One creative Twitter user suggested to take a drink every time the contestant does his quirk
(Picture: YouTube )While viewers were impressed with ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant Matt Amodio’s impressive six-game winning streak, there’s just one pet peeve they couldn’t get past.
As LeVar Burton’s guest-hosting week continues, one of his contestants, a PhD student from New Haven, Connecticut, exhausted viewers by repeatedly using the word, “what’s”, regardless of whether the answer was about a person – in which, it would be “who.”
On Wednesday’s episode, some of the answers were the names of people – ‘John Cleese’, ‘Jim Parsons’, ‘Anna Faris’. The contestant responded, “What’s Cleese?”, “what’s Parsons?”, “what’s Faris?” which led viewers to believe he was “the most annoying contestant ever.”
Some fans of the ABC show may not have noticed the quirk or viewed it as an issue, but social media grammar police certainly did and were quick to express their frustrations.
One creative Twitter user came up with a genius idea – drink every time Matt starts his sentence with “what’s.”
Tonight's Jeopardy drinking game: a sip of wine every time Matt starts with "what's"
— Abby the Nona (@abbythecleric) July 28, 2021
Why am I annoyed by Matt's "What's?"
— AC Junior 😷 (@CamJunior1972) July 24, 2021
And the pace of this episode is slower than a slug. #Jeopardy pic.twitter.com/VXqXoK3zrJ
One suggested the guest host lost his cool with the contestant, while Matt's repetitiveness drove another to madness.
What it might sound like if LeVar lost his temper with Matt. #Jeopardy #LevarForJeopardy #LeVaronJeopardy pic.twitter.com/9lcKLVQjk7
— AC Junior 😷 (@CamJunior1972) July 27, 2021
Matt on Jeopardy has been saying “What” when it should be “Who” for a lot of answers and it is driving me to madness #Jeopardy
— André L. Hopson (@dreezydasnowman) July 26, 2021
While another compared it to the jarring sound of ‘nails to a chalkboard.’
Can’t stand another night of watching Matt start every question with “what’s” on #jeopardy. It’s like nails on a chalkboard. pic.twitter.com/skEt2I8Jvz
— Melissa B | Sports Nutritionist (@mbouf) July 27, 2021
And many more couldn’t contain their frustration.
Matt using “what’s” for every #Jeopardy answer no matter what part of speech the answer is is annoying me 😒🤣
— Sam (@sgreen3) July 27, 2021
Then again, when Matt says something like, "What's stars?" I can't help but think of Kevin from #TheOffice...#Jeopardy pic.twitter.com/MzMjyiww0E
— Aaron Peck (@Peckapalooza) July 27, 2021
I can’t keep watching Matt on Jeopardy! I know he’s not technically cheating but not every question starts with “what’s.” 😠 It was enough to distract me from LB’s guest hosting.
— This Girl (@heykvb) July 27, 2021
Dear Matt: "Say what's one more g*d damn time! I dare ya!" #Jeopardy pic.twitter.com/bU7oiklyOY
— BrianG (@G999Brian) July 29, 2021
Matt answering every clue with "what's" is annoying #Jeopardy
— Openly Black Regine (@egi9781) July 22, 2021
Some, however, didn’t mind Matt’s quirk as he was the first champion that the show had in a while. “Y’all better get used to and get over hearing ‘What’s’ because I think Matt’s going to be on Jeopardy! for a while. And I’m here for it.” One Twitter user highlighted.
Jeopardy airs weeknights.
