THE Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions finale has been met with some backlash.

Fans thought host Ken Jennings let contestant Ben Chan get away with not saying an important phrase before answering.

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Ken Jennings was called out for not correcting a contestant, as fans pointed out an errorCredit: JEOPARDY

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Many Jeopardy! watchers thought that Ben Chan didn’t answer in the form of a question, which is a major rule of the gameCredit: JEOPARDY
Ben, 48, Troy Meyer, and Yogesh Raut competed in episode four of the finals.

When the show came back from commercial, Ken, 49, read off the categories.

Yogesh, 38, was the first to pick the category.

He selected “The Knightly News.”

After the question was read, Ben said, “What’s Burberry?”

Ben selected the next category, to which the question was “Covering around 300 square miles in Wiltshire County, England, this plain is known for its monuments including Stonehenge.”

He answered with, “Salisbury.”

Fans thought he didn’t say his answer in the form of a question, but he very quietly said “What’s Salisbury?”

Jeopardy! and Ken are very big on their contestants answering in the form of a question.

It is in the official rules of the game.
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However, the host did not seem to correct Ben.

FANS NOTICE

Fans on X, formerly Twitter, pointed out the error and called out Ken for not fixing it.

“On #Jeopardy tonight, Ben did not include ‘What is…’ in his answer on a $1,600 clue,” they tweeted.

“@KenJennings, nor the judges caught it. Ben ended up winning in Final Jeopardy. I wonder if they’ll correct it on tomorrow’s show.”

Many of the fans tagged the official Jeopardy! account under the tweet to bring notice to it.

However, other watchers said that Ben did answer correctly, he just said it low.

“I watched it back. He said ‘what is’ softly and it overlapped with Ken calling on him,” one X user pointed out.

“The judges can hear the responses 10,000 times better than people at home. If someone doesn’t phrase correctly, they will know.”

Another fan replied, “The judges have the ability to listen to isolated feeds of each contestant’s mic and thus are infinitely more qualified to rule on such things than someone listening at home. And it isn’t uncommon for them to pause a taping to confirm such things.”

FALL OF TROY

Ben beat Troy by just $1 on the latest episode.

The Green Bay college professor was in last place before Final Jeopardy!.

He is now one win away from the title.

Ken opened the 2024 ToC finals game by saying that each finalist was all tied up with one win apiece.

The contestants needs to win three games to take it all.

Many fans were predicting Troy would get his second win because of his dominating gameplay.

During the round, Ben nabbed his first Daily Double of the entire finals.

By the end of the round, Troy once again led with $8,000, Yogesh had $6,400, and Ben was in last place with $1,800.

In Double Jeopardy!, Ben selected the second Daily Double, going all-in on it “Juveria-style” and won $10,000.

Troy found the last Daily Double in the lesser amount clues.

He did a true Daily Double and bet $28,000.

Going into Final Jeopardy! was a very interesting wagering scenario.

Troy led with $33,200, Yogesh earned $20,400, and Ben was still trailing with $12,800.

Ken said, “But even that impressive score, Troy, does not make it a runaway.”

The category “HISTORIC AMERICANS” was picked.

“Near Kirkbean on Solway Firth, U.S. Vice Admiral Jerauld Wright presented a memorial plaque honoring this man,” was the clue.

Ken turned to Ben first, who was in last place by nearly $20,000.

Ben correctly answered “John Paul Jones,” which landed him a total of $25,600.

Yogesh answered incorrectly with “Farragut,” which made his final total drop to $15,400.

Troy, who Ken once again pointed out had a “big lead,” revealed he surprisingly wrote “Pershing,” which was not right.

This made his final jackpot $25,599, only $1 under Ben.

The audience collectively gasped.

Ben gripped his podium as Ken announced, “By $1, Ben, you have once again come from third place to claim your second win and take the 2-to-1-to-1 lead!”

“Will we have another surprise ending on Monday!?” Ken closed the show.

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However, other fans said he said the words what is? very quietly even thought some fans couldn’t hear itCredit: JEOPARDY

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Ben went on to win the game in Final Jeopardy! by only $1, as he was the only one who answered correctlyCredit: Jeopardy

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Ben played against Troy Meyer, who was the favorite to win, and Yogesh RautCredit: Jeopardy