{"id":22314,"date":"2022-07-22T13:47:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeopardy-fans-slam-contestants-for-missing-clue-about-taylor-swift\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T13:47:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:47:40","slug":"jeopardy-fans-slam-contestants-for-missing-clue-about-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeopardy-fans-slam-contestants-for-missing-clue-about-taylor-swift\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;  fans slam contestants for missing clue about Taylor Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cJeopardy!\u201d  fans didn&#8217;t hold back in slamming the iconic game show over its latest controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers are calling out the program&#8217;s contestants over their lack of pop culture knowledge after they missed a clue about world-famous, Grammy-winning singer Taylor Swift during Wednesday&#8217;s episode.<\/p>\n<p>As the episode reached the halfway mark, returning champ Matt Mierswa, who hails from New Jersey, asked for a clue worth $400 in the \u201ctitle that completes the rhyme\u201d category, which quizzes players on their song knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Host Ken Jennings did his best trying not to belt out the famous tune, and instead, he hinted, \u201cAnd I&#8217;m just like oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh, you need to just stop, like can you just not, step on my gown?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the clue clearly fell on deaf ears, as Mierswa stood with a blank expression on his face.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers became more frustrated after the other contestants didn&#8217;t know the answer either.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Returning champ Matt Mierswa, who hails from New Jersey, was stumped when he had to guess the famous Taylor Swift song.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jeopardy!<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After saying Mierswa time was up, Jennings told the players, \u201cI really wish this was Johnny [Gilbert] reading these.  This is You Need to Calm Down by Taylor Swift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the 11-time Grammy Award-winning singer were understandably disappointed in no one being able to name the song.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers rushed to Twitter to slam the contestants, with one <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebabymac0\/status\/1549906509869596678\" target=\"_blank\">tweeting<\/a>\u201d Everyone who makes it on to #Jeopardy clearly has a crown in my book, but I cannot calm down when there is a triple stumper Taylor Swift clue.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1170383972-e1658482813659.jpg?resize=1024%2C745&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Taylor Swift is an 11-time Grammy Award-winning singer.\" class=\"wp-image-23158432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1170383972-e1658482813659.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1170383972-e1658482813659.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1170383972-e1658482813659.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Taylor Swift is an 11-time Grammy Award-winning singer.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTaylor goes unanswered at the top of the board!  I think you could throw around \u201cYou Need to Calm Down\u201d in a lot of different ways regarding #Jeopardy,\u201d another <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mfc248\/status\/1549896708519337986\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of the jeopardy contestants got the Taylor Swift clue shut the whole show down,\u201d a third <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_valgraham\/status\/1549903328552919041\" target=\"_blank\">fumed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>another <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/helsbaxian\/status\/1549903527560073217\" target=\"_blank\">added<\/a>, \u201cNOBODY GOT THE TAYLOR SWIFT QUESTION ON JEOPARDY???  boooooooooo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the hiccup, Mierswa still managed to come in first place with $26,644 worth of winnings during Wednesday&#8217;s episode.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as fans of the long-running trivia show also went wild over Jennings&#8217; crude joke on air during the July 18 episode.<\/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 didn&#8217;t hold back in slamming the iconic game show over its latest controversy. Viewers are calling out the program&#8217;s contestants over their lack of pop culture knowledge after they missed a clue about world-famous, Grammy-winning singer Taylor Swift during Wednesday&#8217;s episode. As the episode reached the halfway mark, returning champ Matt Mierswa, who &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeopardy-fans-slam-contestants-for-missing-clue-about-taylor-swift\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;  fans slam contestants for missing clue about Taylor Swift<\/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":[109,4435,9547,1021],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23089,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeopardy-contestants-for-missing-taylor-swift-clue-shut-the-whole-show-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":22314,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;  contestants for missing Taylor Swift clue: &#8216;Shut the whole show down&#8217;","date":"July 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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