‘Jeopardy!’ followers declare Ken Jennings ‘robbed’ contestant after shady ruling
What’s … unhealthy judgment?
“Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings is within the destructive with followers after they claimed he “robbed” a contestant of his factors throughout Monday’s present.
Jennings’ questionable judgment got here when contestant Kevin Manning gave the proper reply to a clue — however with an invalid response, it appears.
“After the Final Supper, Jesus traveled to this backyard to hope & was arrested there,” was the $1,600 reply, to which Manning instantly rang in with the Backyard of Gethsemane, which is pronounced, “Geth-SEH-muh-nee.”
Nonetheless, he rattled off the title of the place in Jerusalem with a tough “g” sound — like “gate,” which is right — to start with, and a “d” sound — somewhat than an “n” — on the final syllable.
Jennings, 48, mentioned that was unsuitable and moved on to the returning champ, Tamara Ghattas, who mentioned used the “n” sound on the finish but additionally mentioned a comfortable “g” — like “gel,” which is inaccurate — on the primary syllable.
“Yeah, we simply wanted the ‘n’ in Gethsemane — that’s right,” mentioned Jennings, who additionally pronounced the title with a comfortable “g.”
The error value Manning a spot through the Ultimate Jeopardy portion of the present, dropping his $4,200 all the way down to $2,600.
Jennings’ name sparked the ire of a number of followers on Twitter.
“Uhhhh @Jeopardy —-Who selected the proper pronunciation of ‘Gethsemane’?? I would like to listen to that once more,” tweeted one person.
“Ken, the host of Jeopardy doesn’t know how one can pronounce, Gethsemane,” slammed a second person.
“Except I misunderstand #Jeopardy guidelines, the judges shouldn’t have accepted Tamara’s “Bible” reply of Jess-seh-muh-nee,” wrote an Episcopalian priest. “That’s a wholly totally different phrase than Gethsemane, which is pronounced geth-seh-muh-nee. In fact, it didn’t matter ultimately.”
In response to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Gethsemane is certainly pronounced with a tough “g” sound.
This isn’t the primary time “Jeopardy!” has come underneath the scrutiny of audiences.
Final week, the host gave a contestant full factors for answering a query about “Star Wars” actor Ewan McGregor with the unsuitable final title.
Professor Melissa Klapper answered the clue with, “Who’s Ewan Gregor?”
One other misstep occurred when an enhancing error revealed the ultimate scores of the gamers — however throughout host Mayim Bialik’s opening monologue, spoiling the episode for eagle-eyed viewers.