Former “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeopardy">Jeopardy!</a>” producer Mike Richards, who reportedly hosted the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">show</a> for one day before being fired, is speaking publicly about the experience for the first time.
The 48-year-old game show producer was chosen as the replacement for longtime host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alex-trebek">Alex Trebek </a>following his death from cancer in 2020. Richards was named the new host in August 2021, but his tenure was short-lived following a media firestorm related to his controversial comments that resurfaced online. 
“Jeopardy!” execs didn’t replace Trebek right away, opting instead to try out guest hosts for several months before landing on a replacement. &#8220;I actually thought we should just name a new host,&#8221; Richards told <a href="https://people.com/jeopardy-producer-mike-richards-opens-up-being-fired-after-1-day-exclusive-8611125">People</a> of that decision. &#8220;But when Alex passed away, it was hard on everyone.”
The producer reflected on some of those guest hosts, including Katie Couric, Mayim Bialik, Robin Roberts, and Aaron Rodgers.
He recalls being surprised to land the job. &#8220;No one was more surprised than me,&#8221; he told the outlet. &#8220;They told me, &#8216;We&#8217;d like you to be the host of the syndicated version of Jeopardy!&#8217; I paused, and said, &#8216;Oh wow. Thank you. What&#8217;s the media plan?&#8217; Because I was very concerned that this was going to be scrutinized as closely as a Presidential election. There was widespread belief that whoever got the job first wouldn&#8217;t make it.&#8221;
Richards said those assumptions were correct, and fans weren’t pleased with the choice. &#8220;Everyone was so angry because it looked like I had gone into a room and picked myself,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And that&#8217;s not what happens in television, but I understood that that&#8217;s what the outward appearances were.&#8221;
The game show producer recalled hosting for just one day. An article published on Ringer.com highlighted some controversial comments in 2013 and 2014 while hosting the podcast “Randumb,” as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-jeopardy-host-mike-richards-apologizes-for-sexist-racist-comments">reported</a>. During that time, he referred to his female co-host as a “booth ho,” “boothstitute,” and “booth slut” and said women in one-piece bathing suits look “really frumpy and overweight.”
He also made remarks about another woman’s appearance, saying of her facial features, “Ixnay on the ose-nay. She’s not an ew-Jay.”
Richards made a public apology for the statements after the article was published. &#8220;It is humbling to confront a terribly embarrassing moment of misjudgment, thoughtlessness, and insensitivity from nearly a decade ago. Looking back now, there is no excuse, of course, for the comments I made on this podcast and I am deeply sorry,” he said at the time.
Besides the statements, outlets began reporting that Richards was involved in a wrongful termination and discrimination lawsuit while working at “The Price is Right.” 
&#8220;I told them, I&#8217;ll answer anything. I&#8217;m an open book, proud of what I&#8217;ve done. I&#8217;m proud of my track record as a boss,&#8221; he told People of all the negative press. &#8220;It was insinuated that I had been personally sued for sexual harassment. I never had, but that didn&#8217;t matter.&#8221; Richards’ name was later dropped from the lawsuit, but after so much drama and coupled with the division over pandemic-related issues, he started getting a lot of hate online.
&#8220;By then everyone was like, &#8216;Oh he&#8217;s just a horrible person,’” Richards said. “It was the price you pay for getting thrust into the zeitgeist in a very inopportune moment.&#8221;
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It led to Richards publicly resigning after his very short hosting stint (some outlets still say he was fired). Eventually, popular contestant Ken Jennings became the permanent host, which Richards said was a good move.
&#8220;Why I am talking now is that I feel like I can be a force for good as far as having open, honest conversations,&#8221; he told People. &#8220;We can all disagree about a lot of things. We can disagree about politics, we can disagree about who hosts Jeopardy!. We can disagree about liking a final Jeopardy! clue. And we should. But I felt like there was a this rush to judgment, and a lot of people got joy in saying, &#8216;I got you.'&#8221;
&#8220;I always thought Ken [Jennings] was the guy,” he added.

