Jeopardy! is challenging, and anyone who’s ever watched it knows that. But sometimes, when contestants get a clue wrong, they fail so spectacularly that viewers just have to be amazed. And sometimes they get roasted by the internet too.
That’s what happened on the episode of Jeopardy! that aired on Monday night. With $15,400, Kyle had a sizable lead over Monya ($6,800) and Khalilah ($4,200) going into Final Jeopardy.
And luckily for him, he decided not to wager any money on the final category, which was “Advertising Characters,” because, while he absolutely had the right idea, he swung and missed big time.
The Final Jeopardy clue was, via J-Archive.com:
“Jack Keil’s team created this animal character rolled out in 1980, the year of the USA’s highest recorded murder rate”
The correct answer is McGruff the Crime Dog.
Khalilah guessed Scooby Doo. Monya got it right, despite misspelling it. And Kyle, oh Kyle was so close but so far with his response: Ruff McGruffin.
And, although he still won the game, people on Twitter had a little too much fun with his Final Jeopardy response and roasted him for it.
