Dumbest Answer ever on Final Jeopardy!

[fairgambit]

He fathered over 100 children before dying in 1947 at age 14.
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I correctly guessed the horse Seabiscuit, as did 2 of the 3 contestants. I mean, how many 14 year old males have fathered 100 children? The other, a 30ish lady guessed American humorist Will Rogers, who fathered 4 before dying at age 55. I am still laughing.

 

[NittanyPirate]

Hahahaha!!! I laugh because I guarantee I would have said something equally as stupid/embarrassing.

 

[Zenophile]

“Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.”
W. Chamberlain, 1947

 

[fairgambit]

“Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.”View attachment 470728

Wilt came to mind, but not by age 14. He admitted to no kids but may have had 1.

 

[StamfordBridgeVikingatLeftOffensiveTackle]

“Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.”
W. Chamberlain, 1947
View attachment 470728

Jim Brown: Man, I only had 5,000.

 

[ODShowtime]

I figured it was a dog or a horse but I don't know that many famous animals from 80 years ago.

 

[Thorndike2021]

The wife and I just looked at each other and I said, "Will Rogers?! WTF is wrong with that dude?"

 

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Dumbest question you mean.

“Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen”

 

[CyphaPSU]

 

[fairgambit]

Dumbest question you mean.

“Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen”

True. It was a question, but the question was her answer so....

 

[NittPicker]

I thought Jeopardy! was above using misleading questions. If the answer actually included the word "children", the contestant who missed it should be invited back. "Child" refers to a person. Nobody talks about animals having children. Using the plural "children" likely confused the contestant regardless of whether or not the other two got it right.

Or maybe the contestant was a bonehead and would have been wrong anyway.

 

[fairgambit]

I thought Jeopardy! was above using misleading questions. If the answer actually included the word "children", the contestant who missed it should be invited back. "Child" refers to a person. Nobody talks about animals having children. Using the plural "children" likely confused the contestant regardless of whether or not the other two got it right.

Or maybe the contestant was a bonehead and would have been wrong anyway.

A good point. Children was my wording. This is theirs.

Subject of a 2003 film, his 1947 obituary said he fathered at least 100 & died of a heart attack at 14, at a California ranch.​

Actually, their wording makes her response of Will Rogers even more absurd.

 

[Nitwit]

Once on the Newlywed Game the question was “Where was the strangest place you ever made love?” One woman contestant said - in my butt.

 

[BostonNit]

Once on the Newlywed Game the question was “Where was the strangest place you ever made love?” One woman contestant said - in my butt.

The actual answer was "That'd be the butt, Bob." Funniest gameshow answer ever.

 

[rudedude]

 

[ps_1294]

I actually didn’t think it was that dumb. I missed the clue “ died at 14”. I was born in’48. I had California and 100 children and ‘47. As clues I was thinking actors, etc. i thought of Wilt but knew he was younger, thought of Roy Rogers, people like that. At least she gave it a try and didn’t put “hi, Mom” or something..

 

[LionJim]

Did the other two contestants ask the correct question? Edit: Yes.

 

[Tom_PSU]

He fathered over 100 children before dying in 1947 at age 14.
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Do you know?
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I correctly guessed the horse Seabiscuit, as did 2 of the 3 contestants. I mean, how many 14 year old males have fathered 100 children? The other, a 30ish lady guessed American humorist Will Rogers, who fathered 4 before dying at age 55. I am still laughing.

A good point. Children was my wording. This is theirs.

Subject of a 2003 film, his 1947 obituary said he fathered at least 100 & died of a heart attack at 14, at a California ranch.​

Actually, their wording makes her response of Will Rogers even more absurd.

What I find as both deplorable and pathetically revealing is that you are happily denigrating the type of individual that represents your repeat customer base at Fairgambit International Global House of Drek.

 

[CVLion]

I actually didn’t think it was that dumb. I missed the clue “ died at 14”. I was born in’48. I had California and 100 children and ‘47. As clues I was thinking actors, etc. i thought of Wilt but knew he was younger, thought of Roy Rogers, people like that. At least she gave it a try and didn’t put “hi, Mom” or something..

I was absolutely floored by the “Will Rogers” guess. I figured it had to be a famous horse or dog, and correctly guessed Seabiscuit based on the timeframe of the mentioned movie.

I presume the contestant missed the “at 14” part of the clue too — BUT — when you’re an actual contestant with the entire game riding on Final Jeopardy, it’s kind of fundamental that you must carefully parse every single word of that clue.

 

[pamdlion]

All time classic…”Let it Snow”

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

He fathered over 100 children before dying in 1947 at age 14.
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Do you know?
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I correctly guessed the horse Seabiscuit, as did 2 of the 3 contestants. I mean, how many 14 year old males have fathered 100 children? The other, a 30ish lady guessed American humorist Will Rogers, who fathered 4 before dying at age 55. I am still laughing.

I guess SeaBiscuit was not spongeworthy!

 

[fairgambit]

I actually didn’t think it was that dumb. I missed the clue “ died at 14”. I was born in’48. I had California and 100 children and ‘47. As clues I was thinking actors, etc. i thought of Wilt but knew he was younger, thought of Roy Rogers, people like that. At least she gave it a try and didn’t put “hi, Mom” or something..

Ah, but as Abe Lincoln, or Mark Twain, or fairgambit once said, "Tis better to write "hi, Mom" and be thought a fool than to write Will Rogers and remove all doubt."

 

[s1uggo72]

right up there with 'the largest inland port in the United States'.

 

[Lion84]

He fathered over 100 children before dying in 1947 at age 14.
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Do you know?
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I correctly guessed the horse Seabiscuit, as did 2 of the 3 contestants. I mean, how many 14 year old males have fathered 100 children? The other, a 30ish lady guessed American humorist Will Rogers, who fathered 4 before dying at age 55. I am still laughing.

I saw that and was also laughing my *** off - WTF answer.

 

[Lion84]

The wife and I just looked at each other and I said, "Will Rogers?! WTF is wrong with that dude?"

I saw what you did there