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Former ‘Jeopardy!’ Host Reflects On His 1-Day Gig: ‘Everyone Was So Angry’

Former 'Jeopardy!' Host Reflects On His 1-Day Gig: 'Everyone Was So Angry'

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The game show “Jeopardy!,” in which gives contestants must give answers in the form of a question, embraced the woke agenda by including so-called “neo-pronouns” as an answer.
The $600 selection in the category titled “Parts of Speech” offered the words “Xem, Xyrs, Xemself.”
The incumbent champion offered the question, “What are pronouns.”
Host Ken Jennings stated, “Those are pronouns. Neo-pronouns.”
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Jeopardy asked about xem/xyrs/xemself &quot;pronouns&quot; during last night&#39;s show
How would you answer this? <a href="https://t.co/dAjSLu3lRz">pic.twitter.com/dAjSLu3lRz</a>
&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href="https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1762588015736565980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In September 2022, Jennings <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/misogynist-bigot-jeopardy-host-slammed-after-letting-man-correct-answer-but-not-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was slammed</a> by critics after they felt he favored a male competitor over a female one.
Incumbent champion Luigi de Guzman was competing against contestant and retired lawyer Harriet Wagner. When Guzman was asked to identify a “19th-century landscape by this British painter,” he responded, “Constant.”
Jennings prompted, “Say it again” and de Guzman immediately corrected himself. “I’m sorry. Constable. Who is Constable.”
“Constable is correct, yes. That takes you to $6,200,” Jennings responded.
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But later in the show, the answer given by the board was “Mythcon 19 in 1988 had as a guest of honor this ‘Always Coming Home’ fantasy author and was held in Berkeley, her birthplace.”
“Who is Angela Le Guin,” Wagner answered, prompting Jennings to react, “No,” before Wagner immediately corrected herself: “Ursula Le Guin.”
After de Guzman then gave the correct answer, Jennings turned to Wagner, explaining, “Yes, Harriet, you remembered that her name was Ursula but I had already begun ruling against you when you corrected yourself.”
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&quot;Jeopardy!&quot; host Ken Jennings allowed a contestant to change his answer, but later denied a second contestant from doing the same. <a href="https://t.co/LwWqbMdjwY">https://t.co/LwWqbMdjwY</a> <a href="https://t.co/RJX8ZLGJkR">pic.twitter.com/RJX8ZLGJkR</a>
&mdash; CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1570585805260816384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In November 2022, contestant Amy Schneider, a biological man who identifies as a woman, won the $250,000 prize on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeopardy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeopardy!: Tournament of Champions</a>.”
“I feel amazing,” Schneider said after winning. “Earlier in the finals, I had this sudden moment of seeing myself and being like, ‘I’m on stage in the Tournament of Champions finals,’ and that was crazy. And I won! It’s a great feeling.”
The “Jeopardy!: Tournament of Champions” began at the end of October 2022. It featured 21 contestants who won at least four games since the 2020 tournament along with winners of the National College Championship, the Professors Tournament, and the game show&#8217;s first Second Chance faceoff, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/amy-schneider-wins-jeopardy-tournament-champions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Larissa Kelly, the woman who held the record for the most Jeopardy wins, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-jeopardy-contestant-amy-schneider-ends-winning-streak-on-this-question" target="_blank" rel="noopener">congratulated</a> Schneider after Schneider passed that number, referring to Schneider as a woman. She tweeted, “Well, it was fun to hold a Jeopardy record for a few years … but it’s been even more fun to watch @Jeopardamy set new standards for excellence, on the show and off. Congratulations to Amy on becoming the woman with the highest overall earnings in the show’s history!”
Schneider responded to critics by tweeting, “I’d like to thank all the people who have taken the time, during this busy holiday season, to reach out and explain to me that, actually, I’m a man. Every single one of you is the first person ever to make that very clever point, which had never once before crossed my mind.”
Amanda Harding contributed to this article.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-jeopardy-contestant-amy-schneider-ends-winning-streak-on-this-question">Trans ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant Amy Schneider Ends Winning Streak On This Question</a>

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‘Jeopardy!’ Embraces Woke Agenda With ‘Neo-Pronouns’

