, he took dwelling $20,201 for his two-day win. (Jeopardy!/ABC)
Nonetheless, recreation present followers had been fast to name out Jennings’ ruling and argued that the winner’s reply was “totally illegible.”
Rishabh’s written reply of “Columbia,” appeared to some to be merely a jumble of letters. The unique reply he jotted down was additionally scribbled out.
In the meantime, Rachel’s reply to “Columbia” was simpler to learn on display.
“Jeopardy!” contestant Rachel’s reply of “Columbia” was simpler to learn on display. (Jeopardy!/ABC)
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“I can read maybe 2 of these letters Ken Jennings. That poor lady got ROBBED!” a viewer wrote on X, previously Twitter.
“Man I just do not know if that said ‘Columbia.’ I guess if it’s good enough for Ken though,” one remark learn on Reddit.
One other fan wrote, “My ruling was that his response was illegible. Apparently my rulings have very little influence.”
“It spells ‘Cdumlaq,’” a viewer chimed in.
“I think him saying ‘I wrote Columbia’ before the answer was revealed affected Ken’s decision honestly. Because once he said that you could kind of see what he was writing, but had Ken had to make it out on his own? I don’t know if it would have counted,” one remark learn.
“Yeah, kind of a crazy call… just my opinion!” a viewer agreed.
Ken Jennings took over “Jeopardy!” internet hosting duties after Alex Trebek’s dying. (Disney/Eric McCandless)
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Passionate “Jeopardy!” followers moreover advised that the sport present ought to have keyboards as an alternative of getting gamers write out solutions.
“It’s beyond time for contestants to have a keyboard for FJ.”
In the meantime, “Jeopardy!” solutions have beforehand sparked heated debates with viewers.
Lately, a ruling had viewers riled up over the mispronunciation of a solution.
Mark Fitzpatrick, a five-day “Jeopardy!” champion, selected the $800 clue from the class, “Just Doin’ My Job.”
The immediate learn, “Knows the proper use of propofol; can count to 16 (letters in the job); can tell people to count backward from 100.”
Jennings is now internet hosting “Jeopardy!” in addition to the tournaments and “Celebrity Jeopardy!” (Eric McCandless/ABC through Getty Pictures)
Whereas Jennings was in search of the right reply, “anesthesiologist,” contestant Eamonn Campbell appeared to flub the pronunciation of the phrase.
“Anateesiologist?” Campbell answered.
Though Jennings gave the contestant one other probability, he continued to detect the right pronunciation of the phrase.
“Anathesiologist?” he mispronounced once more.
Jennings has been routinely criticized for a few of the rulings on the sport present. (Eric McCandless/ABC through Getty Pictures)
One other “Jeopardy!” contestant, Dot White, buzzed in with the right pronunciation of the phrase and answered, “”What’s an anesthesiologist?”. Jennings then accepted the right reply.
Followers had been fast to react to the questionable ruling of the difficult immediate.
“Jeopardy and ken Jennings blows it once more… screwing Eamonn out of his reply ‘anesthesiologist’…. unbelievable!!” one remark learn.
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