‘Jeopardy!’ Fans Are Going Off After Contestants Have 'Epic Fails' With 'Pretty Clear' Final Question

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ART HISTORY ISN'T something many people study throughout their years at school. But when the subject came up as a category in the final round of Jeopardy!, it left viewers thinking it isn't as difficult as it might sound.

In a YouTube video posted on July 10, fans saw host Ken Jennings asked Alex Gordon, Dileri Johnson and James Tyler to answer a clue about two artists who lived in 19th century Paris, France. It read: "At the 1865 Paris art salon, the elder of these two men said if the younger were successful, it would be 'because his name sounds like mine.'"

As the competitors raced to give an answer against the 30-second clock, the famous Jeopardy! theme song played in the background. When the time fully elapsed, Jennings asked Gordon to share his guess. "Who are [Édouard] Manet and [Claude] Monet," he responded. With that, Jennings declared that Gordon was correct.

But when it came to Dileri and James' replies, they unfortunately only gave half of the right answer. "Who is Manet?" Dileri wrote down, while James' screen read, "Who is Monet?"

This led Jennings to make a funny quip about the two competitors. "Well between you and Dileri, you have a correct response," he joked. Still, that wasn't the greatest twist of the game.

Despite Gordon receiving full credit for answering the question, fans were shocked to see that he didn't win the game. When they saw that Tyler took home the title because he had the highest earnings in the end, they wasted no time sharing their two cents on the matter.

"I'm starting to think we won't have another [Tournament of Champions] qualifier until the next season starts," one person wrote on YouTube, referencing Gordon not winning more than one game after his initial win on July 7. "Epic fails by both the leaders. [To be honest], I made the same choke and tried guessing which was older, Monet or Manet, then I caught myself and nailed it," another noted. "It's pretty clear - 'this' or 'these' always indicates the correct question. They just misread the clue, plain and simple," a different viewer remarked on Twitter.

Despite his first win, Tyler eventually lost when he didn't come out on top in the next taping. So, like Gordon, his reign as champion only lasted one game. This contrasts the historic 2022 season of Jeopardy! when the quiz show featured a handful of contestants with long winning streaks, including Matt Amodio, Amy Schneider and Mattea Roach.

Only time will tell if another trivia wiz will follow in their steps and shatter records again.

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