'Jeopardy' fans furious over 'petty' ruling that ended contestants 9-day winning streak
foxnews.com"Jeopardy" fans are angry on behalf of nine-day champion Ben Chan after a spelling error caused his winning streak to come to an end.
On Tuesday night’s episode, Chan reached the Final Jeopardy category after a rocky start with a Daily Double loss that put him close with his opponents, Lynn Di Vito and Danny Lesserman.
The category was "Shakespeare’s Characters," and the clue was "Both of the names of these 2 lovers in a Shakespeare play come from Latin words for 'blessed.'" The answer is Beatrice and Benedick from "Much Ado About Nothing." None of the contestants got it right, but Chan was achingly close.
He wrote "Beatrice and Benedict," an answer deemed incorrect because of the misspelling of the latter character's name. Chan bet $12,201 of his $17,400, leaving him with $5,199, while his competitor Di Vito wound up with $11,800, ending the Green Bay, Wisconsin, resident’s reign.
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