‘Jeopardy!’ Followers React to Unusually Difficult Sport — Did You Get the Remaining Jeopardy Stumper?

Jeopardy! has been stumping many a participant with its Remaining Jeopardy clues as of late, however the Wednesday, Might 31 recreation proved to be a troublesome recreation total for each gamers and viewers at dwelling.
Taking part in within the episode have been Ilhana Redzovic (a returning champ with whole winnings of $20,400) from Chicago, Illinois, Kyle Marshall from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and Lisa Gargiulo from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Ilhana would stroll away victorious for the second night time in a row, however her win would additionally come after one other triple-stumper clue in Final Jeopardy, plus $0 in winnings after the primary spherical.
Ilhana was main the primary spherical when she answered a Each day Double incorrectly. Having wager all of it on this bonus clue, she misplaced $2,200 in a single fell swoop. The class was “Dude, Right here’s Your Automobile.” The clue: “Lamborghini’s Sesto Elemento was named for its pioneering use of this, from which a lot of the automotive is made.” However even with $0, Ilhana was nonetheless within the lead. The scores on the first break have been Ilhana with $0, Kyle with -$200, and Lisa -$200.
Lisa struggled to get out of the pink within the second spherical, decreasing her rating to -$600 by the second break. At this level, Kyle was within the lead with simply $2,200 and Ilhana was in second place with $1,800. The gamers every recouped their losses in Double Jeopardy, with the scores heading into the ultimate being Ilhana with $10,400, Kyle with $10,200, and Lisa with $4,600.
The ultimate class was “Sports activities & the Motion pictures,” with remaining clue that stumped all of them being: “A Geena Davis Institute research discovered shortly after a 2012 franchise movie’s launch, ladies’s participation on this sport rose 105 %.” The right reply was archery, however some followers on Reddit famous that given the class title and Geena Davis-related clue, A League of Their Own wouldn’t have been a nasty wager. Ilhana wagered nothing, leaving her in first place with $10,400, Kyle in second with $400, and Lisa final with $1.
“I don’t know if it was simply me, however that was fairly dismal. Higher than I may have accomplished given the problem I discovered in in the present day’s clues, however yeah. That Jeopardy spherical rating was fairly low throughout the board. It looks as if everybody had hassle staying out of the unfavourable,” one fan commented on the Jeopardy! Reddit web page.
“Received off to a tough begin however received very fascinating on the finish, with some fascinating and stunning FJ bets,” replied one person.
“I discovered in the present day’s board (like Monday’s) form of robust. It turned out to be an fascinating recreation on the finish, although,” chimed in one other fan.
Others stated the ultimate clue stumped them too. “I used to be thrown off about FJ pondering of League of Their Personal, however the date ought to have narrowed it down,” one person famous, as one other replied, “Similar. I noticed Geena Davis and sports activities and film and that’s all I believed I wanted. Oops! Is there crying in Jeopardy?”
Did you discover tonight’s recreation to be tougher than most? Pontificate within the feedback beneath, and take a look at some fan reactions to the episode on Twitter right here:
#jeopardy first spherical = ouch 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴
— 💫🌙✨kathy💫🌙✨ (@kathyhyoung2) May 31, 2023
me when the jeopardy query is “this duplicitous chantuse climbed to the highest of the billboard charts in 2022 with the lengthy awaited SOS”
pic.twitter.com/1HxeM9ngjy— priDEMONth (@sicksadchris) May 31, 2023
Ilhanna has intense Clea Duvall vibes & I really like her for it #Jeopardy
— Annie (@BadgrGrl21) May 31, 2023
That remaining jeopardy query didn’t make sense
— Briana (@bnanacole) May 31, 2023
After I noticed geena Davis institute I instantly considered baseball, however archery does make sense since she virtually certified for the Olympics #jeopardy
— Jerzygirl45 (@jerzygirl45) May 31, 2023
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