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“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeopardy">Jeopardy</a>!” host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ken-jennings">Ken Jennings</a> commented on his co-worker Mayim Bialik being unexpectedly relieved of her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">hosting</a> duties.
“It took me off guard, because I loved working with my Mayim and I’m going to miss her,” Jennings <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jeopardy-host-ken-jennings-mayim-bialik-exit-celebrity-jeopardy-semifinals-1235766161/">said</a> in an interview with <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jeopardy-host-ken-jennings-mayim-bialik-exit-celebrity-jeopardy-semifinals-1235766161/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. “I can’t speak to her decision-making process or her opinions about it. But on my end, I’m just a fan of ‘Jeopardy!’ and I’m always delighted to host when they call upon me. I just feel extremely lucky to have even been considered for this job as a non-broadcaster.”
The passing of longtime host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alex-trebek">Alex Trebek</a> in 2020 led to a frantic scramble to replace the “Jeopardy!” mainstay, with numerous options being floated. Finally, the game show’s execs settled on a combination of Bialik, an actress best known for her roles in “Blossom” and “The Big Bang Theory,” and Jennings, a former contestant who rose to fame after winning $4.5 million on the show. He became a household name in 2004 after winning 74 times in a row.
Bialik and Jennings have been sharing hosting duties since 2021. But on December 15, Sony announced their decision to go forward with just one host.
“Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of ‘Jeopardy!’” the 48-year-old actress wrote social media. “I am incredibly honored to have been nominated for a primetime Emmy for hosting this year and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of the ‘Jeopardy!’ family.”
Bialik continued, “For all of you who have supported me through this incredible journey and to the fans, contestants, writers, staff and crew of America’s favorite quiz show, thank you.”
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A statement from Sony thanked Bialik for her contributions to “Jeopardy!”
“We made the decision to have one host for the syndicated show next season to maintain continuity for our viewers, and Ken Jennings will be the sole host for syndicated ‘Jeopardy!’” the statement <a href="https://tvline.com/news/jeopardy-mayim-bialik-fired-host-explained-reason-statement-1235099862/">read</a>. “We are truly grateful for all of Mayim’s contributions to ‘Jeopardy!’”
Bialik had previously stepped back from her hosting duties amid the recent writer and actor’s strike. Jennings has been the sole host since the debut of Season 40 in September, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayim-bialik-says-shes-out-as-jeopardy-host">reported</a>.

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Ken Jennings Comments On Mayim Bialik Being Dropped As ‘Jeopardy!’ Host: ‘Took Me Off Guard’

Ken Jennings Comments On Mayim Bialik Being Dropped As 'Jeopardy!' Host: 'Took Me Off Guard'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mayim-bialik" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayim Bialik</a> definitely got everyone&#8217;s attention Friday when she announced that she&#8217;d been contacted by Sony and informed that her hosting duties at &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; have come to an end.
In a post on <a href="https://twitter.com/missmayim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, the 48-year-old actress/TV host wrote to her hundreds of thousands of followers that the producers of the popular game show, Sony Pictures Television, informed her that they&#8217;ve decided to go with just one host — despite her sharing the job with the game show&#8217;s top winner Ken Jennings, following Alex Trebek&#8217;s death.
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Jeopardy! announcement. <a href="https://t.co/F0RgIWpg0G">pic.twitter.com/F0RgIWpg0G</a>
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&#8220;As the holiday break begins in Hollywood, I have some Jeopardy! news,&#8221; Bialik wrote in a statement. &#8220;Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy&#8221;
&#8220;I am incredibly honored to have been nominated for a prime time Emmy for hosting this year and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of the Jeopardy! family,&#8221; she added.
&#8220;For all of you who have supported me through this incredible journey and to the fans, contestants, writers, staff and crew of America&#8217;s Favorite Quiz Show, thank you,&#8221; Bialik concluded.
An <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C05SqLRRPz_/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a> on the &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; social media account said that they &#8220;made the decision to have one host for the syndicated show next season to maintain continuity for our viewers, and Ken Jennings will be the sole host for syndicated &#8216;Jeopardy!'&#8221;
&#8220;We are truly grateful for all of Mayim&#8217;s contributions to &#8216;Jeopardy!,&#8217; and we hope to continue to work with her on primetime specials,&#8221; the statement added.
Bialik had stepped back from her hosting duties amid the recent writer and actor&#8217;s strike. Jennings has been the sole host since the debut of Season 40 in September, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/mayim-bialik-out-host-jeopardy-actress-confirms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> noted.
&#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221; star has been very outspoken about the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel in October that left at least 1,200 people dead. She alsobpreviously spoke out about the anti-Semitism she was witnessing in America, especially on college campuses, and said there&#8217;s &#8220;no excuse” for it.
The former &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/11/29/news/jeopardy-host-mayim-bialik-asks-where-progressive-feminists-are-over-silence-on-hamas-oct-7-rapes/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">host</a> more recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-excuse-for-this-mayim-bialik-says-nothing-has-prepared-her-for-anti-semitism-shes-seeing-in-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted</a> the &#8220;abhorrent&#8221; silence of women&#8217;s organizations around the world following the rape and torture of Jewish women by Hamas in the October terrorist attacks.
&#8220;There has been an abhorrent and conspicuous absence of women&#8217;s organizations around the world unequivocally condemning the systematic rape and torture of women on October 7 by Hamas,&#8221; Bialik wrote on <a href="https://twitter.com/missmayim/status/1728622257042567218?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>. &#8220;Where are the &#8216;BELIEVE THEM’ voices?”
&#8220;Brutal gang rapes, sexual torture, and murder of fetuses happened- period,&#8221; she added. &#8220;These crimes against women were in many cases documented by the terrorists themselves and broadcast for the world to see. Those of us who have fought for women&#8217;s rights and have sought to shout from the rooftops when women’s bodies are being used in war for the sadistic pleasure of perpetrators are astounded at how the world has been silent surrounding this.&#8221;

