Fans called out the game show for an open-ended question that no one understood on the most recent episode.
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Ken Jennings has been called out by Jeopardy! fans for a confusing clueCredit: ABC
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Adriana Harmeyer faced Ty Patton and Kelsey Kaunisviita VockrodtCredit: ABC
The question was about cave paintings and fans said it was near-impossible to decipherCredit: ABC
On the June 17 episode, Ty Patton, Adriana Harmeyer, and Kelsey Kaunisviita Vockrodt competed against each other.
There were only two questions left on the board in the first round of Jeopardy!.
Ty picked the category “Human Race” for $1,000.
The clue read, “using animal fat and sticks, a team of Spanish researchers tried to solve this kind of obvious question about cave paintings.”
Ty buzzed in first and hesitated when Ken, 50, called on him.
“What is ‘how did they paint them?” he said.
Ken told him that his answer was incorrect as Kelsey buzzed in.
“What is ‘What kind of paint did they use?'” she said, in a questioning tone.
Jeopardy! Host Timeline
Jeopardy! has had a tumultuous history regarding hosts after the death of the iconic Alex Trebek in 2020. Here are all of the hosts since the game show’s inception in 1964.
Art Fleming – 1964 to 1975, he was the original host of the daytime version of Jeopardy! on NBC.
Alex Trebek – 1984 to 2020, the late, great Alex hosted Jeopardy!’s modern iteration for 36 years until his death from pancreatic cancer.
Guest hosts – 2020 to 2021, Jeopardy! tested out a series of guest hosts for week or two-week stints, including Anderson Cooper, LaVar Burton, and Aaron Rodgers.
Mike Richards – 2021, he was named host for one week before resigning amid controversy. He was the show’s executive producer at the time.
Mayim Bialik – 2021 to 2023, when Mike was announced as the show’s new host, Mayim was chosen to host tournaments and primetime specials.
Mayim and Ken Jennings – 2022 to 2023, 74-time champion Ken (the longest-winning contestant ever) joined Mayim as a guest host and they split hosting duties.
Ken Jennings – 2023 to present. Last December, Mayim announced on Instagram that she would “no longer” host Jeopardy! after a lengthy hiatus, having stood with the writer’s strike, and Ken was named sole host.
Ken now helms all editions of Jeopardy! including Celebrity Jeopardy!, the nightly show, and other primetime specials like Masters.
‘REALLY CLUNKY’
Reddit users called out the show for the confusing question that seemingly Ken struggled to even explain.
“Anyone else hate that cave painting question? It seemed really clunky and hard to tell what they were looking for as a response,” one fan asked.
“Yes, it was atrocious. Even Ken couldn’t really articulate the correct response well,” a Reddit user replied.
“The biggest problem is there are several answers that could’ve fit there in addition to the one they were going for. Both of Ty’s and Kelsey’s worked. The clue said this ‘obvious’ question. It wasn’t very obvious if none of the three players got it and two offered other plausible answers,” said another.
“Yeah I agree. Sometimes there are clues like that where the answer is some weird almost sentence that they are looking for,” a third added.
Another fan joked that maybe the clue was written in the dark, referring back to the answer.
“That was horrible lmao, really hoping they don’t do anything that clunky in the future,” said another.
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One last fan said that they thought Ty’s response was close enough to the answer.
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Ty Patton answered with how did they paint them, which Ken said was wrongCredit: ABC
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Kelsey Kaunisviita Vockrodt asked what is the kind of paint did they use?, but that was also wrongCredit: ABC
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Ken said that the answer was ‘how did they paint in a dark cave,’ which fans said was basically Ty’s answerCredit: ABC
