FORMER Jeopardy! champ Josh Hill has blasted the show and host Mayim Bialik over the mistakes she’s been “allowed to get away with.”
The Big Bang Theory alum has been under fire lately for often making the same error on the game show.
In response to Mayim having troubles with proper hosting etiquette this week, seven-time Jeopardy! champ Josh slammed the program for allowing it.
On both Monday and Tuesday's episodes, the host accepted answers from contestants that were only partially correct.
Josh insisted that Ken Jennings, who is battling against Mayim for the permanent hosting role, wouldn’t have made the mistake she did.
He wrote on Twitter: “Ken would have prompted. #HireBuzzy [Cohen] would have prompted.
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“A middle-school quizbowler hosting a kids version of the show would have prompted.
“The things the current host has been allowed to get away with are astonishing.”
Josh added: “Alex would have prompted – in fact, Alex DID prompt on this.”
In 2018, Josh amassed over $150k on Jeopardy! after winning seven games.
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He later returned to compete in the 2019 Tournament of Champions.
The Jeopardy! alum's reaction came in response to Mayim making the same mistake on the show two days in a row this week.
During the Fourth of July broadcast, a contestant named Eleanor was given the clue: “A memorable 2018 photo showed this president’s flag-draped casket, with his service dog Sully beside it.”
She answered simply: “Who is Bush?”
To which Mayim replied: “Yes, George H. W. Bush.”
While only George H. W. Bush has passed, and George W. Bush is still alive, fans were upset that Mayim didn’t ask Eleanor to be more specific.
As contestants have often incorrectly guessed that various people of interest were dead when they were still very much alive, viewers said that could’ve been the case this time, as well.
No matter what, if there are multiple possible responses with the same shortened answer, fans think Mayim should always request a more detailed reply from players.
One upset view tweeted: “‘Who is Bush?’ is a *textbook* example of a ‘Be more specific’ contestant response.”
Another insisted: “To be clear, a proper host would’ve required more information specify which bush she was referring to.. #Jeopardy – real fans know that.”
And then during Tuesday's show, the clue given read: “Celebrity ‘Jeopardy!’ pitted Lloyd Bridges III (aka Beau) against Coy Perry III (aka Luke), Dylan McKay on this Fox drama.”
Reigning champ Yungsheng answered: “What is 90210?”
Mayim accepted that response, though the full title wasn’t given, even adding it in for him, saying: “Yes, Beverly Hills, 90210.”
Fans were upset over this because while the popular 90s series is often referred to as simply 90210, there was also a spinoff with that title that aired on The CW.
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One angry Jeopardy! fan slammed: “What the heck!!! The show was not named 90210. Way to just let that one slide Mayim!”
A second blasted: “So dude shouldn’t have gotten the money for answering ‘90210’ because that wasn’t the series that had Dylan McKay as a character. It was Beverly Hills, 90210.”
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