Some “Jeopardy!” Fans aren’t happy with 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 read by host Ken Jennings was: “The unofficial anthem of this region of Britain mentions seagrass, penguins and ‘the wind coming from the horn’.”
All three players were correct in their guess “What are the Falkland Islands?”
Weldon-Schilling finished 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 angry with the choice of Final Jeopardy clue, claiming it had nothing to do with the “Anthems” category.
“Agree that Anthems was not helpful or appropriate FJ category when it came to clues,” one fan wrote. reddit thread About the case.
“Surprising and unserious,” he said.
Another viewer said, “This was another FJ that didn’t require any knowledge about the category to solve.”
Another fan asked, “FJ Clue has been very weak lately. Is the writer on vacation, what’s going on?”
At the beginning of Wednesday’s episode, Chan, a promoter from Louisville, Texas, was on a four-game winning streak.
He encountered Rosenthal, a fundraiser from New York City, and Weldon-Schilling, a bar manager and sommelier from Houston, Texas.
Chan took an early lead in the game, but the situation changed during the first daily double.
The clue for the category “Poly Science” reads: “Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas is credited with coining the term for an organized effort to fake a grassroots movement.”
Chan speculates “What is astroturfing?” And it went wrong.
Due to this, she lagged behind Weldon-Schilling for the rest of the game.
All three contestants also failed in Double Jeopardy! The category was “Victorian Verse” and the clue was “Thomas Hardy really liked this made-up name, he wrote a poem about its ‘Captains’ as well as a novel about its ‘Mayor.'”
“What is Casterbridge?” was the correct answer.
Chan tried to change her fortunes in Final Jeopardy, but despite getting the questions correct, she could not overcome Weldon-Schilling’s lead.
On Reddit, fans posted a video of Weldon-Schilling’s first “Jeopardy!” Celebrated. Victory.
“Eric looked so happy at the end, I love him so much,” one fan wrote.
totally agree! He’s the new favorite in our house,” another fan said.
Other spectators lamented Chan’s disappointing defeat.
“Oh I’ll miss Ashley,” one fan wrote.
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