'Jeopardy!' fans rip Mayim Bialik for questionable ruling
foxnews.comA "Jeopardy!" answer caused quite a commotion from fans after all three contestants answered incorrectly. Earlier this week, the game show host Mayim Bialik did not receive the answer she was looking for from the three players.
Once Sami Casanova picked the category "The Quotable Alex" for $1,600, the answer read, "An author and former prisoner: ‘Socialism of any type and shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit.’" "Jeopardy!" contestants Juveria Zaheer, returning champion Hannah Wilson and Casanova each guessed [Aleksandr] Solzhenitsyn; however, the Russian name appeared to be mispronounced.
Since all three players were overruled, none of them gained the $1,600 prize. "No, this is a tricky one to pronounce, looking for Solzhenitsyn," Bialik, 47, said, emphasizing the proper pronunciation.
Despite missing out on the $1,600 prize money for the challenging puzzle, returning champion Wilson won $34,200 and will advance to the 2023 Tournament of Champions. "Jeopardy!" fans on Twitter quickly went into a frenzy and slammed the game show host for not accepting any of the three contestants’ answers. "C'mon @missmayim and @Jeopardy, those ladies all did a good enough pronunciation of Solzhenitsyn to get the $$," one comment read. "If you're not going to accept anyone's attempt to pronounce Solzhenitsyn, don't write a clue about him," another fan wrote.
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