‘Jeopardy!’ Viewers Could Not Believe Contestants Flubbed A Betty White Clue

Just because you’re brainy enough to get on Jeopardy! doesn’t mean you know everything. It’s not uncommon to watch contestants who know obscure world capitols and physics terms eat pavement when it comes to pop culture trivia everyone but them knows. Friday brought another example, in which three smarties proved they may know a lot but they don’t know The Golden Girls.

— JenniferLynne (@pinningjenny) May 5, 2023

The category was “Everything’s Coming Up Rose,” and the $400 answer was an easy one: “In 1986 she won an Emmy Award for playing Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls.” The question, as most people know, is “Who is Betty White”

Alas, that’s not the question any of the three contestants went with. One went with Rue McClanahan. Another guessed Bea Arthur. The third said nothing, not even Estelle Getty. Host Mayim Bialik very politely informed them it was the beloved Betty White.

The blunder gave many social media chuckleheads the opportunity to gloat about their superior intelligence, at least when it comes to beloved television that used to air on Saturday nights, right before Amen.

— Rebecca Hall (@beckasue75) May 5, 2023

I’m chilled to my core that no one on jeopardy tonight knew that betty white played rose in golden girls

— danita (@danitasteinberg) May 6, 2023

They missed Betty White! #Jeopardy pic.twitter.com/Gqy1UaFH4R

— Tired of this shit (@tiredtinNYC) May 5, 2023

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