Mayim Bialik Says She’s Out As ‘Jeopardy!’ Host

Mayim Bialik Says She's Out As 'Jeopardy!' Host

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WWE</a> star Becky Lynch made “Jeopardy!” history on Thursday after becoming the first contestant in the popular game show’s run to not answer a single question correctly in the first two rounds.
During the broadcast of “Celebrity Jeopardy,” the wrestling superstar went up against actor Macaulay Caulkin and comedian Rachel Dratch and struggled with the buzzer and answers, <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/becky-lynch-loses-celebrity-jeopardy-history/">The Wrap</a> reported.
Caulkin and Dratch faired pretty evenly, but Lynch couldn’t get one answer correct out of the 60 clues given throughout the first and second round of the game.
While she did manage to beat out the other stars to the buzzer one or two times, she ended the first round with not a single correct answer &#8212; and in Double Jeopardy, she faired the same.
Caulkin had 25 correct responses and three incorrect followed by Dratch with 20 correct answers and two incorrect at the end of Double Jeopardy. But Lynch had 0 correct replies and five incorrect answers by the end of the second round.
Host Ken Jennings spoke to Lynch during her struggles on the show and he noted she’s a wrestling champ who might be more used to working a “more raucous and rowdy room.”
“You know, maybe that’s what’s throwing me off,” Lynch replied. “You know, normally, I’m a genius but it’s a bigger arena. It’s a whole thing, that’s the problem.”
After the second round, Lynch was in the hole with negative money and in normal “Jeopardy!” wouldn’t have been allowed to compete any further. However, because it was “Celebrity Jeopardy,” she got to participate in the “Celebrity Jeopardy”-only round titled “Triple Jeopardy.”
Amazingly it was in this round where Becky got a correct answer when the clue was “A synonym for ‘butt,’ it’s also ‘an unclean animal’ according to the King James Bible.”
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She said, “What is ‘a**&#8217;?” And proudly celebrated, announcing, “I’m back, baby!”
Going into Final Jeopardy, Lynch was in the hole once again, but the game show put $500 on the board in order for her to be able to compete.
The clue was “Exhumed in 2017 to settle a paternity suit, his mustache had ‘preserved its classic 10-past-10 position’ according to the Spanish press.”
The WWE star ended up getting the answer right, writing down, “Who is Salvador Dali?”
She finished the game with $1,000 in phony “Celebrity Jeopardy” money, with Culkin in second place with $33,600 and Dratch declared the winner with $33,601. All three earned thousands of dollars for each of their charities.
Reacting to headlines about her historic game show appearance, Lynch wrote on <a href="https://x.com/beckylynchwwe/status/1725181637032304805?s=46&amp;t=yVg_AIbZC0FnyCtU4qPVYw">X</a>, “I never stop making history.”

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WWE Star Makes ‘Jeopardy!’ History — But Probably Not For The Reason You Think

