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Neu “Jeopardy!” Ken Jennings hosts “Jeopardy!”Fans on Twitter accused him of unfairly judging two contestants’ answers during Wednesday’s show.
“Wow! @jeopardy has been fixed!” Why is Luigi allowed by @jeopardy to correct himself, while Harriet is not?” One viewer Tweeted
When Luigi de Guzman was shown a John Constable painting, the current champion answered “Constant”.
“Say it again!” Jennings asked de Guzman, who is in his first week as host.
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“Sorry. Who is Constable?” Jennings agreed to his reply.
The category was called “Cons” and every answer would begin with this.
However, later in the show, when contestant Harriet Wagner answered that the fantasy author of “Always Coming Home” was “Angela LeGuin” before attempting to correct her answer to Ursula LeGuin, she was interrupted by Jennings.
He said “No”, before de Guzman could give the correct answer.
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“Jeopardy!” Alex Trebek, (L), poses with Ken Jennings following his record-breaking streak of earnings on the game show. This was July 14, 2004 in Culver, California.
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Jennings said, “Yes Harriet. You remembered her name was Ursula. But I had already begun to rule against you when it came time for you to correct yourself.”
Many of his arguments were rejected by Twitter fans.
“I’m not a fan of Harriet’s ruling tonight and Guzman getting a free ride…Ken Jennings, who is partial and not a good moderator, is my opinion. One Twitter user said, “Won’t be paying attention anymore.”
Another said, “#Jeopardy I’m not happy how #KenJennings is letting some people correct themselves and not others. Partially answering questions like “class” instead of “class action” should not count.
“Gosh, Jeopardy — why not have a certain amount of time to answer? Harriet answered her revised answer of Ursula at least as quickly as Luigi was allowed to correct his response from Constant to Constable a few minutes earlier,” a third said.
A fourth called de Guzman’s win at the end of the show an “unfair runaway.”
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“#Jeopardy Why did Ken Jennings allow one male contestant to change a wrong question, but rule against the other female contestant (female), despite the fact that she gave the correct answer within the given time limit?” Because of the ruling on the final answer in double Jeopardy, tonight’s episode was unfair.”
Another fan claimed that the ruling was not gender-neutral.
Mayim Bialik was selected to co-host the game show “Jepordy!” with Ken Jennings. In July
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“That was totally unfair and Ken Jennings (and the ‘judges’) were absolutely wrong not to give her credit for a correct answer. Is the #misogyny from #Jeopardy? Sure looks like it!”
“Ken, you blew it big time! Luigi was wrong! Harriet was correct in time!” Another was chastised.
However, other people were not phased.
“So comforting and joyful to have @KenJennings behind the host podium of @Jeopardy It’s as the world should be,” a fan wrote.
Another person praised the host. “Ken! Jeopardy hosting is something you are very good at! It’s great to have Mayim along, she’s also great! Keep it up, and thanks for keeping Jeopardy at that level with Alex!
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Jennings, an ex-Jeopardy! Jennings, a former “Jeopardy!” champion, and Mayim Bialik, actress, were named permanent replacements. Alex TrebekIn July. Trebek, who hosted the show for over 37 years, died from cancer in 2020.
