'Jeopardy!' player's supreme error about Diana Ross' age
For the second time this season, a "Jeopardy!" contestant wrongly answered that Diana Ross is in her 90s. Credit: Getty Images / Alberto E. Rodriguez
An incorrect response from a contestant regarding singer Diana Ross' age on Tuesday's "Jeopardy!" episode has prompted the lady's fans to sing the blues.
“Your standard phonograph record until the 1950s, or the age Diana Ross turned in 2022,” was the Daily Double clue 23-year-old Jake Marvin encountered in round one. The banking analyst from Charlotte, North Carolina, wagered — and lost — all of his money when he responded "What is 90?" instead of "What is 78?"
The Motown legend's fans expressed their displeasure on social media following the gaffe, the second time in four months that a "Jeopardy!" player has incorrectly called Ross a nonagenarian. In March, someone gave Ross in response to the clue “In 2021 at age 95, this singer achieved a Guinness World Record for the oldest person to release an album of new material.” Tony Bennett was the record-holding performer.
"Future @Jeopardy contestants should learn one thing and one thing only: Diana Ross's actual age," tweeted one poster named Saya.
"Diana Ross canNOT catch a break with #Jeopardy players," tweeted author Jennifer Quail.
"Diana Ross needs to appear on Celebrity Jeopardy and remind us all of her actual age," replied one poster to Quail's tweet.
Ross, who was in Dublin with her "Thank U" tour on Tuesday, did not respond to the "Jeopardy!" incident on any of her social-media accounts.
Marvin, incidentally, finished in third place on Tuesday's show, with only $1 after missing the Final Jeopardy question.
