‘Jeopardy!’ fans call out misleading ‘steamy’ question about Zendaya

nypost.com:

“Jeopardy!” fans were up in arms over a misleading question about the Emmy-winning actress on Tuesday’s episode. The Zendaya-related clue was worth $1,000 and read by host Ken Jennings to contestants Drew Basile, Staci Garner and Alan Elverum.“Before somehow making tennis steamy in 2024, this single named star guested on Disney Channel’s ‘Good Luck Charlie,’ ” the clue read.

The first part of the question referenced her movie “Challengers.”Garner correctly guessed Zendaya, 27.However, fans of the show were not happy about the second half of the clue, since Zendaya — who is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood at the moment — only appeared in one episode of “Good Luck Charlie.”The talent was best known for another Disney Channel show, “Shake It Up,” at the start of her career.

Fans took to X (formerly Twitter) to react to the question they deemed misleading.“Watching #jeopardy when was zendaya on good luck charlie?!?” one fan tweeted.“@Jeopardy just said Zendaya was on Good Luck Charlie??

The one crossover episode?” another person said.One fan incorrectly claimed that the show “falsely stated” that Zendaya was on “Good Luck Charlie.” A different critic replied: “The answer I saw said guested, not starred.