Jeopardy! descends into chaos over a single name. Ken Jennings’ bizarre ruling on a celebrity’s daughter has sparked a furious fan revolt, igniting the biggest controversy of the season.
Ken Jennings has fans raging over clarification of famous singer’s daughter’s name
Jeopardy! viewers were confused when Ken Jennings asked a contestant to clarify an answer that had to do with Beyoncé’s oldest daughter’s name. Ken wanted the full name
Jeopardy! viewers were confused with host, Ken Jennings, needing clarification about one of the most famous kids in the world.
On the Monday, April 7 episode of the ABC trivia game show, Taylor Mattox, an IT specialist from Columbus, Ohio, and Erin Li, a psychiatrist from Queens, New York, went against the returning champion Mike Dawson, a technology manager from Portland, Oregon. The three contestants had six new categories in the second round: Malice in Wonderland, Midieval Histories, Scrabble Scores, Habitats for Humanity, On the “M”ap and Her Mom’s a Singer.
Article continues below
Jeopardy! fans were left in shock and confused when the host, Ken Jennings, needed Mike to be more specific after he only gave the first name of Beyoncé’s oldest daughter.
Article continues below
READ MORE: Jeopardy! viewers rage as Ken Jennings accepts answer that ‘nobody’ usesREAD MORE: Ken Jennings has ‘no plans’ to move to LA for Jeopardy! despite difficulties
Erin picked the category “Her Mom’s a Singer” for $1,200 with Ken reading the clue, “She set a Guinness World Record for youngest individual credited with a Grammy for her work on Beyoncé’s ‘Brown skin girl.'”
Mike buzzed in and said, “Who is Blue Ivy?” The host took a second and then asked Mike to “be more specific.” Mike then added, “Who is Blue Ivy Carter?” with Ken responding, “That’s correct.”
In a Reddit thread discussing the episode, viewers expressed their confusion over Ken’s reaction and needed clarification as if there was more than one famous Blue Ivy on this earth. One person wrote in the thread, “I was a bit surprised to see Ken give a be more specific prompt for Mike’s ‘Blue Ivy’ ring-in. How many Blue Ivys are out there haha? Mike also looked confounded afterwards.”
Another person wrote, “It was especially bonkers given the category. How many kids named Blue Ivy does Beyoncé have?” A third person posted: “I thought the same since Blue Ivy is trademarked.”
Beyoncé’s company, BGK Trademark Holdings LLC, initially filed a trademark application for “Blue Ivy Carter” shortly after her daughter’s birth in 2012. The singer shares Blue Ivy with husband and rapper, Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Corey Carter. They also share twins, daughter Rumi and son Sir, 8.
Article continues below
Click here to follow the Mirror US on Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sports and entertainment stories.
News
“My Mom Is Not Guilty,” Said the Small Boy — What the Judge Found Out Left Him Speechless
The courtroom was silent until a trembling voice cut through the tension. Your honor, my mom didn’t steal anything. Gasps rippled across the room. A 9-year-old black boy stood alone before the judge, clutching a folder bigger than his chest. Behind him, his pale, tearful mother watched, handcuffed and accused of a crime she didn’t […]
Poor Black Girl Helped an Old Man Cross the Street — Unaware He Was the Town’s Richest Farmer…
At the busiest corner of town, traffic thundered and no one cared except Amir with patched shoes and a bag stitched together. She noticed an old man frozen at the curb, his cane trembling as cars sped past. Everyone else ignored him. Some even laughed at her for stepping forward. But Meera didn’t flinch. She […]
Boy Kicked Out by His Parents Returns 12 Years Later with his Nanny and Does Something Shocking.”
Thrown out for being dumb, young Daniel was left kneeling on the cold pavement while his wealthy parents shut the gates behind him. The only one who refused to walk away was Miss Ruth, the family’s old nanny, who quit her job and took him in with nothing but faith and sacrifice. Years later, Daniel […]
Black maid Stole the Billionaire’s Money to save his dying daughter, —what he did shocked everyone
Tasha was just a new maid, barely noticed, barely trusted. But when she found the billionaire’s daughter barely breathing, with no staff around and the mansion silent, she panicked. No calls were going through. No help was coming. So she did the unthinkable, broke into his locked office, grabbed the car keys and a bundle […]
Millionaire Comes Home and Finds His Pregnant Wife Crying—What He Discovered Shocked Him.
Millionaire comes home and finds his pregnant wife crying. David Whitman thought he had built the perfect life, but nothing prepared him for the day. He walked in early and found his young wife, Aisha, sobbing, her body covered in fresh bruises. Through her tears, she asked, “Am I ugly? Am I a monkey? Don’t […]
InLaws laugh as they gave her the Rusted van as her inheritance, — Unware the van was made of gold
At her husband’s funeral, Naomi’s in-laws handed her a rusted broken down van as her inheritance, laughing as they threw her out of the house and stole the businesses she’d built with him. 7 months pregnant, with her 10-year-old son beside her, she had no choice but to live in the van they claimed was […]
End of content
No more pages to load
