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“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.

“Jeopardy!” fans expressed their disbelief after all three contestants were left stumped by a final question about a character in a beloved piece of pop culture.On Thursday’s episode of the long-running game show, contestants Mary Walheim, Alfred Wallace and three-day defending champion Bryce Wargin came up short when presented with a clue in the “Fictional Characters” category. The prompt read: “Boq is one of these fictional people, ‘Not as big as the grown folk… but neither were they very small.'”Walheim was left with a dollar in total winnings after betting $5,999 of her total $6,000 haul when she incorrectly guessed “What is a Lilliputian?”“I’m afraid it’s not the Lilliputians from ‘Gulliver’s Travels,'” “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings told her.Walheim’s competitors, Wallace and Wargin, also appeared to believe that the clue referred to the 6-inch-tall men living on the island of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift’s classic 1726 novel.Wallace’s answer was revealed to be “What are lili?” The contestant, who wagered $10,000 of his $10,600 in winnings, noted that his response was “almost Lilluputian.” Jennings agreed, adding that Wallace had likely run out of time to write the characters’ full name.Wargin’s first guess was “What are Lilliputians?” before he crossed the answer out and wrote, “dwarves.” Jennings then informed the contestants that “What is a Munchkin?” was the correct answer.

“Jeopardy!” contestants were criticized by viewers after being stumped over a pop culture question.During Wednesday’s episode of the beloved game show, contestants Melanie Hirsch, John Rindone and Josh Weikert were given a clue for the category “Be My TV Show Guest” that read: “This star of the O.G. ‘Shaft’ guest starred as two different characters on ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'”All three players were left speechless, which ignited fans of the show to share their frustrations. “I am deeply saddened about the original Shaft Triple Stumper,” one fan wrote on Reddit.

ABC has set dates for Pat Sajak‘s final celebrity edition of Wheel of Fortune and the 2025 Jeopardy! Masters tournament.

Facebook post that the cause of death was an apparent suicide. “It is with a heavy heart that we have to let everyone know Laurin Bell decided to end her life last night,” she wrote on Monday. “She was a brilliant, funny, and beautiful soul.

the game show on Reddit last week.During Thursday’s episode, returning four-day champ Alex DeFrank from Brooklyn chose the $1,200 clue in the Double Jeopardy category “The Song of Roland Drums Machines.”“The title of his album ‘808s and Heartbreak’ refers to the death of his mother Donda, and to the Roland TR-808 used on the songs,” host Ken Jennings read to the contestants.DeFrank, who was competing against Cameron Berry from Brighton, Mass., and Hillary Hess from Arlington, Va., correctly answered, “Who is Kanye West?”But the clue about West — who has recently exhibited problematic behavior on social media — didn’t sit well with some.In a Reddit thread about the episode, one fan wrote, “That’s the fourth Kanye clue this year. Make it stop.”“That Kanye question needed a note saying the clue was recorded before he declared himself a literal Nazi,” another viewer said.A third Reddit user wrote, “I’m not inherently against ever featuring bad living people in clues, but there’s an argument to be made that it would be better to feature those sorts of people less often.

on Reddit.Another viewer wrote, “Never seen an episode in my life and I got it instantly then thought it was too obvious.”A passionate fan chimed in and added, “MAS*H and Cheers were both on the air in the early 1980s… I think both would qualify.” The comment continued, “This was one of the few triple stumpers that my wife and I both got instantly. We’ve never really watched more than a handful of episodes, but a capacity sign like that meant it had to be in a public place, and Cheers famously takes place in a bar.”The popular game show has been notorious for challenging its players with pop culture questions.Earlier this year, a “Jeopardy!” contestant walked off the stage after he missed a clue about Céline Dion.“Sharing its title with an earlier, more upbeat Huey Lewis hit, it was No.

eight-game winning streak when he appeared on the Monday, March 10 episode.But being on “Jeopardy!” meant more than winning to Silikovitz, who first auditioned for the classic game show in 2001 — and went on to miss an additional opportunity since then.“It’s been a longtime dream of mine to get here,” he told host Ken Jennings during the episode. “In 2019, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, but I continued chasing the dream, and now here I am.”Silikovitz joked, “I wouldn’t recommend that as a preparation strategy for doing well on the show,” as the audience erupted in laughter.

Drew Goins has gained a legion of fans thanks to his appearances on Jeopardy, including the time he failed to answer a Celine Dion clue after professing his love for her earlier in that episode.

