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Jeopardy! contestant makes 'worst daily double bet of all time'

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Updated 17:17 25 Mar 2023 GMTPublished 17:15 25 Mar 2023 GMT

Jeopardy! contestant makes 'worst daily double bet of all time'

Viewers can't get over the shocking moment Karen Morris absolutely lost her bearings

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

One of the oldest game shows on television continues to deliver the goods as Jeopardy! fans think they've witnessed the 'worst daily double bet of all time'.

While Professor Melissa Klapper picked up her third win on Wednesday (22 March) - a lot of it was down to a humongous blunder by competitor Karen Morris, a veterinary student.

Watch below:

She was way ahead in the lead with a whopping $21,800 in earnings.

Fellow contestants Melissa and Zach, a vice president of math curriculum, had only scored $7,100 and $6,400 respectively.

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In an attempt to make her purple patch continue, Karen opted to go for the infamous 'daily double bet' and put a mega $10,000 on the line.

So here we go, host Ken Jennings tells the contestant: "This artist the younger was working on yet another portrait of Henry VIII when he died in 1543."

Jeopardy! fans think they've witnessed the 'worst daily double bet of all time'.
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Despite giving her a clue, the veterinary student was completely out of ideas.

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Before she knew it, the timer had clocked out as Jennings revealed: "I’m sorry - Hans Holbein the Younger, the painter."

Karen simply responded: "OK."

This meant that in the final round, Karen only had $11,400 to her name.

But wait... it gets worse.

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The category in the final Jeopardy! round was 'American Novelists' and the clue: "He served with an airman named Yohannan in World War II, and despite what readers might think, he enjoyed his service."

Karen, who had wagered $6,001, wrote Hunter S. Thompson.

She was incorrect.

The correct answer was Catch-22 author Joseph Heller.

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Her earnings dropped to $5,399 and she finished in third-place.

It just wasn't Karen's day.
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"This person made worst daily double bet of all time - costing her sure win and putting her in third place. Who is Karen. #Jeopardy," one viewer commented.

Another added: "I’ve watched Jeopardy regularly for 35+ years and can’t remember anything that stupid. #jeopardy."

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Karen has since taken to social media to write about her experience on the show.

She said that she 'had the most fun' and reminded viewers 'it's just a game'.

“Making an appropriate wager requires considering the likelihood of knowing the correct response, which requires assessing your competency in the category, which requires awareness of what the category is, which, at that moment, I DID NOT HAVE,” she tweeted.

“Ultimately, I did what I did, and I had THE MOST FUN, and at the end of the day (I’m sorry Mom, I know you hate that phrase) it’s a game, and it’s a show, and it’s a game show.”

Featured Image Credit: ABC

Topics: Film and TV, US News

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish has an MA in Multimedia Journalism and is passionate about delivering sarcastic/mildly amusing content. After studying business at undergrad, Anish realised that he’d much prefer getting paid to rant about a topic, rather than to find a solution to it. Apart from that, he loves the ‘Four F’s’, as he calls it - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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