In the past few years, people with the given name “Karen” have been having a rough time. The name has become a moniker for lots of unsavory personality traits. Now, it seems like the name “Karen” could potentially become an alias for those who don’t make the wisest decisions when competing on Jeopardy! After a contestant named Karen Morris made a particularly bad blunder, some passionate fans have taken to ridiculing her. But, Morris seems to be faring pretty well and even defended her polarizing decision.
Jeopardy! set in 2010 | Amanda Edwards / Stringer How Karen Morris’ Daily Double blunder cost her the win
Morris competed on Jeopardy! on Wednesday, March 22. But while it’s been nearly a week since her show aired, fans of the popular quiz show are still discussing her short-lived run on the show. Thanks to a risky Daily Double wage, the Virginia Tech student has caused quite the commotion.
Jeopardy! set in 2010 | Amanda Edwards / Stringer How Karen Morris’ Daily Double blunder cost her the win
Morris competed on Jeopardy! on Wednesday, March 22. But while it’s been nearly a week since her show aired, fans of the popular quiz show are still discussing her short-lived run on the show. Thanks to a risky Daily Double wage, the Virginia Tech student has caused quite the commotion.
- 3/28/2023
- by Abeni Tinubu
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jeopardy! fans are once again proving that they are quite the passionate bunch. Some viewers of “America’s favorite quiz show” are making their feelings known about a recent contestant, and they aren’t pulling any punches. Some passionate fans have even taken to calling the recent contestant names. Fortunately, Karen Morris seems to be taking it all in stride. In fact, Morris has even gone out of her way to explain her strategy to those who have been hurling vitriol her way.
Jeopardy! set in 2010 | Amanda Edwards / Stringer Karen Morris shocked ‘Jeopardy!’ fans when she made a risky Daily Double wage
Morris, of course, competed on Jeopardy! on Wednesday, March 22. For a while, it seemed as if the Christiansburg, Virginia, native has a fantastic shot at becoming a big winner. At the end of the second round, Morris had a pretty substantial lead over the other two contestants. She...
Jeopardy! set in 2010 | Amanda Edwards / Stringer Karen Morris shocked ‘Jeopardy!’ fans when she made a risky Daily Double wage
Morris, of course, competed on Jeopardy! on Wednesday, March 22. For a while, it seemed as if the Christiansburg, Virginia, native has a fantastic shot at becoming a big winner. At the end of the second round, Morris had a pretty substantial lead over the other two contestants. She...
- 3/27/2023
- by Abeni Tinubu
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Recent Jeopardy! contestant Karen Morris has opened up about the moment fans have called the biggest wager blunder since Cheers’ Cliff Clavin. The veterinary student from Christiansburg, Virginia, blew a massive lead on Wednesday’s (March 22) episode when she made a risky wager on a late-game Daily Double, tumbling her total from $21,800 to $11,800 and ultimately costing her the win. “Ok I’m gonna run down the episode step by step and then I will look up who “Cliff Clavin” is,” Morris wrote on Twitter late Wednesday night as she explained her thought process. “In the beginning I was worried about buzzing because motor skills are not my jam, and I have two brothers who are pretty serious gamers whereas this freakin game has only one button, yet was so intimidating to me,” she continued. In the beginning I was worried about buzzing because motor skills are not my jam, and...
- 3/24/2023
- TV Insider
Recent Jeopardy! contestant Karen Morris has opened up about the moment fans have called the biggest wager blunder since Cheers’ Cliff Calvin. The veterinary student from Christiansburg, Virginia, blew a massive lead on Wednesday’s (March 22) episode when she made a risky wager on a late-game Daily Double, tumbling her total from $21,800 to $11,800 and ultimately costing her the win. “Ok I’m gonna run down the episode step by step and then I will look up who “Cliff Clavin” is,” Morris wrote on Twitter late Wednesday night as she explained her thought process. “In the beginning I was worried about buzzing because motor skills are not my jam, and I have two brothers who are pretty serious gamers whereas this freakin game has only one button, yet was so intimidating to me,” she continued. In the beginning I was worried about buzzing because motor skills are not my jam, and...
- 3/24/2023
- TV Insider
The March 22, 2023 episode of Jeopardy! featured a wager so large and so risky, fans are calling it the “modern day Cliff Clavin.” The line is in reference to the episode of Cheers in which Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger) competes on the game show (featuring Alex Trebek!) and blunders all of his winnings on a comically bad Final Jeopardy gamble. Even if he got the answer wrong, all Cliff had to do was make sure he didn’t make a wager that would bring him from $22,000 to under $400, the second place mark. He bet it all, lost it all, and the rest is TV comedy history, but tonight’s episode of Jeopardy! was far from comedy. Veterinary student Karen Morris from Christiansburg, Virginia had a massive lead throughout the game, poising herself to unseat returning champion Melissa Klapper, a professor from Merion Station, Pennsylvania. Morris gave herself a $6,000 boost with her...
- 3/23/2023
- TV Insider
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