Friday’s episode, before bowing and looking into the camera. “Does she know what she did?” host Ken Jennings asked about the 56-year-old singer. “Oh, she does,” Goins teased back.

hosting “Jeopardy!” when he didn’t want to be a part of the show anymore.During an interview with Rolling Stone, Jennings admitted that when he was asked to take over for Alex Trebek after his death in 2020, he wasn’t worried about his first episode.He was more concerned about the grief and mourning he and the show’s staff were experiencing over the loss of Trebek.“Everybody there was very emotional, and I had to be the one talking through it, even though I probably knew him least of all 100 people on set, crew and the staff. It was very scary. You’re aware that the audience does not want you there.

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Game shows saw some major changes this year, particularly with the departure of Pat Sajak as host of “Wheel of Fortune” after 40 years.Ryan Seacrest took over permanently, joining Ken Jennings as the new leaders of some of the longest-running shows on television, where contestants have given viewers some wild moments this year, from the risqué to the confusing.Check out the wildest game show moments of 2024 below, including a viral “Wheel of Fortune” player’s explanation for his unexpected answer.“Wheel of Fortune” contestant Tavaris Williams became an instant viral sensation thanks to his May 23 appearance and his NSFW answer.During a toss-up puzzle, the puzzle board had the letters for the phrase “_ _ _ _ /I _ /T _ E /B _ _ T!”Williams quickly buzzed in and confidently said, “Right in the butt.”His answer was met with a brief silence, then audience laughter, followed by a “What?” from fellow contestant Tyra, and a definitive “no” from Sajak as a look of utter surprise crossed Williams’ face.The correct answer was “T H I S / I S / T H E / B E S T !”“I tried to just beat my contestants by buzzing in first and letting my brain catch up,” Williams told Fox News Digital of his now infamous TV moment.“And when my brain was ready to speak, I saw the R, I saw the B, I saw the T. I went for ‘Right in the butt’… And once [host Pat Sajak] said ‘no,’ oh, it was the worst feeling,” he continued with a laugh.After taping, Williams had to keep the moment secret from his family, who were gathered to watch it live.

“Jeopardy!” fans aren’t happy about the Final Jeopardy clue on Wednesday’s episode of the game show. Returning champion Ashley Chan and new contestants Sarah Rosenthal and Eric Weldon-Schilling made it to the final round where the category was “Anthems.”The clue, as read by host Ken Jennings, was: “The unofficial anthem of this UK territory mentions kelp, penguins and ‘the wind from the horn.'”All three players were correct in their guesses which was “What are the Falkland Islands?”Weldon-Schilling ended the game with a total of $21,000 and defeated Chan, who had $2,000, and Rosenthal, who had $3,000.Fans of the show were upset with the choice for the Final Jeopardy clue, claiming that it had nothing to do with the “Anthems” category.“Agreed that ANTHEMS was not a helpful or appropriate FJ category given the clue,” one fan wrote in the Reddit thread about the episode.

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host Ken Jennings talks to the contestants. “Chris, understand you’re facing a health challenge right now that you wanted to talk about,” said Jennings, 50.“Yeah, I’ve been fighting Stage IV colon cancer since May,” Burge told the host. Jennings, surprised over Burge’s confession, simply responded, “Oh wow.”Burge then advocated for people to get checked for cancer.“Under young adult diagnoses have increased a lot in recent years,” he explained.

“sexist” clue came up during her episode.During an episode of the popular game show on Oct. 28, players had to complete the rhyming phrase “Men seldom make passes at…” for $400.Returning champion Will Wallace correctly answered “Girls who wear glasses” — but the situation became awkward as his female competitor, Heather Ryan, was wearing glasses at the time.Ryan, who works as a health program director from Binghamton, NY, thought that the phrase made everybody on the stage and in the audience “uncomfortable.”“It is definitely an odd choice,” Ryan told Binghamton University’s student-run newspaper Pipe Dream.

that controversial clue. On Monday’s episode of the “Inside Jeopardy!” podcast, Foss was joined by former champion Buzzy Cohen to discuss the moment on the game show last week that was deemed “sexist” by viewers. During the Oct.

told The US Sun, “After a recent taping, Ken asked the live audience if they enjoyed their time at the show, before asking if any of them wished they’d gone to see ‘Wheel of Fortune’ instead.”“The crowd erupted in laughter and seemed to appreciate him making fun of the rivalry and not taking it so seriously,” the source claimed. “Ken is very humble, really kind to everyone on set, and eager to answer questions from guests.”Seacrest, 49, took over from longtime “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak and made his debut in September. Longtime co-host Vanna White, who hosted with Sajak, stayed on with Seacrest.

Jim Halterman 2004 was a notable year for television viewers. “Friends” wrapped up its 10-year run; Ken Jennings had his first winning streak on “Jeopardy!”; Illinois senator Barack Obama made a splash with a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention; new series “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” became obsessions. And the news was constantly filled with stories from the Iraq war.

wrote. “More like extremely problematic! #girlswithglasses,” someone else tweeted.A third fan said, “Still angry about this.