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Jeopardy
Published March 24, 2023 10:14am EDT


'JEOPARDY!' CONTESTANT TORN APART BY FANS AFTER HUGE MISTAKE: 'SUCH A BUFFOON'


'JEOPARDY!' HAS BEEN ON THE AIR SINCE 1964, WITH KEN JENNINGS AND MAYIM BIALIK
ACTING AS THE CURRENT HOSTS

By Emily Trainham | Fox News
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GUTFELD: 'JEOPARDY!' GOT IN TROUBLE FOR MAKING MURDER A DAILY DOUBLE

'Gutfeld!' guests discuss a ‘Jeopardy!’ question that used alleged murderer
Brian Laundrie as the clue. 

A "Jeopardy!" contestant is going viral this week after making what many fans
are considering one of the biggest blunders in the show's history.




On Wednesday's episode, a woman named Karen had a huge lead over the other two
contestants as they neared the end of the second round — she had earned $21,800,
while her competitors had earned $7,100 and $6,400.

When there were only a few clues left on the Double Jeopardy board, Karen found
a Daily Double in the "Hans, Solo" category. If she had made a modest bet, she
would have been sure to win the entire game after Final Jeopardy, as the other
players couldn't possibly catch up to her lead.



Instead, she bet $10,000.



GEN Z ‘JEOPARDY!’ CONTESTANT SHOCKS FANS WITH ‘OBSOLETE' HOBBY OF COLLECTING
DVDS: ‘GONNA GO JUMP OFF A CLIFF’



Ken Jennings has been one of the hosts of "Jeopardy!" since 2021. (Ron
Batzdorff)

Host Ken Jennings read out her clue, which was, "This artist the Younger was
working on yet another portrait of Henry VIII when he died in 1543."

It was immediately apparent that Karen didn't know the answer. As the timer ran
out, she stayed silent and began shaking her head.



"I'm sorry, Hans Holbein the Younger, that painter," Jennings told her as she
quietly said, "OK."

"Jeopardy!" fans were not pleased with a recent contestant's choices. (Sony
Pictures Television Jeopardy Productions)

The Final Jeopardy category was "American Novelists," and the other two
contestants gave the correct answer to the clue, "He served with an airman named
Yohannan in World War II & despite what readers might think, he said he enjoyed
his service," which was "Joseph Heller."



Karen went into the final round with $11,400, and she was the last to reveal her
answer.




KATY PERRY, PAT SAJAK, MAYIM BIALIK TRASHED BY FANS: TV HOSTS UNDER FIRE IN
COMPETITION SHOWS

Jennings specifically mentioned, "She had a big lead before tangling with that
last Daily Double, she needs to get 'Heller' here," but it was clear by her
facial expression that she did not have the right response.

Instead, she guessed "Hunter S. Thompson," and ended the show in third place
with $5,399.





Fans of the long-running game show were not impressed by her strategy.

"Good GOD!" one person wrote on Twitter. "Don't believe I've ever seen a
contestant go so high and fall so fast as Karen did today."

YELLOWSTONE CLUE BAFFLES ‘JEOPARDY!’ CONTESTANTS ON KEN JENNINGS' FINAL SHOW
BEFORE HIATUS



"Welcome to 3rd place and Jeopardy infamy," another viewer stated.




One person decided to make their own "Jeopardy!" clue out of the situation,
tweeting, "This person made worst daily double bet of all time - costing her
sure win and putting her in third place. Who is Karen."

Karen missed the Final Jeopardy clue, causing her to fall to third place. (Sony
Pictures Television Jeopardy Productions)

"Karen may be smart but she has zero common sense," yet another fan claimed.



One viewer even said, "Karen is such a buffoon. Rare to see someone lose like
that."

There were plenty of comments that got downright cruel, but Karen seems to be
taking her 15 minutes of fame in stride, interacting with her fans and critics
alike on a Twitter account she had created ahead of her "Jeopardy!" appearance.



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As she explained, "Making an appropriate wager requires considering the
likelihood of knowing the correct response, which requires assessing your
competency in the category, which requires awareness of what the category is,
which, at that moment, I DID NOT HAVE."

These were the final results of Karen's viral "Jeopardy!" episode. (Sony
Pictures Television Jeopardy Productions)

About the Final Jeopardy clue, she joked "Heller? I hardly even know 'er!"



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Karen summarized her experience with, "Ultimately, I did what I did, and I had
THE MOST FUN, and at the end of the day (I'm sorry Mom, I know you hate that
phrase) it's a game, and it's a show, and it's a game show."

Emily Trainham is an entertainment editor for Fox News Digital.




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