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‘Jeopardy!’ sparks outrage with ‘neopronouns’ question: never existed when ‘Alex Trebek was still alive’

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outraged fans for $1,000. Several “Jeopardy!” viewers are up in arms after the game show included a gender-related question during Monday’s “Tournament of Champions” quarterfinal.

The question took center stage during the show’s second round when contestant Cris Pannullo selected the $600 clue in the category titled, “Speech!

Parts of Speech!” “Xem, Xyrs, Xemself,” read the clue, to which Pannullo responded: “What are pronouns?”“Those are pronouns,” host Ken Jennings responded. “Neopronouns.”The question and subsequent answer sparked a backlash online, with many X (formerly Twitter) users claiming they would quit watching the show.“Jeopardy asked about xem/xyrs/xemself ‘pronouns’ during last night’s show,” one account posted. “How would you answer this?”“I still watch Jeopardy every day but their questions and answers keep getting weirder and weirder,” a second angry fan wrote. “When Alex Trebek was still alive we never had any of this.” “I will NEVER watch Jeopardy after this.

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