Jeopardy category ‘Worst Case Ontario’ stumps U.S. contestants. How would you do?
Worst Case Ontario."
No, this is not an opinion piece on the state of the province as a whole, but was in fact a category featured on popular game show Jeopardy! Monday night.
The category featured five questions that appeared to stump the three American contestants.
The questions, starting at $200 and going up to $1,000, ranged from geography to sports.
If you're not Ontarians, these are imaginary situations," said Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings.
Jake DeArruda, a delivery dispatcher originally from Vermont, scored his second Jeopardy! victory with two-day earnings totalling $47,994. He faced off Monday against Sarah Howard, a PhD candidate from North Carolina and Sam Meehan, an attorney from California.
Even DeArruda struggled with the Ontario category, responding incorrectly to two of the clues.
Would you fare any better?
Here are the Jeopardy! clues for the Worst Case Ontario" category (if you're on a mobile device, click here to view the questions):
Ivy Mak is a team editor on the Star's breaking news desk, based in Toronto. Reach her via email: ivymak@thestar.ca