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‘Jeopardy!’ fans call out the show for accepting incorrect answer
“Jeopardy!” crowned a new champion on Wednesday, viewers reacted to a shocking moment during the dramatic showdown.During the episode, judges controversially allowed a Final Jeopardy answer that was technically incorrect into play, and it decided the game. Joey DeSena, a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina, had back-to-back wins and earned $44,698 total when he faced off against two competitors.First up, Lois Dioro, a realtor from West Haven, Connecticut, and Evan Dorey, a data analytics director from Toronto, Ontario.Going into Final Jeopardy, Dioro and Dorey were tied at $14,600, while DeSena was still in contention by just $100 with $7,400.It all came down to the “POETRY & PLACES” clue: “It’s the geographic word in the title of a Robert Burns poem about “the mountains … covered with snow … the straths & green valleys below.” The correct response was “Highlands.”DeSena was incorrect with “Moor??? It was fun!” which led him to drop to $199 and end his run.
