Ken Jennings playfully poked fun at the contestants on Wednesday’s (December 13) episode of Jeopardy‘s Champions Wildcard semi-finals after a “confusing” clue left all three players stumped. But some fans think the host was unfair to reject their responses. The episode saw a showdown between Ed Coulson, an economics and real estate professor from Dana Point, California, Emma Saltzberg, a campaigns director from Brooklyn, New York, and Tyler Vandenberg, a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany. All three returning champs were fighting to advance in the Champions Wildcard, the competition where previous brief champions from Seasons 37 and 38 are battling it out to earn a spot in the upcoming Tournament of Champions. But there was one clue early in the episode that caused somewhat of a stir. Under the $400 clue in the “Science” category, Jennings read, “Ocean sediment may be made up of coccolithophores, these tiny organisms, 6 billion to the square foot.
- 12/14/2023
- TV Insider
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