‘Jeopardy!’ insiders expose truth about longtime cheating rumor

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“Inside Jeopardy!““Just this week, somebody said, ‘Do they tell you what categories to study?'” added Cohen, who won the 2017 “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions. “I don’t know how that rumor got started … drives me crazy.”Whitcomb Foss, who works as part of the “Clue Crew” — the team responsible for researching topics around the world for the game show’s various categories — also expressed her dismay. “How does it still happen?” questioned Whitcomb Foss. “There’s no study guide, people, in case you haven’t heard.”The Post has reached out to both Cohen and Whitcomb Foss for further comment.

According to the podcast, one “Jeopardy!” alum named David Maybury, who appeared in the show’s 37th season, managed to compile tips from all the top players and created an online guide titled “The Call.” The unofficial guide details everything from what to do immediately after agreeing to be on the show to what happens after the show airs.“Jeopardy!” and host Ken Jennings have been slammed recently for various on-air mishaps, including one in which the game show MC, 48, was trolled for “robbing” a contestant of his points over an apparent pronunciation error. “After the Last Supper, Jesus traveled to this garden to pray & was arrested there,” read the $1,600 clue.Contestant Kevin Manning rang in with the correct answer of the Garden of Gethsemane, which is pronounced, “Geth-SEH-muh-nee,” according to Merriam-Webster.However, Manning pronounced the word with a hard “g” — like “gate” — which is correct and a “d” sound — rather than an “n” — on the last syllable.Jennings stated the answer was incorrect but then gave the points to a different contestant who used the correct an “n” sound at the end but also offered a soft “g” — like.