'Jeopardy!' fans slam contestants for missing 'basic' questions

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'Jeopardy!' fans slam contestants for missing 'basic' questions
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Despite botching nine questions in the episode, Ittai Sopher managed to become a two-day 'Jeopardy!' champion.

Ken Jennings visits SiriusXM Studios on January 06, 2020 in New York City. Fans were annoyed with the contestants on the recent episode of 'Jeopardy!'Another fan wrote:"Whoa! What was up with the folks on #Jeopardy tonight? For people of that caliber, those were some pretty basic questions that no one was getting..."

And a third added:"Holy s****! I keep saying the Final #Jeopardy clues keep getting easier, but today's takes the cake. So easy. However, two of the three contestants either misread or misunderstood the clue and didn't get the answer right. Everyone involved at @Jeopardy should be ashamed." The category in Final Jeopardy was Famous Ships, with the clue being,"this first U.S. battleship ever built was launched in 1889 but lasted less than nine years."Leung had managed not to miss any other questions during the episode until Final Jeopardy!, but Sopher and Barkey managed to get nine and five clues wrong respectively in the game.The latest frustration with the

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