WWE Star Makes 'Jeopardy!' History -- But Probably Not For The Reason You Think

Alex Trebek&#8217;s wife Jean and their daughter Emily paid tribute to the late TV host on the third anniversary of his death following the &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; host&#8217;s passing in 2020. He was 80.
Trebek&#8217;s wife and daughter <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jeopardys-alex-trebeks-wife-cancer-positive-health-battle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remembered</a> their loved one in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c99bG_sAHI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> created by the Stand Up To Cancer organization as they shared the late star&#8217;s life behind the camera. Trebek died on Nov. 8, 2020, after he lost his cancer battle after first being diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in March 2019.
&#8220;Alex loved traveling,&#8221; Jean said, as a slideshow of her 30 years of marriage with Trebek played in the background. &#8220;When we could bring the kids with us that was always extra special.&#8221;
&#8220;He loved fixing things around the house,&#8221; she added. &#8220;He was very passionate just about being engaged in the everyday workings of life.&#8221;
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&#8220;If he wasn&#8217;t at work, he would be home in a pair of jeans, a T-shirt, a baseball hat,&#8221; Emily added, as photos showed Trebek working around the house. &#8220;He was a very normal, very normal guy.&#8221;
A partnership was recently announced between the Stand Up To Cancer organization and the late host&#8217;s loved ones about the launch of a cancer research foundation in Trebek&#8217;s name, <a href="https://ew.com/tv/alex-trebek-loved-ones-honor-late-jeopardy-host-cancer-research-fund/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a> noted.
&#8220;Alex knew that knowledge equaled power,&#8221; Jean said in a statement. &#8220;He was a man that really loved to know things and stayed very curious. Since Alex was all about the right answer, I think it&#8217;s very fitting that this fund is now established in his name. It&#8217;s a way for the community that loved him to put resources directly into the hands of scientists working tirelessly to fight a disease shrouded by many unknowns.&#8221;
&#8220;I hope that all of the fans and community of Jeopardy really can lean in and show support for this,&#8221; Emily said. &#8220;I think they showed so much support for my dad when he was going through his cancer treatments. I hope that they stand up with this great organization.&#8221;
Trebek shared the heartbreaking news that he had been diagnosed with cancer with his &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; fans in 2019.
&#8220;I wanted to be the one to pass along this information,&#8221; the late host said at the time. &#8220;Now, just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, normally the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but I&#8217;m going to fight this,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And I&#8217;m going to keep working, and with the love and support of my family and friends, and with the help of your prayers, also, I plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease.&#8221;
Trebek and Jean tied the knot in 1990 and share two kids together.

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The traditional Judeo-Christian values that once formed the bedrock of American culture have been replaced by a new “cultish religion” that seeks to destroy Western civilization, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> warned Friday.
Shapiro made the comments while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jeopardy-fans-react-to-contestants-missing-easy-clue-about-lords-prayer-pathetic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussing the recent &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; episode</a> in which none of the contestants were able to complete a portion of the Lord’s Prayer. He said this illustrated how little Americans today knew of the religious tradition that had held American society together. 
“But you know what this says?&#8221; Shapiro said on his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1748-fox-news-just-betrayed-every-conservative5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>. &#8220;It really says that the level of biblical Judeo-Christian knowledge in this country has absolutely plummeted through the floor. And you want to know why America&#8217;s collapsing socially? That would be the reason. The reason is there used to be a natural backdrop in the United States of particularly Christian values that everybody sort of understood.”
On the episode Shapiro was referencing, host Mayim Bialik read a clue that said, “Matthew 6:9 says, ‘Our Father, which art in heaven, [THIS] be thy name.’” The camera cut to contestants Laura, Joe, and returning champion Suresh, but not one of them buzzed in with a response.  
“Now I&#8217;m a Jew. Okay. We don&#8217;t do the Lord&#8217;s Prayer. That&#8217;s not a thing for us. Okay. But I also have watched movies and TV shows, and I live in America, so I know that the answer is ‘hallowed,’” Shapiro said. 
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The Daily Wire co-founder added that people of faith, particularly Christians, Jews, and Muslims, all held some traditional values that starkly contrasted with the new values being pushed at schools and by corporations across the country. 
“There is a common set of values shared by Jews and Christians and Muslims, actually,&#8221; Shapiro said. &#8220;And that set of values actually makes a difference in American public life. It&#8217;s why the notion that we should be posting &#8216;Pride&#8217; progress flags in classrooms, but not the Ten Commandments is so absurd on its face.”
Judeo-Christian values had been “supplanted” by a newer toxic religion that sought to take down Western civilization, the best-selling author added.
“We have supplanted one religion for another religion, and the new religion is bad. It is a bad religion. It is a cultish religion that requires not just acceptance and tolerance, but destruction of the traditional forms of morality that used to undergird all of Western civilization,” Shapiro explained.

