Jeopardy! fans call out the show for applying rules inconsistently - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 07-20-2022, 07:28 PM

https://nypost.com/2022/07/20/jeopar...spelling-rule/

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“Jeopardy!” fans aren’t happy with the iconic game show’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 scribbled her answer as “Waiting for Godot.”

Host Ken Jennings went on to accept the statement as the right answer.

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.

One user on Twitter posted a side-by-side photo of the two contestants, writing, “#Jeopardy this didn’t count, but then this one did??”

Goldberger’s answer was: “Who is Harriet Tubman?”

“Apparently according to #Jeopardy producers, one of theses [sic] says ‘Waiting for Godot’ while the other does NOT say ‘Harriet Tubman.’ #MakeItMakeSense,” another viewer chimed in.

The official “Jeopardy!” website states that written answers to the Final Jeopardy! clue don’t have to be spelled the right way in order to win, “but they must be phonetically correct and not add or subtract any extraneous sounds or syllables.”

One person suggested the show goes digital in the future. “I don’t quite get why contestants don’t have keypads for Final Jeopardy. It’s 2022,” they wrote.

“I don’t get it either … jeopardy is pretty f – – king inconsistent with their rulings … that should not have been accepted … hell … the 2nd word isn’t even that legible,” someone lamented.

“If I had to pick, the Harriet Tubman was worse. Looks like Tubnuy, while the Godot error seems more that she should have crossed her T to make sure it looked like one,” a fan penned. “In either case, PLAYERS SHOULD NOT USE CURSIVE.”

stevea · 07-22-2022, 12:18 PM

If they want to keep the traditional final question, which goes back to the Art Fleming days, they could simply change the rule to requite printing, not cursive.

TSMIV · 07-22-2022, 03:11 PM

Those "pens" are hard to control. If they want to stick to handwritten answers, they should use dry erase boards.

07-22-2022, 12:18 PM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,470	If they want to keep the traditional final question, which goes back to the Art Fleming days, they could simply change the rule to requite printing, not cursive.

07-22-2022, 03:11 PM	#3
TSMIV Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 29, 2018 Location: Arkansas Posts: 696	Those "pens" are hard to control. If they want to stick to handwritten answers, they should use dry erase boards.