'Jeopardy!' Makes A Spelling Error And Fans Gleefully Pounce On It
“Jeopardy!” is human, too, it seems.
The sometimes-persnickety game show made a spelling error on Wednesday’s episode, and fans razzed the quiz program for it.
In Final Jeopardy, the 19th Century Literature clue graphic read: “This author first thought of a parrot before choosing another bird ‘equallly capable of speech.’” The correct response was Edgar Allan Poe, but many viewers fixated on the extra “l” in equally.
Hey, @Jeopardy how many "L's" are in 'equally'? #Jeopardy#spellingcountspic.twitter.com/TxcdY0ZuTs
— Willie Gabel (@willieg21) June 22, 2022
The game show cleaned up the goof in its YouTube clip of Final Jeopardy, in which Jeff Weinstock unseated six-day champ Megan Wachspress. Viewers, however, were already poking fun at the blunder.
I'll take "Words with Three L's" for 200#Jeopardypic.twitter.com/YcwRf5lnD6
— Dave Sawatsky 🇺🇦 (@DaveSawatsky) June 23, 2022
Someone tell the #Jeopardy clue writers not to lean on the L button next time pic.twitter.com/xLQ62iYHys
— Vinny Simone (@VTSimone) June 22, 2022
feeling so smart tonight because i myself noticed the spelling error in final #Jeopardy
— gillian stoltz (@gillian_stoltz) June 22, 2022
me noticing a spelling error in the final @Jeopardy clue just now pic.twitter.com/VGw4nd8EHz
— yeehaw lefty 🌹🏳️⚧️ (@leftist_cowboy) June 23, 2022
Dear Jeopardy: SPELLING $200;
Equallly. Sorry, wrong answer.— William Har🇺🇦 (@William96506545) June 23, 2022
Why is #Jeopardy spelling "equally" with three Ls?
— Kevin Brown (@over_short) June 22, 2022
Seems to be a slight issue with your spelling here, @Jeopardy 😂 pic.twitter.com/YP5oY0Jfy7
— Dr. Misty Bentz 💫 (@Astronomisty) June 22, 2022
I just came here to see people talk more smack about Megan and rejoice in her defeat. Mentioning the typo in Final Jeopardy! was the bonus I didn’t expect.
Jeopardy fans are super-critical. Pity. 😏#jeopardypic.twitter.com/C1FS7nAFtM— Am_The_PoeTress (@aM_The_PoeTress) June 22, 2022
I root for correct spelling pic.twitter.com/1yarRDqbfu
— fmr espn ombudsman 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@mastranj) June 23, 2022
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