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Many “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeopardy">Jeopardy!</a>” fans were furious that all three contestants missed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bible">Bible</a>-based answer that’s well-known around the world.
Game show host Mayim Bialik read a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">clue</a> that said, &#8220;Matthew 6:9 says, ‘Our Father, which art in heaven, [THIS] be thy name.’”
The camera cut to contestants Laura, Joe, and returning champion Suresh, but not one of them buzzed in with a response.  
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Not one contestant on Jeopardy last night knew the answer to this&#8230;..
Are you waking up yet? <a href="https://t.co/bBIhVntHwd">pic.twitter.com/bBIhVntHwd</a>
&mdash; Mimi Joeckle (@cantcancelmimi) <a href="https://twitter.com/cantcancelmimi/status/1669131506525061120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“Jeopardy!” fans shared their disappointment on Twitter. 
&#8220;Today, 3 Jeopardy contestants did not know the first line of the &#8216;Lord&#8217;s Prayer!&#8217; Sad. Our Father, who art in heaven, ________ be thy name; They didn&#8217;t know the answer: ‘Hallowed.’ Pathetic,&#8221; one person <a href="https://twitter.com/KarliBonnita/status/1669174906934681602">shared</a>.
&#8220;[Jeopardy] has 3 geniuses on the show today. The question was-In the Bible it says-Our Father, who art in heaven (blank) be thy name. The answer is Hallowed (of course)&#8230; none of the 3 knew the answer. Sad world we&#8217;re in,&#8221; another TV viewer <a href="https://twitter.com/Demsaremental_/status/1668742100815429640">wrote</a>. 
&#8220;That’s ‘hallowed,’ you heathens!&#8221; another Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/lndsyloves/status/1668763604181450759">shared</a>.
Words to the Lord&#8217;s Prayer vary among Christian denominations, but all versions of this basic prayer include the word “hallowed.”
One fan suggested that the contestants knew the answer but were worried about mispronouncing it, a frequent issue on “Jeopardy!”
“Nobody got this but I&#8217;m sure they all knew it but were worried about the PRONUNCIATION. &#8216;Hallowed&#8217; or &#8216;hollowed,&#8217;” that person <a href="https://twitter.com/mfly1971/status/1668707294299791364">wrote</a>.
“Not one contestant on Jeopardy last night knew the answer to this&#8230;..Are you waking up yet?” another <a href="https://twitter.com/cantcancelmimi/status/1669131506525061120">lamented</a>.
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Fans also reacted strongly in May when all three contestants were <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeopardy-backlash-erupts-3-contestants-194518122.html#">marked</a> incorrect for their pronunciation of Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
“An author and former prisoner: ‘Socialism of any type and shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit,’” the clue said.
Pronunciation <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/jeopardy-fans-furiously-call-ken-161002691.html">came up</a> for another Bible-based question in March. That time, host Ken Jennings didn’t accept “Gethsemane” from contestant Kevin Manning when he omitted the “n” sound from the end of the word. This was in response to the prompt, “After the Last Supper, Jesus traveled to this garden to pray and was arrested there.”
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“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeopardy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeopardy!</a>” fans are not happy that several contestants got an answer correct but still lost due to flubbing the pronunciation.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Host</a> Mayim Bialik presented the clue during the category “The Quotable Alex.”
“An author and former prisoner: ‘Socialism of any type and shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit,’” she said.
“Jeopardy!” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contestant</a> Juveria Zaheer was the first to buzz in with the correct answer, which was Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. But she was rejected for mispronouncing the famous author’s complicated last name.
Sami Casanova buzzed in with the correct answer as well, but was also rejected for not properly pronouncing “Solzhenitsyn.”
A third contestant, Hannah Wilson, also gave the name a go but was rejected.
“This is a tricky one to pronounce; looking for ‘Solzhenitsyn,’” Bialik said, pronouncing the name correctly.
Fans on Twitter were annoyed that none of the contestants got credit for the right answer despite getting very close to saying the name right.
“If you’re not going to accept anyone’s attempt to pronounce Solzhenitsyn, don’t write a clue about him,” one person <a href="https://twitter.com/zer0bandwidth/status/1655721744106237952" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. 
“Solzhenitsyn. I get it’s hard to say but one of them was fairly close. Of all the names to be strict on …,” another Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/RobinJRichards/status/1655721922208976898" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a>. Another viewer called the ruling “absurd.”
But there were “Jeopardy!” fans defending the decision too, noting how the show always takes pronunciation into consideration and shouldn’t have made an exception in this case.
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I’m on Jeopardy’s side. The fact that they had this Solzhenitsyn quote on. Say this man’s name right. <a href="https://t.co/3j3Qyz9af5">https://t.co/3j3Qyz9af5</a> <a href="https://t.co/sfz9nsXkFt">pic.twitter.com/sfz9nsXkFt</a>
&mdash; Leslie-Lou (@lalasugarloaf) <a href="https://twitter.com/lalasugarloaf/status/1656408592155815937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“I’m on Jeopardy’s side. The fact that they had this Solzhenitsyn quote on. Say this man’s name right,” one person <a href="https://twitter.com/lalasugarloaf/status/1656408592155815937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
In March, host Ken Jennings came under fire for not accepting one contestant’s pronunciation during the show.
The question <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/29/jeopardy-fans-claim-ken-jennings-robbed-contestant-after-shady-ruling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> was: “After the Last Supper, Jesus traveled to this garden to pray and was arrested there.&#8221; Contestant Kevin Manning rang in with the correct answer, the Garden of Gethsemane, but did not pronounce it correctly when he omitted the &#8220;n&#8221; sound at the end.
Fans were further outraged when Jennings also mispronounced the answer, saying the word with a soft “g” and accepting that pronunciation from another contestant.

