Jeopardy! fans slam contestants for missing obvious triple stumper clue about Cheers

All three “Jeopardy!” players were left stumped by a final puzzle about the hit ’80s show “Cheers.”During Tuesday night’s “Final Jeopardy!” round, fans called the clue a “triple stumper” after each contestant failed to answer correctly.Game show host and former “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings announced the category was “Classic TV Shows.”The prompt read, “Posted over the door of this show’s setting was a notice reading, ‘Maximum Room Capacity 75 Persons.'”Player Lily St.Laurent, from Bakersfield, California, answered, “What is a TV show I don’t know.”David DeBacker from Ypsilanti, Michigan, wrote, “What is MASH.”“That’s a good guess, but that is not it,” Jennings said. Alex DeFrank from Brooklyn, New York, also answered, “M*A*S*H.”Jennings pointed out, “I’m very alarmed to learn that the ’80s shows of my childhood are now classic TV — What is ‘Cheers.’ The bar in ‘Cheers.’”DeFrank wagered $6,001, which left him with $19,199 and the title of three-day champion.His winnings totaled $75,600.

Fans were quick to share their outrage on social media and called the “Final Jeopardy!” clue “obvious.”“Flabbergasted that FJ was a triple stumper,” one comment read on Reddit.Another viewer wrote, “Never seen an episode in my life and I got it instantly then thought it was too obvious.”A passionate fan chimed in and added, “MAS*H and Cheers were both on the air in the early 1980s… I think both would qualify.” The comment continued, “This was one of the few triple stumpers that my wife and I both got instantly.We’ve never really watched more than a handful of episodes, but a capacity sign like that meant it had to be in a public place, and Cheers famously takes place in a bar.”The popular game show has been notorious for challenging its players with pop culture questions.Earlier this year, a “Jeopardy!” contestant walked off the stage after he missed a clue about Céline D...