“Jeopardy!” followers expressed their disbelief in spite of everything three contestants have been left stumped by a closing query a couple of character in a beloved piece of popular culture.
On Thursday’s episode of the long-running recreation present, contestants Mary Walheim, Alfred Wallace and three-day defending champion Bryce Wargin got here up brief when offered with a clue within the “Fictional Characters” class.
The immediate learn: “Boq is one in all these fictional individuals, ‘Not as massive because the grown people… however neither have been they very small.'”
“Jeopardy!” followers have been in disbelief in spite of everything three contestants have been stumped by a “The Wizard of Oz” clue. (Getty Photographs)
Walheim was left with a greenback in whole winnings after betting $5,999 of her whole $6,000 haul when she incorrectly guessed “What’s a Lilliputian?”
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“I am afraid it isn’t the Lilliputians from ‘Gulliver’s Travels,'” “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings advised her.
Walheim’s rivals, Wallace and Wargin, additionally appeared to consider that the clue referred to the 6-inch-tall males residing on the island of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift’s traditional 1726 novel.
Wallace’s reply was revealed to be “What are lili?” The contestant, who wagered $10,000 of his $10,600 in winnings, famous that his response was “virtually Lilluputian.” Jennings agreed, including that Wallace had doubtless run out of time to put in writing the characters’ full identify.
Wargin’s first guess was “What are Lilliputians?” earlier than he crossed the reply out and wrote, “dwarves.”
Jennings then knowledgeable the contestants that “What’s a Munchkin?” was the right reply.
The query got here in the course of the closing spherical of the sport present. (“Jeopardy!” YouTube)
“Within the 1939 film of ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ the Munchkins are very small, however within the e book, the Munchkins are stated to be about Dorothy’s peak,” Jennings advised them.
Wargin, who was within the lead heading into the ultimate spherical with $16,000, had wager $5,201, which dropped him all the way down to $10,799.
Nevertheless, as a four-day “Jeopardy!” champion, Wargin’s whole winnings have been $70,199.
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Many followers watching at house had simply guessed the precise reply because the character of Boq performed a outstanding position within the 2024 mega-hit film musical “Depraved,” which was an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the identical identify.
Boq was portrayed by Ethan Slater in “Depraved,” which starred Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
After the episode ended, followers flocked to social media to share their dumbfounded reactions.
All three contestants failed to offer the right reply, “What’s a Munchkin?” (“Jeopardy!” YouTube)
“Learn the phrase “Boq” and SCREAMED “MUNCHKIN!!!!!!!!” How did NO ONE GET THIS??? wrote one social media consumer on X.
“How did nobody get that BOQ reply on jeopardy proper,” one other X consumer added.
“Everybody who watched Jeopardy and lately watched Depraved was screaming at their TV tonight…,” one viewer chimed in.
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“Nobody knew boq is a munchkin on closing jeopardy, ” a “Jeopardy” fan posted on X, including crying emojis.
“My whole family was shouting MUNCHKIN!!! Apparently not one of many 3 noticed ‘Depraved,’” one other fan wrote on X.
“Closing was really easy. How did all of them miss it,” a viewer puzzled within the present’s Reddit dialogue thread.
Ethan Slater’s character Boq was prominently featured in “Depraved.” (Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/WireImage/Getty Photographs)
Each the film and the play “Depraved” have been primarily based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 e book “The Life and Occasions of the Depraved Witch of the West.”
Maguire’s novel is centered on the imagined backstory of Elphaba, the Depraved Witch of the West and presents an alternate model of occasions that passed off earlier than L. Frank Baum’s 1900 kids’s novel “The Fantastic Wizard of Oz.”
Boq is featured in each books, however he was not included within the traditional 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz,” which starred Judy Garland.
After “Depraved” was launched final November, the movie turned a significant blockbuster, raking in $747.2 million worldwide in opposition to a $150 million funds. The film is now the highest-grossing musical movie adaptation of all time. “Depraved” additionally obtained 10 nominations on the 2025 Academy Awards, together with nods for Erivo as finest actress and Grande as finest supporting actress.
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The film took house Oscars for finest costume design and finest manufacturing design.
Slater is ready to return as Boq, together with Erivo as Elphaba and Grande as Galinda, partially two of “Depraved,” titled “Depraved: For Good.” It’s due out this fall.
Ashley Hume is an leisure author for Fox Information Digital. Story ideas could be despatched to ashley.hume@fox.com and on Twitter: @ashleyhume
