‘Jeopardy!’ followers skewer contestants over Betty White flub: ‘Good grief!’
St. Olaf could be very upset.
Not one of the gamers on Friday’s episode of “Jeopardy!” appropriately answered a $400 clue about late American treasure Betty White within the “All the things’s Coming Up Rose” class.
“In 1986 she received an Emmy Award for enjoying Rose Nylund on ‘The Golden Ladies,’” host Mayim Bialik, 47, learn the clue.
Contestant Ashwin Phadnis, an lawyer from Hillsdale, NJ, buzzed in: “Who’s McClanahan?”
“Who’s Bea Arthur?” replied Brian Alzua, a biocompatibility scientist from Minneapolis. (Minnesota is Rose’s dwelling state.)
Returning champion Hannah Wilson, a Chicago knowledge scientist, didn’t even try and guess, as Bialik crammed an ungainly silence with the proper reply: “Betty White.”
The late actress died of natural causes on Dec. 31, 2021, on the age of 99. She portrayed Rose Nylund on the NBC sitcom for seven seasons, from 1985 to 1992.
Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty additionally starred.
“Golden Ladies” followers slammed the brainiacs for not understanding this data.
“These #Jeopardy contestants are gonna get roasted for not understanding Betty White was the proper query,” one Twitter user appropriately predicted.
“I can’t consider I’m watching jeopardy and never a single one of many 3 contestants knew that Betty White performed Rose Nylund on golden ladies…I’m 22, that present got here out effectively earlier than my time and even I knew that trigger I’ve watched the entire present and Betty is an icon!!” one cultured fan wrote.
“Particularly after the opposite two stars had been off the board. Good grief!” another expressed.
“How did not one of the Jeopardy contestants know that Betty White performed Rose on The Golden Ladies?! Is there any hope in any respect for America?” another asked.
Yet another added: “I’m BEYOND offended nobody knew Betty White.”
One fan claimed they didn’t even watch the present and nonetheless guessed appropriately: “Yelling betty white & by no means noticed golden ladies.”
Alzua even reacted to the criticism on Twitter, claiming: “I’d similar to to say, that YES, I KNOW WHO BETTY WHITE IS, sorry I didn’t know her CHARACTER NAME!!”
Wilson received Friday’s episode for a three-day whole of $90,601.
Earlier this week, “Jeopardy!” followers blasted the present for a “deceptive” ultimate clue that stumped contestants.
In the meantime, host Ken Jennings, 48, confronted followers’ wrath for a “dumb” class.