JEOPARDY! fans have cracked jokes across the board when Monday's male contestants failed in an ironic way.
Neither one made an attempt at Final Jeopardy! under "Women Authors," which read to some like they couldn't name any.
Final Jeopardy! under "Women Authors" read: "In 'A Room of One’s Own', the 'four famous names' are Austen, 2 Brontës & this author who died closest to Virginia Woolf’s own time."
Phil Hoffman, an analyst from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, had $900 and revealed he wrote down: "Who is ?" with a giant shrug.
Ken Jennings, 49, ruled: "His response? Didn't get to one," when it was revealed.
Cameron Conners, a high school social studies teacher from Rancho Santa Margarita, California, had $6,800 so he shared his response next.
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He wrote: "Who is: Love you guys, I had a blast, Godspeed."
Ken read the answer by saying: "He wrote down, woah - he wrote a novel, love the sentiment cannot give you credit."
Lucy Ricketts - a former 3-day champion, book designer, and freelance illustrator from Atlanta, Georgia, was correct with "Eliot" as in Middlemarch author George Eliot, adding $500 to win with $16,700.
'FOR A DOLLAR NAME A WOMAN'
The flub riled up fans because, to some, it seemed like the two gentlemen couldn't name any other female authors than the ones listed.
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An X user shared screenshots of the two male contestants drawing respective blanks.
They wrote: “Final Jeopardy category tonight was WOMEN AUTHORS and the two men couldn’t even think of one.”
Another person responded: "For a dollar name a woman," referencing a viral Billy Eichner bit from his show Billy on the Street.
A third wrote: "Guy had 990 dollars I don’t think he named many male authors either."
A fourth defended: "The first two that came into my head were Virginia Woolf and Judy Blume, please send help."
A fifth argued: "Look I'm ready to drag guys who don't know anything about women, but all this means is they didn't know the answer to THIS question.
"Which wasn't 'name a woman author.' I don't remember the right answer either, and I have read the essay (a long time ago.)"
But a sixth clapped back: "Yes, if only there were any female authors contemporary to the ladies listed they could have taken a stab at…
"Surprised at least one guy didn't go with Mary Shelley for the helluvit."
A seventh also wrote: "Couldn't think of one, or didn't know the answer to a very specific question?"
And an eighth similarly defended: "Sure they could. they just couldn't answer the question."
Since the Season 40 premiere last month, Jeopardy! has been pulling contestants from past seasons and using old clues and clues that were previously written but never aired.
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This was a way around the writer's strike, which concluded two weeks ago.
The game show is now airing a Champions Wildcard tournament for brief Season 37 and Season 38 winners, hosted by Ken until December 18.
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