Jeopardy! viewers by no means hesitate to place the long-lasting quiz present on blast over clues they understand as far too straightforward. However on Friday, December 13’s episode, there was Day by day Double as a lot backlash because the newest unchallenging clue, in line with followers, was marketed as being essentially the most tough.
The contestants had been returning champion Ashley Chan, a publicist from Lewisville, Texas, who entered with a one-day complete of $15,600, Carla Winston, a political scientist from Baltimore, Maryland, and Ram Murali, a author initially from London, England.
Through the Jeopardy! spherical, Winston chosen the $1,000, or backside row, clue within the “You Don’t Know Him From Adam” class, which concerned completely different celebrities named Adam. This already narrowed issues down.
Ken Jennings learn the clue: “A custom-made Lincoln Futura turned the long-lasting Batmobile stuffed with devices & pushed on TV by this actor.” Winston appropriately responded, “Who’s: Adam West?”
Followers took to the Jeopardy! Reddit thread for the episode surprised that the Adam West clue was within the backside row which is supposed for essentially the most tough of the questions (or on this case Adams, which additionally included Adam Lambert and Adam Scott).
“I do know I’m outdated when “Who performed Batman on TV within the 60’s” is a $1000 clue,” one fan wrote.
“I used to be bracing for it to be a Triple Stumper, however thankfully it wasn’t and I used to be relieved,” wrote one other.
“Kinda wild that it was a backside row clue LOL,” wrote a 3rd.
“Even Household Man had joked about Adam West for YEARS semi-recently,” replied a fourth.
“That was the best one for me in that class! Simple cash!” wrote a fifth.
“I guess for younger individuals immediately Adam West is among the prime thirty or forty most recognizable individuals from the sixties,” a sixth agreed.
“Yeah I knew that as a 80s child,” wrote yet one more.
The late Adam West portrayed Batman within the Sixties ABC sequence (under) and its 1966 film. He reprised the position in numerous types for many years and parodied himself on The Simpsons and on Household Man as a fundamental solid member because the mayor till his 2017 passing.
The $1,000 increase for Winston didn’t impression the results- Chan wagered small from the lead on a missed Remaining Jeopardy clue to win out with $13,500 and a two-day complete of $29,100. That stated, this isn’t the primary time followers left questioning a clue’s worth up to now week.
On Wednesday, December 11’s episode, the “Phrase of Science” Remaining Jeopardy clue was, “nobelprize .org says some papers of this scientist ‘are saved in lead containers,’ a ‘legacy that’s actually untouchable’.” It was a triple-get, as everybody was simply in a position to concoct the proper reply, “Who’s: Marie Curie?”
One fan wrote on Reddit on the time, ““FJ was like a $200 clue…….” One other requested, “How is that clue worthy of Remaining Jeopardy?”