Jeopardy!'s latest episode aired on Monday, November 18, 2024. It featured cast members from the upcoming movie Wicked. They were Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, who presented a category on the show.
The latest Jeopardy! the episode featured Jonelle Lonergan, Paul Clauson and Amy Fleenor. Among the three participants, one day champ Paul Clauson was on his way towards winning when he opted for a "Wicked" clue worth $1000. The movie director, Jon Chu, could be seen on screen, reading the clue.
However, after Paul's response, "What is wonderful?" was declared wrong. Later, when another participant said, "Immersive?" it was declared as the correct answer. Seeing the variations on one clue and its possible answers, fans took to Reddit and discussed how the show has been presenting "very poor" clues.
A Reddit user, WaterTower11101, commented about the clue presented on the latest Jeopardy! episode,
"Agree, awful clue. They should hire editors or producers to fix these things."
Another Jeopardy! fan bondfool shared,
"It's been a long time since a Jeopardy clue annoyed me this much."
One more Reddit user, Charrikayu commented,
"One of my secret fantasies is going on Jeopardy and getting to respond to Lord of the Rings clues with hyper-specific answers (since everything is named and has multiple names) for extreme nerd cred. Like for any clue for which the correct response is "Gandalf" you could respond with any of "Mithrandir", "Olórin", or "Tharkûn" and they'd have to accept it."
Just_a_random_dood commented on Reddit,
"Back to back DDs are always funny and getting all 3 (and getting them right) is huge for the W. GG WP by all 3 :)"
One more Reddit user YamamotoMinami, shared,
"Think I've had enough of Wicked being forced into everything, what a godawful category."
Another Jeopardy! fan JRTD753 wrote,
""When I first saw "Wicked" before it even hit Broadway I could envision it up on the big screen & now we invite the audience to step inside the magical world of Oz & enjoy this type of 9-letter experience" Would Cinematic have been accepted? I wasn't entirely sure what they were aiming for."
To that, Comfortable-End-593 replied and commented,
"This clue was a dud."
Another response was from JRTD753, who shared,
"I love that several of us came to the subreddit--AT THE SAME TIME--to complain about it."
Lil_Nuke_Bro also replied and said,
"Whole category was a dud."
Another comment was from RegisPhone, who shared on Reddit,
"By Jeopardy standards I don't see how they could justify ruling against "cinematic" since a movie is by definition a cinematic experience and there's nothing in the clue to make that wrong, but I also don't see how such a vague and meaningless clue could have passed Jeopardy standards in the first place, so who knows?"
Jeopardy! November 18, 2024 Episode - Fans react to "very poor" clue
Latest Jeopardy! episode featured participants Paul Clauson, Jonelle Lonergan, and Amy Fleenor, of which Paul was the one-day champion. Later on, in the game show, when he chose a $1000 Wicked clue, the movie director, Jon Chu, read out the clue and shared,
"When I first saw Wicked before it even hit Broadway, I could envision it up on the big screen & now we invite the audience to step inside the magical world of Oz & enjoy this type of 9-letter experience."
Fans must already know that the latest game show episode featured leading cast members of the Wicked movie, including Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. That is why the movie director presented the clue.
After listening to the clue, Paul answered,
"What is wonderful?"
However, the show host, Ken Jennings, declared that incorrect. Soon, another participant, Jonelle Lonergan, presented the answer,
"Immersive?"
This time, the show host said that it was the correct response.
After witnessing this, Jeopardy! fans took to the Reddit discussion board and shared their views on the show's clues. While some of the fans thought the clue was "very poor," a few of the Reddit users shared that "cinematic" would have been,
"Way closer to what they were looking for."
Many fans shared their opinion on the clue and discussed how the game show has featured "very poor" clues lately.
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