Jeopardy! followers will not be proud of how one query turned out. The sport present took away a contestant’s reply, which lowered their rating going into Ultimate Jeopardy.
On Friday, April 11, Stephanie Rosman, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, performed in opposition to Michael DiScuillo, from Austin, Texas, and returning champion, Andrew Hayes, from Tupelo, Mississippi.
Going into Double Jeopardy, Rosman was in third with $4,600. One query throughout this spherical brought on controversy after Rosman’s reply. The clue learn, “After he was barred from contributing to Dartmouth’s humor journal, Ted Geisel started submitting items below this center identify.” She answered with, “Who’s Dr. Seuss?” His actual identify was Theodor Seuss Geisel.
“That’s how he turned Dr. Seuss. Sure,” host Ken Jennings stated. Rosman gained one other $400. She ended the spherical with $13,700, placing her in second.
Nonetheless, when the sport present got here again from a industrial break proper earlier than Ultimate Jeopardy, Jennings advised Rosman that the reply was dominated incorrectly as a result of she stated “physician” as a substitute of simply Seuss. They took away $800 from her complete, dropping her down to 3rd place with $12,900.