Jeopardy! fans are left RAGING after contestant’s ‘inaccurate’ answer to a question about HOT DOGS was allowed: ‘We are yelling at the TV’
Danger! Fans are setting the record straight about iconic Detroit-style hot dogs after a contestant was asked an “inaccurate” question that left viewers “yelling at the TV.”
After watching Wednesday’s episode of the game show, fans were outraged by the way hot dogs were described.
The episode saw five-time winner Adriana Harmeyer compete against Christina Paul and Travis Kissire.
And when it came time to pop the city lingo question, fans were on the edge of their seats when the contestants were asked what you get when you order a “Coney Island” at one of Detroit’s eateries.
Adriana received the points when she answered “a chili dog,” but viewers then took to Reddit to express their anger, claiming her answer was actually incorrect.
Danger! Fans are setting the record straight about iconic Detroit-style hot dogs after a contestant responded to an ‘inaccurate’ question that left viewers ‘yelling at the TV’
After tuning into Wednesday’s episode of the game show, fans were outraged by the way hot dogs were described
The $1,200 “City-Slang” card read: “Order a Coney Island at Detroit’s fine dining establishments and you get this.”
Adriana answered first, “What’s a hot dog?”
However, host Ken Jennings quickly interjected, saying, “Can you be more specific?”
The winner said, “A chili dog?”
Ken – who recently celebrated his 50th birthday on the game show – noted that her second answer was correct.
However, fans weren’t convinced by her hot dog description and let the world know that the response left them filled with anger.
In a Reddit thread titled: Danger!viewers complained about the inaccuracy of the answer.
One person said, “There’s no chili on a Detroit Coney! It is a specific meat sauce that is not chili.
The episode pitted five-time winner Adriana Harmeyer against Christina Paul and Travis Kissire
The $1,200 “City-Slang” card read, “Order a Coney Island at Detroit’s fine dining establishments and you get this,” to which Adriana replied, “A chili dog?”
However, fans weren’t convinced by her hot dog description and let the world know that the response left them filled with anger (a Coney dog pictured)
“I used to make it at a restaurant in Michigan. I also made chili and they are vastly different.”
Someone else said: ‘A Coney dog is definitely different from a chili dog. We were yelling at the TV last night. These monsters probably think Chili and Sloppy Joes are the same.”
Another user added, “As a native metro Detroiter, I agree too. You can buy it at Meijer and Walmart and it is NOT chili. It’s beef heart sauce with minced meat.’
One person wrote, “As someone who is from Fort Wayne, Indiana, with our historic Coney Island, I agree.”
And this isn’t the first time Jeopardy! fans were left outraged by a response.
Viewers also mocked the three contestants mercilessly when Ken tested their knowledge during the 21st Century Sports category and they couldn’t answer an “easy” question about the World Series.
It all started when Ken asked for $400: “In 2007, this NL team became the first team with 10,000 losses; in 2008 they won the world series behind Cole Hamels and Ryan Howard.’
Christina then incorrectly chimed in with, “Who are the Chicago Cubs?”
The correct answer was the Philadelphia Phillies, who defeated the Tampa Bay Rays on October 29, 2008.
The win by the Phillies, led by Charlie Manuel, was the team’s first World Series victory since the 1980 World Series, and the city’s first major sports championship in 25 years.
To date, this is the most recent season the Phillies have won in the league.
In a Reddit thread titled Jeopardy! viewers complained about the inaccuracy of the answer
A day earlier, fans mercilessly ridiculed Christina Paul (seen) when she answered the question incorrectly: ‘In 2007, this NL team became the first team with 10,000 losses’
And that wasn’t the only sports-related question that amazed the participants.
Later in the game, Ken asked, “It’s kind of like sci-fi’s Anywhere Door or Phoenix Gate, it opened on October 15, 2018 to bring college athletes to a new school.”
The answer? Transfer Portal. But all three players had no idea.
They also gave the wrong answer to the question: “With Oklahoma City, this master of the triple-double became the first back-to-back MVP of the NBA All-Star Game since the 1950s.”
Viewers didn’t hold back from expressing their frustration over the players’ lack of knowledge, with one even going so far as to jokingly declare them “permanently banned from Philadelphia.”
“There’s nothing better than when the incredibly smart people of Jeopardy! I don’t know anything that all of us unwashed athletes know,” wrote one viewer on X.
Phillies sports blog, Cross Broad, wrote: “No disrespect to the 2008 World Series champion on Jeopardy! this evening.’
A third added, “They’re permanently banned from Philadelphia,” while a fourth said, “Devastated that no one knew the @Phillies on @Jeopardy.”
Another implored, “We need more sports fans on Jeopardy!”