Jeopardy! contestant breaks silence on being mocked by Ken Jennings over incorrect guess during seas
JEOPARDY! contestant Sharon Bishop has broken her silence on the bad answer that Ken Jennings skewered out of the gate on last Friday's episode.
She tweeted that she stood by the incorrect guess and took the host's sarcastic remark in good spirits.
Sharon Bishop, a high school Spanish teacher from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, had a bit of a stumble during Jeopardy!'s Season 39 finale.
The newcomer picked the clue under “Real Fast” early on for $400.
Ken, 49, read: "Sifan Hassan holds the women's world record in this track event: 4 minutes, 12.33 seconds."
She guessed: “What is the 50-yard dash?”
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Ken ruled her incorrect as the right answer was “the mile.”
He then snarked: “I think a lot of us can do the 50-yard a little faster than that.”
'THAT'S HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE ME!'
Sharon buzzed into Twitter on Monday and shared she didn't have any hard feelings about getting the hard no from Ken.
She wrote: "I stand by my answer on the show that it’s the 50 yard dash because that’s how long it would take ME to run 50 yards."
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FANS DEBATE KEN'S COMMENT
At the time, some fans weren't sold on Ken's comment and felt it put a damper on the season finale and perhaps Sharon's confidence, even if it was miles from correct.
One fan wrote on Reddit: “I generally enjoy when Ken comments on gameplay, wagers, mistakes or good gets, etc., and I enjoyed when Alex did it as well.
"But there's a very fine line between commenting on gameplay and calling someone an idiot. To me, it felt like he crossed it in that quip."
Another wrote: "That's a good example of something that Alex could get away with because he was Alex, but could be taken the wrong way coming from someone else."
A third wrote: "What is the point of saying that to a contestant? It's not really a humorous comment.
"It's not like the contestant was someone like James or Brad, who we know are great and could take a little ribbing if they said something dumb.
"It came midway in the first round, Sharon was still trying to get underway and might have still been a bit nervous.
"The host can think a response was poor, but why draw attention to it from a new contestant?"
A fourth agreed: "This is a nuance of hosting. There's a time and a place for snark and sarcasm. This probably wasn't the best use of it.”
That said, Sharon had a second flat-out rough guess during the first round of the game.
A clue read: “In 2014 Decatur, Texas, rescheduled this holiday back to the 30th, as it conflicted with Friday night high school football.”
“What is football?” Sharon answered.
One fan joked on Twitter: "Oh my god she's on fire."
Sharon still had an impressive performance after that, winding up with $17,000 in Final Jeopardy even though she didn't win.
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Lucas Partridge won what was his third win with $66,200 total.
He will spend the summer as the Jeopardy! champion and return - along with Season 40 - on September 11.
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