'Jeopardy!' contestants slammed for 'Wizard of Oz' triple stumper

Jeopardy fans expressed their disbelief after all three contestants were left stumped by a final question about a character in a beloved piece of pop heritage On Thursday's episode of the long-running meeting show contestants Mary Walheim Alfred Wallace and three-day defending champion Bryce Wargin came up short when presented with a clue in the Fictional Characters category The prompt read Boq is one of these fictional people Not as big as the grown folk but neither were they very small ' Walheim was left with a dollar in total winnings after betting of her total haul when she incorrectly guessed What is a Lilliputian JEOPARDY FANS CALL OUT CONFUSING FINAL JEOPARDY CLUE NOT THE FIRST WORD I D USE' I'm afraid it's not the Lilliputians from Gulliver s Travels ' Jeopardy host Ken Jennings stated her Walheim's competitors Wallace and Wargin also appeared to believe that the clue referred to the -inch-tall men living on the island of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift's classic novel Wallace's answer was revealed to be What are lili The contestant who wagered of his in winnings noted that his response was almost Lilluputian Jennings agreed adding that Wallace had likely run out of time to write the characters' full name Wargin's first guess was What are Lilliputians before he crossed the answer out and wrote dwarves Jennings then informed the contestants that What is a Munchkin was the correct answer In the movie of The Wizard of Oz ' the Munchkins are very small but in the book the Munchkins are disclosed to be about Dorothy's height Jennings narrated them Wargin who was in the lead heading into the final round with had bet which dropped him down to However as a four-day Jeopardy champion Wargin's total winnings were LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSMany fans watching at home had easily guessed the right answer as the character of Boq played a prominent role in the mega-hit movie musical Wicked which was an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name Boq was portrayed by Ethan Slater in Wicked which starred Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo After the episode ended fans flocked to social media to share their dumbfounded reactions Read the word Boq and SCREAMED MUNCHKIN How did NO ONE GET THIS wrote one social media user on X How did no one get that BOQ answer on jeopardy right another X user added Everyone who watched Jeopardy and just now watched Wicked was screaming at their TV tonight one viewer chimed in CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER No one knew boq is a munchkin on final jeopardy a Jeopardy fan posted on X adding crying emojis My entire household was shouting MUNCHKIN Apparently not one of the saw Wicked another fan wrote on X Final was so easy How did they all miss it a viewer wondered in the show's Reddit discussion thread Both the movie and the play Wicked were based on Gregory Maguire's book The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Maguire's novel is centered on the imagined backstory of Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West and presents an alternate version of events that took place before L Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Boq is featured in both books but he was not included in the classic movie The Wizard of Oz which starred Judy Garland After Wicked was issued last November the film became a major blockbuster raking in million worldwide against a million budget The movie is now the highest-grossing musical film adaptation of all time Wicked also received nominations at the Academy Awards including nods for Erivo as best actress and Grande as best supporting actress CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe movie took home Oscars for best costume design and best production design Slater is set to return as Boq along with Erivo as Elphaba and Grande as Galinda in part two of Wicked titled Wicked For Good It is due out this fall