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Final Jeopardy is not traditionally a place where humor thrives. More often than not, the difference between winning and losing any given episode of Jeopardy is determined by a contestant’s answer in this round. However, over the last few weeks, some legendary viral game show moments have been launched during this make-or-break segment.
A few weeks ago, a contestant was able to hilariously dupe host Alex Trebek into saying the name “Turd Ferguson” during Final Jeopardy; Turd Ferguson is, of course, the alter ego of Burt Reynolds (as famously portrayed by Norm MacDonald) on Saturday Night Live. On Friday night, however, a new hero of the conservative right was born during Final Jeopardy when Trebek asked the following question:
“The flower pictured here is also called this, a disparaging term for people on the political left.”
If you can’t watch the above video at your workplace, the answer that contestant Becky Sullivan gave was “What is a pansy.” LOL! (The actual answer? “What is a bleeding heart?”)
Sullivan actually took to Twitter to describe her rationale:
Is it too late to get Becky Sullivan a nomination for the 2016 Republican Presidential primary? If she keeps up this kind of torrid pace and is able to rally the base, she may serve as the right’s best chance to take down Hillary Clinton. If it turns out that Sullivan is a liberal —she does work at NPR, after all— you can bet that Donald Trump is taking note.
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