Jeopardy! fans ‘offended’ after show ‘incorrectly’ credits country song to band that didn’t write the hit

JEOPARDY! has left fans offended after the game show mistakenly credited a country song to the wrong band.

On Thursday’s episode, the commotion started when Jeopardy! contestant Adriana Harmeyer picked the category “Songs in the Key of Life.”

Jeopardy host Ken Jennings said, 'In the title of a Rascal Flatts' song, 'Life Is' this type of road'
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Jeopardy host Ken Jennings said, ‘In the title of a Rascal Flatts’ song, ‘Life Is’ this type of road’Credit: Jeopardy

Jeopardy! fans were upset contestant Adriana Harmeyer credited the right country song to the wrong singer
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Jeopardy! fans were upset contestant Adriana Harmeyer credited the right country song to the wrong singerCredit: Jeopardy
“In the title of a Rascal Flatts’ song, ‘Life Is’ this type of road,” host Ken Jennings, 50, read the prompt.

“What is ‘A Highway?'” Adriana answered.

“Yes, it is,” Ken replied.

She then won $400, which raised 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, the Rascal Flatts did a cover version of the single for the Cars soundtrack.

Fans jumped to X, formerly known as Twitter, and slammed the game show for the mistake.

“Very offensive to Tom Cochrane to call Life Is a Highway a Rascal Flatts song,” one blasted.

“Why has Jeopardy decided Life Is a Highway is a Rascal Flatts song when they just produced an inferior cover?” another trolled.

“Rascal Flatts did not write Life Is a Highway! You will pay for this disrespect!” a third ranted.

Jeopardy!’s Ken Jennings reveals ‘funniest wrong answer’ on show and shares thoughts on Alex Trebek-style makeover
“Rascal Flatts was the wrong answer to a question on Jeopardy!” a fourth person wrote.

“Ahem! Tom Cochrane is the original Life Is a Highway performer,” a commentator chimed.

NO CLUBBING?

This is not the only time the game show left its viewers upset at their TV screens.

On Friday’s installment, the three players failed to come up with the correct answer for the Producer Tags category.

Jeopardy! Universe

Jeopardy! 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 all are:

Jeopardy! – (syndicated) 1974 to present, weekdays on ABC at 7 pm 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 season prior, where the prize is entry into Champions Wildcard.

Champions Wildcard – 2023 to present, features all one, two and three-day champions from the season prior worth entry into the Tournament of Champions.

Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament (syndication) – 2023 to present, features past greats invited by producers to vie for a slot in Masters.

Jeopardy! Masters (primetime) – 2023 to present, features the six highest-ranked Jeopardy! champions competing against each other.

Celebrity Jeopardy! (primetime) – 1992 to present, has celebrities compete against each other to raise money for charity.

Pop Culture Jeopardy (streaming) – 2024 to present, will feature teams of three tasked with pop culture trivia on Amazon Prime, host and airdate TBD

Jeopardy! has done away with specialized tournaments like its College Tournaments, Kids Week, and Professor’s Tournament to gear towards a more sports-like model, with Masters being the top of the Jeopardy pyramid.

Other versions of Jeopardy! have fizzled out throughout the years as well, like Sports Jeopardy!.

“Sonny Digital’s tag can be heard on this song by ILoveMakonnen and Drake, named for a weekday that’s got the “club goin’ up,” Ken said.

“What is Thursday?” Amy Yao guessed incorrectly.

“No, I’m sorry,” Ken responded.

“What is Friday?” Josh Moss asked.

“Also incorrect,” Ken mentioned.

“Adriana? Five days left,” he joked.

Time ran out as the contestants could not come up with the hit song, Tuesday.

“None of these people have ever been to the club on a Tuesday, respectfully,” one viewer scoffed.

“The way I screamed that answer in a second! Lots of laughs,” another viewer added.

Jeopardy! contestants called out the game show for fumbling Tom Cochrane for Rascal Flatts
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Jeopardy! contestants called out the game show for fumbling Tom Cochrane for Rascal FlattsCredit: Jeopardy!

Jeopardy! fans were also upset the contestants were stumped with Drake and ILoveMakonnen's song Tuesday
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Jeopardy! fans were also upset the contestants were stumped with Drake and ILoveMakonnen’s song TuesdayCredit: AP

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