'Jeopardy!' Fans Call Out Inaccurate Answer On Show
By Hayden Brooks
July 16, 2021
Jeopardy! doesn't have all the answers.
On a recent episode of the long-running trivia show, guest host George Stephanopoulos offered up a clue from the "Time For Science" category about the discoveries of famed astronomer Percival Lowell and, turns out, the winning answer wasn't entirely accurate. "Percival Lowell thought he saw these on the surface of Venus — some think it was a reflection of the blood vessels in his eye," Stephanopoulos said, to which defending champion Tyler Vandenberg, responded, "What are canals?" That appeared to be the winning answer as the Washington D.C. Marine scored $1,600 for the trivia question, but Twitter had something else to say. A
s noted by users, Lowell is known for famously discovering the possibility of canals on Mars and "spokes" on Venus. Scroll on below to see how Twitter reacted to the inaccurate clue!
I think @Jeopardy had a wrong answer/question tonight… the answer was “Percival Lowell observed these features on Venus that scholars think were his own blood vessels,” & they allowed ‘canals.’ He famously observed canals on Mars, what he saw on Venus he described as spokes.
— Sam Cox (@sammyringo) July 15, 2021
IDK, I think it might have been the Jeopardy clue that said Percival Lowell saw canals on Venus
— Christine Pulliam (@cristinepulliam) July 16, 2021
Percival Lowell thought there were canals on MARS, not Venus. Big booboo on part of @Jeopardy. #jeopardy
— Lindaama 🇺🇲🌈🌊 (@LindaAma) July 15, 2021
@Jeopardy a clue today was incorrect. It claimed Percival Lowell thought there were canals on Venus. He really thought he observed canals on Mars.
— James Szafran (@szafranjim) July 15, 2021
Pretty sure @Jeopardy made a mistake in one of its clues tonight. Lowell was known for believing he saw canals on Mars, not Venus.
— Samuel Pomerantz (@hopefulastro) July 15, 2021
@jeopardy Lowell thought he saw canals specifically on Mars, not Venus
— David (@sonics_comehome) July 15, 2021