{"id":20419,"date":"2022-07-20T17:55:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T17:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeopardy-fans-slam-show-for-inconsistent-spelling-rule\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T17:55:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T17:55:48","slug":"jeopardy-fans-slam-show-for-inconsistent-spelling-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeopardy-fans-slam-show-for-inconsistent-spelling-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;  fans slam show for inconsistent spelling rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cJeopardy!\u201d  fans aren&#8217;t happy with the iconic game show&#8217;s latest controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers are calling out the program for allegedly being inconsistent with its rules.<\/p>\n<p>The July 18 episode pushed the clarity of the rules to the forefront when contestant Erica Weiner-Amachi wrote down an answer that some people thought to be indecipherable. <\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia native scribbled her answer as \u201cWaiting for Godot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Host Ken Jennings went on to accept the statement as the right answer.<\/p>\n<p>Following the moment, fans looked back on the June 22 episode when player Sadie Goldberger&#8217;s answer was deemed as false after producers thought her penmanship was illegible.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cJeopardy!\u201d  contestant Erica Weiner-Amachi wrote down an answer that some people thought to be indecipherable. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jeopardy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/sadie-goldberger-jeopardy-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Following the moment, fans looked back on the June 22 episode when player Sadie Goldberger's answer was deemed as false after producers thought her penmanship was illegible.\" class=\"wp-image-23128926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/sadie-goldberger-jeopardy-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/sadie-goldberger-jeopardy-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/sadie-goldberger-jeopardy-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Following the moment, fans looked back on the June 22 episode when player Sadie Goldberger&#8217;s answer was deemed as false after producers thought her penmanship was illegible.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jeopardy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One user on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/herschelcuyler_\/status\/1549174837448417281\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a> posted a side-by-side photo of the two contestants, writing, \u201c#Jeopardy this didn&#8217;t count, but then this one did??\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goldberger&#8217;s answer was: \u201cWho is Harriet Tubman?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently according to #Jeopardy producers, one of theses [sic] says &#8216;Waiting for Godot&#8217; while the other does NOT say &#8216;Harriet Tubman.&#8217;  #MakeItMakeSense,\u201d another viewer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkeeterBombay\/status\/1549177152851042305\" target=\"_blank\">chimed in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>The official \u201cJeopardy!\u201d  website states that written answers to the Final Jeopardy!  clue don&#8217;t have to be spelled the right way in order to win, \u201cbut they must be phonetically correct and not add or subtract any extraneous sounds or syllables.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One person suggested the show goes digital in the future.  \u201cI don&#8217;t quite get why contestants don&#8217;t have keypads for Final Jeopardy.  It&#8217;s 2022,\u201d they <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TempletonZe\/status\/1549410060547260416\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don&#8217;t quite get why contestants don&#8217;t have keypads for Final Jeopardy.  It&#8217;s 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udca8\ud83d\udcbe (@TempletonZe) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TempletonZe\/status\/1549410060547260416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t get it either \u2026 jeopardy is pretty f \u2013 \u2013 king inconsistent with their rulings \u2026 that should not have been accepted \u2026 hell \u2026 the 2nd word isn&#8217;t even that legible,\u201d someone <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zybslaw\/status\/1549261650024349697\" target=\"_blank\">laminated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had to pick, the Harriet Tubman was worse.  She looks like Tubnuy, while the Godot error seems more that she should have crossed her T to make sure it looked like one, \u201da fan <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tervalas\/status\/1549739541996642305\" target=\"_blank\">penned<\/a>.  \u201cIn either case, PLAYERS SHOULD NOT USE CURSIVE.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/ken-jennings-jeopardy-jokes-feat-image.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ken Jennings\" class=\"wp-image-23109850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/ken-jennings-jeopardy-jokes-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/ken-jennings-jeopardy-jokes-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/ken-jennings-jeopardy-jokes-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Jennings has been hosting the latest episodes of \u201cJeopardy!\u201d  and is filling in for previous host Mayim Bialik.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">A B C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fans of the long-running trivia show also went wild over Jennings, 48, who made a crude joke on air during the July 18 episode.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACinPhilly\/status\/1549173491991302146\" target=\"_blank\">During a Double Jeopardy round<\/a>a clue for \u201cActive Bible Verses\u201d read: \u201cSince no one had done this for 40 years, God told Joshua to get a knife &#038; do this to male Israelites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weiner-Amanchi then buzzed in and said: \u201cWhat is circumcise?\u201d  Jennings then proceeded to quip, \u201cThat is correct.  A painful $2,000 for you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contestants looked visibly shocked and cringed at his snafu.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cJeopardy!\u201d fans aren&#8217;t happy with the iconic game show&#8217;s latest controversy. Viewers are calling out the program for allegedly being inconsistent with its rules. The July 18 episode pushed the clarity of the rules to the forefront when contestant Erica Weiner-Amachi wrote down an answer that some people thought to be indecipherable. The Philadelphia native &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeopardy-fans-slam-show-for-inconsistent-spelling-rule\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;  fans slam show for inconsistent spelling rule<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[109,4434,4435,9547,9548],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22314,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeopardy-fans-slam-contestants-for-missing-clue-about-taylor-swift\/","url_meta":{"origin":20419,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;  fans slam contestants for missing clue about Taylor Swift","date":"July 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cJeopardy!\u201d fans didn't hold back in slamming the iconic game show over its latest controversy. 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