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'Jeopardy!' Fans React When 3 Contestants Lose With Correct Answer, Wrong Pronunciation

&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; fans had a lot of questions about what happened after a &#8220;spoiler&#8221; glitch in the first round of the High School Reunion Tournament showed the final scores in the opening segment of the show.
During the opening part of the popular <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">game show</a> on March 8, viewers at home saw a wide-shot of the three contestants&#8217; final scores on each of their screens, revealing the winner before the contestants even started answering questions, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/03/09/jeopardy-editing-glitch-shows-final-scores-before-game-start/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=NYPTwitter">New York Post</a> noted.
The <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1367417/this-jeopardy-mistake-might-be-the-game-shows-biggest-flub-yet?cmpid=social_instagram_bio%26source%3Dinstagram-enews%26medium%3Dlink-post">video starts</a> as host Mayim Bialik was congratulating the contestants — Justin Bolsen, Maya Wright and Jackson Jones — and wishing them &#8220;good luck.&#8221;
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Whoops &#8211; they showed a shot of the final scores during Mayim&#39;s intro 🫣 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jeopardy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jeopardy</a> <a href="https://t.co/OhCdGEArKl">pic.twitter.com/OhCdGEArKl</a>
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The shot of the three contestants and their final scores was exactly the same dollar amount that viewers saw during the beginning segment of the show, with Jackson Jones winning the match at $24,000, Justin Bolsen with $13,570 and Maya Wright in last place with $3,370.
Fans of the long-time running game show took to Twitter, to express their disappointment and asked what happened.
&#8220;An inexcusable production error,&#8221; one person <a href="https://twitter.com/amandarykoff/status/1633677799889473538">tweeted</a>. Another <a href="https://twitter.com/katem02134/status/1633632500445503491">wrote</a>, &#8220;That&#8217;s a pretty significant screwup.&#8221;
While one person <a href="https://twitter.com/Nobilis619/status/1633671574405668867">tweeted</a>, &#8220;Wow, given that this was taped months or weeks ago, you&#8217;d think they&#8217;d actually proof-view it first before putting on air,&#8221; another person <a href="https://twitter.com/pmyoung11/status/1633655787997257730">wrote</a>,&#8221;[Jeopardy] [glitch]–final scores shown when Mayim Bialik introduces contestants–even before the first question. Check the podiums at the outset. The score display areas should be blank, but there are numbers there. And those are the final scores! Major editing glitch.&#8221;
A fifth fan <a href="https://twitter.com/dawnbakerart/status/1633620539142033409">said</a> that, &#8220;Anyone else notice a score [spoiler] on [Jeopardy] just now? Oops!&#8221;
&#8220;I thought it was Thursday already and that I missed something when I noticed that,&#8221; another person <a href="https://twitter.com/turtlesmall24/status/1633724614474883075">quipped</a>. &#8220;But then I realized I didn&#8217;t sleep through the day and it was just an error.&#8221;
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I was wondering what was happening there. That&#39;s a pretty significant screwup.
&mdash; Ballyhoo and Bedbugs (@katem02134) <a href="https://twitter.com/katem02134/status/1633632500445503491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I was wondering what was happening there,&#8221; a final person tweeted.
<a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1367417/this-jeopardy-mistake-might-be-the-game-shows-biggest-flub-yet?cmpid=social_instagram_bio%26source%3Dinstagram-enews%26medium%3Dlink-post">E! News</a> noted that the editing error only occurred in the first round of the tournament and the second round took place Thursday. So, the winner of the two-day tournament wasn&#8217;t completely revealed by the screw-up.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">Trans-identifying</a> contestant Amy Schnieder made history again on the show by winning the $250,000 prize on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeopardy">Jeopardy!: Tournament of Champions</a>.”
Schneider defeated fellow contestants Andrew He and Sam Buttrey, securing the top spot after winning three games. Schneider is the first trans-identifying contestant to win the tournament.
&#8220;I feel amazing,&#8221; Schneider said in a statement following the big win. &#8220;Earlier in the finals, I had this sudden moment of seeing myself and being like, ‘I’m on stage in the Tournament of Champions finals,’ and that was crazy. And I won! It’s a great feeling.&#8221;
The &#8220;Jeopardy!: Tournament of Champions” began October 31. It featured 21 contestants who won at least four games since the 2020 tournament along with winners of the National College Championship, the Professors Tournament, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">game show&#8217;s</a> first Second Chance faceoff, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/amy-schneider-wins-jeopardy-tournament-champions">reported</a>.
In January, Schneider made headlines during a winning “Jeopardy!” streak, and the contestant was celebrated for being the woman with the most “Jeopardy!” wins. This narrative was widely accepted despite the fact that the Oakland resident was born a biological male.
“Good Morning America” cheered Schneider on during a news segment that month, saying, “She’s well on her way, but I’ve just got one question to ask. Who runs the world? Girls!” 
The woman with the most “Jeopardy!” wins prior to Schneider being awarded that title congratulated Schneider for having a winning streak, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-jeopardy-contestant-amy-schneider-ends-winning-streak-on-this-question">reported</a>. 
“Well, it was fun to hold a Jeopardy record for a few years…but it’s been even more fun to watch @Jeopardamy set new standards for excellence, on the show and off,” record-setting woman Larissa Kelly tweeted at the time. “Congratulations to Amy on becoming the woman with the highest overall earnings in the show’s history!”
Schneider sarcastically addressed critics in a Twitter post on December 31, sharing, “I’d like to thank all the people who have taken the time, during this busy holiday season, to reach out and explain to me that, actually, I’m a man. Every single one of you is the first person ever to make that very clever point, which had never once before crossed my mind.”
Following Schneider’s first loss, the “Jeopardy!” contestant issued a statement on what the winning streak meant. “It’s really been an honor,” Schneider said. “To know that I’m one of the most successful people at a game I’ve loved since I was a kid and to know that I’m a part of its history now, I just don’t know how to process it.”

