DANGER! left fans offended after the game show wrongly credited a country song to the wrong band.
On Thursday’s episode, the commotion began when Jeopardy! contestant Adriana Harmeyer chose the “Songs in the Key of Life” category.
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“In the title of a Rascal Flatts song, ‘Life Is’ this kind of road,” host Ken Jennings, 50, read the prompt.
“What is ‘A Highway?’” Adriana replied.
“Yes, it is,” Ken replied.
She then won $400, which brought her to $10,200.
However, artist Tom Cochrane originally conceived Life Is a Highway for his second album, Mad Mad World, in 1991.
In 2006, Rascal Flatts covered the single for the Cars soundtrack.
Fans jumped onto X, formerly known as Twitter, and criticized the game show for the mistake.
“It’s very offensive for Tom Cochrane to call Life Is a Highway a Rascal Flatts song,” criticized one.
“Why did Jeopardy decide that Life Is a Highway is a Rascal Flatts song when they just produced an inferior cover?” another trolled.
“Rascal Flatts didn’t write Life Is a Highway! You will pay for this disrespect!” a third spoke.
“Rascal Flatts was the wrong answer to a question on Jeopardy!” a fourth person wrote.
“Ahem! Tom Cochrane is the original artist on Life Is a Highway,” said one commenter.
NO BATTERY?
This wasn’t the only time the game show left its viewers upset in front of their TV screens.
In Friday’s edition, the three players were unable to find the correct answer for the Producer Tags category.
Danger! Universe
Danger! it first aired in 1964 until 1975. Then, the nighttime version began in 1974. Since then, many spinoffs of the game show have emerged. Here they are all:
Danger! – (syndicated) 1974 to present, weekdays on ABC at 7pm ET.
Tournament of Champions – 1984 to present, features the top champions who have appeared on the show since the last tournament.
Second Chance Tournament – 2022 to Present features hand-selected non-winners from the previous season, where the prize is entry into the Champions Wildcard.
Champions Wildcard – 2023 to present, features all one-, two-, and three-day champions from the previous season that are eligible for entry into the Tournament of Champions.
Danger! Invitational Tournament (distribution) – from 2023 to the present, features big names from the past invited by producers to compete for a place in the Masters.
Danger! Masters (primetime) – from 2023 to present, features the six Jeopardy! champions competing against each other.
Celebrity Danger! (Primetime) – From 1992 to the present, celebrities compete against each other to raise money for charity.
Pop Culture Jeopardy (streaming) – from 2024 to present, will feature teams of three in charge of pop culture trivia on Amazon Prime, host and air date to be determined
Danger! eliminated specialized tournaments, such as University Tournaments, Children’s Week and Teacher’s Tournament, to move towards a more sporting model, with the Masters being the top of the Jeopardy pyramid.
Other versions of Jeopardy! have also failed over the years, such as Sports Jeopardy!.
“The Sonny Digital tag can be heard in this song by ILoveMakonnen and Drake, named after a day of the week that makes the “club go up,” said Ken.
“What is Thursday?” Amy Yao guessed incorrectly.
“No, I’m sorry,” Ken replied.
“What is Friday?” Josh Moss asked.
“Also incorrect,” said Ken.
“Adriana? Five days left”, he joked.
Time ran out because the contestants couldn’t find the hit Tuesday.
“None of these people have ever been to the club on a Tuesday, respectfully,” scoffed one spectator.
“The way I shouted that answer in a second! Lots of laughs,” added another viewer.
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