JEOPARDY! fans have been left frustrated with host Ken Jennings after a partial answer was accepted during Final Jeopardy. In the closing moments of Monday's game , contestants Neilesh Vinjamuri, Monica Anderson, and Sean Duffie took a shot at a challenging clue. As the Final Jeopardy round began, host Ken Jennings delivered the following clue.
"'Love' is within the titles of 3 of his most famous books; A fourth, 'The Rainbow', calls love 'the flower of life'," it read. Monica and Sean failed to correctly answer the clue, and while some viewers felt Neilesh's answer came up short Ken, 50, counted it as correct. The Jeopardy! champ, who went into the round with an impressive $26,100, wrote, "Who Lawrence," leaving out "is.
" More Game Show News He wagered $3,000, bringing his total up to $29,100, and giving him another victory in a runaway. After the episode aired, Jeopardy! fans flocked to Reddit to share their thoughts on the game show with some not so sure Neilesh's answer should have counted. "Have they always been allowed to exclude a verb when answering in the form of a question?" wondered one fan on the thread.
"In final? IIRC in the wagering process they tell the contestants to pre-write who to what. There was one contestant a long time ago who got penalized on FJ for phrasing (Not sure if they were the only). They don't specify singular or plural," a second fan answered.
Most read in Game shows A third noted, "Yeah it was just strange to see 'Who Lawrence?' accepted wi.