Jeopardy! fans call out the show for accepting incorrect answer

Jeopardy! fans person called retired the amusement for accepting an inaccurate reply connected Wednesday night's episode.

Evan Dorey, a information analytics manager from Toronto, Ontario, was crowned champion connected November 13 aft judges allowed his technically incorrect Final Jeopardy answer. 

He competed against Joey DeSena, a improvement technologist from Raleigh, North Carolina, and Lois Dioro, a realtor from West Haven, Connecticut.

Dorey and Dioro were tied astatine $14,600 going into Final Jeopardy, portion DeSena inactive had a accidental with $7,400. 

The make-or-break infinitesimal came down to the POETRY & PLACES clue: 'It's the geographic connection successful the rubric of a Robert Burns poem astir 'the mountains … covered with snowfall … the straths & greenish valleys below.'

The close effect was 'Highlands' but Dorey's singular 'Highland' reply was accepted, bringing his winnings to $29, 200.

Meanwhile, DeSena was incorrect with 'Moor??? It was fun,' the reply that brought his winnings to a measly $199.

He had erstwhile back-to-back wins and a full of $44,698 erstwhile helium went up against the different 2 contenders.

Dioro was besides incorrect arsenic she answered with 'Scotland' and dropped to $12,000. 

'And we volition judge that,' big Ken Jennings said erstwhile approving Dorey's winning answer.

He clarified, 'My Heart's In The Highlands is the sanction of the poem.'

Viewers flocked to the net to sermon the melodramatic ending of the game.

One idiosyncratic wrote connected Reddit, 'The judging seems to beryllium alternatively arbitrary and capricious to me. Can't judge 'ichapod,' but tin judge 'highland.''

Another idiosyncratic added to the thread, 'If the hint was 'It's the effect successful the rubric of a John Steinbeck novel', I can't spot however they could cull 'What is grape?''

There was besides a spectator who wrote that the judges' determination was 'confusing.'

'I'm confused. If a FJ contestant gives a singular sanction though the close rubric is plural, it's accepted. But if they constitute that singular and are starting to adhd s erstwhile clip runs out, it isn't?' the idiosyncratic wrote.

Someone agreed, adding, 'Little confused by that myself. I thought if the reply was a connection successful a title, the reply needed to beryllium the rubric word, not a mentation thereof.'

DeSena joined the online sermon to write, 'Well, the improbable mini-streak has travel to an end. All the recognition successful this crippled goes to Evan and Lois, who were 2 astonishing competitors that came to play. 

'I felt similar a instrumentality myself during Final, excited to spot however the necktie would break! I cognize it's been said possibly times before, but I person utmost respect for the players that tin rattle disconnected 5 wins successful a portion day. That is draining!'