Jeopardy! fans go wild over official Tournament of Champions poster but spot ‘weird’ detail in pic
JEOPARDY! fans have gone wild over the official poster for the Tournament of Champions but spotted a “weird” detail with how the legendary contestants were grouped together.
The game show’s biggest battle of the year kicks off today.
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Jeopardy!’s Ken Jennings is hosting the Tournament of ChampionsCredit: ABC
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Fans went wild over the poster for the $250K battle, but spotted an odd detailCredit: ABC
Jeopardy! dropped the official poster on social media, leaving game show fans buzzing.
Front and center stood a giant Ken Jennings, 48, staring down the camera with his arms crossed – he’s presiding over the 21 game show greats from the past year (who stood behind him) for the next two weeks.
Amy Schneider was all smiles wearing a pink dress, as Matt Amodio and Mattea Roach – all about to return and go at it instead of normal episodes – had their game faces on too.
One Reddit user spotted that to the right of Ken, all of the contestants wearing glasses were placed together.
‘IT’S WEIRD THEY DID THAT’
The Reddit user wrote: “Ok, but why are all the people who wear glasses on the same side? That’s weird.”
Another hilariously buzzed back: “It’s weird that they did that, and it’s weird that you noticed that.”
Jessica Stephens, one of the power players in the special, replied in jest while acknowledging that indeed, the five bespectacled players did get bunched in one section:
“The glasses wearers know what they did.”
‘CAN’T WAIT’
Others simply loved the poster before it all kicks off tonight.
“Avengers poster vibes,” one person wrote when the show shared it on Instagram.
“I can’t wait to see Matt Amodio and Amy Schneider again!” wrote a second fan.
“The most stacked bar trivia team ever!” wrote a third.
“Jackie Kelly’s veins are full of ice water. I’m on team Jackie,” wrote one more on the four-time winner who recently revealed on the Inside! Jeopardy podcast she has been studying non-stop since her Season 38 appearance.
Ken also shared the fierce photo on Twitter and wrote: This ad is giving early 2000s WrestleMania poster and I am INTO IT.”
WHAT IS: THE SCHEDULE?
Tonight, beloved Uber driver Ryan faces Megan Wachspress (6 wins) and Maureen O’Neil (4 wins).
On Tuesday, November 1st, Jonathan Fisher (11 wins) will face Andrew He (5 wins), and Christine Whelchel (4 wins).
On Wednesday, November 2nd, Brian Chang (7 wins), faces Tyler Rhode (5 wins), and Margaret Shelton (4 wins).
On Thursday, November 3rd, Courtney Shah (7 wins), faces John Focht (wins), and Rowan Ward, one formerly snubbed player who dominated the earlier Second Chance Tournament thus making the list.)
On Friday, November 4th: Eric Ahasic (6 wins), faces Jaskaran Singh (the college competition winner), and Jackie Kelly (4 wins).
Then on Monday, November 7th, Zach Newkirk (6 wins), faces Stephens (who won the first week of the Second Chance Tournament), and Sam Buttrey (the professor’s tournament winner).
To qualify, a player from Season 37 or Season 38 had to win at least 4 games to be considered – though many of course won much more.
Mattea, Matt and Amy will not have to play the quarter-finals and are getting byes.
On November 8th (or Election Day) the show will air a “just for fun” secret practice match between the dynamic trio before they are dropped into the semi-finals – it won’t count but will be one for the books.
The semis are three subsequent games – and eventually whoever wins those will go to the finals.
The finals will be G.O.A.T.-formatted in that the three finalists will play until one of them wins three matches – which could take three days or stretch on for seven days, it’s all worth $250K.
Returning champs like Mattea (23 wins and $560K), Amy Schneider (40 wins and $1.3M), Matt (38 wins and $1.5M) and Ryan Long (16 wins and $299K) all have 10 of the longest winning streaks in history.
As a result, fans are calling this Tournament of Champions the most “stacked” special the show has ever done.
Ken will step aside from the iconic game show in January so that co-host Mayim Bialik – now handling Celebrity Jeopardy! – can take the reins.
Over the summer, he and actress Mayim were officially announced as the permanent replacements for the late, great Alex Trebek.
Regular episodes and reigning ace Cris Pannullo will return in mid-November when it all concludes.
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One Jeopardy! fan spotted that all the contestants with glasses were ‘on the same side’ in the poster which seemed ‘weird’Credit: ABC
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But overall fans are buzzing as Amy, Matt and Mattea Roach are returning to TV for the 2-week-long specialCredit: ABC
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21 legends will be competing again and it’s the most ‘stacked’ group of greats everCredit: ABC