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CNN anchor Don Lemon and co-anchor Kaitlan Collins expressed their shock that highly intelligent contestants appearing on “Jeopardy!” didn’t know who Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee who became the first black woman on the Supreme Court, was.
The two co-anchors were discussing with fellow co-anchor Poppy Harlow clues that have elicited criticism on “Jeopardy!” including this week’s clue that featured the murderer of Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie. They showed a clip from a show earlier in November in which host Ken Jennings prompted, “She&#8217;s the first Black woman on the Supreme Court and the first justice to have been a federal public defender.”
After none of the contestants offered an answer, Jennings informed them, “That&#8217;s Justice Jackson &#8212; Ketanji Brown Jackson.”
At first Collins sympathized with the contestants, contending, “I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s that surprising, I will say. A lot of people don&#8217;t know who is on the Supreme Court.”
But then Lemon corrected her: “These are &#8212; but these are smart people, though. These are — I mean, when you go on ‘JEOPARDY!’ —&#8221;
“It&#8217;s a good point,” Collins then conceded.
“When you go on ‘JEOPARDY!’  I — look, if you were —” Lemon sputtered.
“She was just confirmed,” Harlow added.
Now Collins was on board: “She&#8217;s been in the news so much.”
“She&#8217;s been in the news,” Harlow parroted.
“If you&#8217;re standing outside of a mall or whatever and people may not know — when they do the man on the street thing,” Lemon began.
“Yes,” Collins echoed.
“But when you&#8217;re smart enough to be a contestant on ‘JEOPARDY!’&#8221; Lemon insisted.
“You&#8217;ve got to know about current events, too, on &#8216;JEOPARDY!&#8217;” Collins declared.
“And history-making ones,” Harlow chimed in.
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CNN hosts are PISSED no Jeopardy contestants knew the name of Biden&#39;s &quot;history-making&quot; SCOTUS pick <a href="https://t.co/b46SSviZu1">pic.twitter.com/b46SSviZu1</a>
&mdash; Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1593598649388482562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy slammed Jackson last May for her refusal to condemn the leak of the draft of the Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization. The opinion ultimately repealed Roe v. Wade, and the leak generated headlines world-wide. McCarthy also ripped Jackson for eschewing to condemn the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-activists-demonstrate-outside-justice-alitos-virginia-home">protests</a> outside the homes of Supreme Court Justices.
McCarthy wrote in <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/judge-jackson-wont-say-dobbs-leak-is-wrong-and-wont-object-to-protests-at-her-soon-to-be-colleagues-homes/">National Review</a>, “This ranges from somewhere between cowardly and sinister, much like the failure of the justices to issue a joint statement that echoes the chief justice’s condemnation of the leak and statement of determination to identify the leaker, and that condemns <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dojs-silence-on-the-lefts-lawless-intimidation-of-supreme-court-justices/" data-testid="dynamic-link">the protests, which violate federal law</a>.”
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