‘Jeopardy!’ fans miffed by simple Final Jeopardy clue: ‘Easiest question I’ve ever seen’

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Jeopardy! fans were in a state of disbelief this week with a seemingly easy clue being given for Final Jeopardy.

“In 1966, the year of his death, he shared plans for an experimental prototype community in Florida,” read the Final Jeopardy! hint in the “Famous Names” category.

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All three contestants — Robbi Ramirez, P.J. Brennan and Rachel Clark — gave the correct answer: “Who is Walt Disney?” But Ramirez was the winner with $22,800, after he wagered $1,400.

Host Ken Jennings noted that the “experimental prototype community” became known as EPCOT, which opened its doors in 1982. After unveiling Disneyland in California in 1955, Disney set his sights on a new theme park in Orlando with Walt Disney World debuting in 1971.

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But many viewers at home were unimpressed with the “softball” question, claiming it was too simple for Final Jeopardy.

“I’m pretty sure that this is the easiest question I’ve ever seen on @Jeopardy,” one fan tweeted.

“Who is Walt Disney. Easiest Final Jeopardy so far,” a second devotee fumed, with a third wondering, “You guys have got to be kidding, how is this a Final Jeopardy and not a $200 question????”

“I’ve been watching Jeopardy! for like 20+ years and I cannot recall an easier Final Jeopardy,” another viewer swiped.

“I was thinking it can’t be Walt Disney. That’s a Trivial Pursuit, kids edition level question, never mind Final Jeopardy!” one person joked.

On Reddit, Ramirez, who is from Orlando, said he wasn’t surprised everyone got the answer right.

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“Yeah, super easy. Not surprised we all got it,” he wrote.

But he did admit that the “Famous Names” category led to his conservative wager.

“The problem was the insanely broad category (‘Famous Names’) that put me on edge,” Ramirez continued. If it had sounded less like it might be any question in the world, I’d have bet more. If it had been ‘Disney,’ or ‘Theme Parks,’ I’d be several thousand dollars richer. But I had the freedom to play it safe, so I did.”

“If I hadn’t gotten this,” he wrote in a separate post, “they wouldn’t have let me back into Orlando.”

Several followers of the show also agreed that the question wasn’t as easy as it seemed.

“If I was a contestant, I wouldn’t have finished writing,” one fan conceded.

When one fan tried to make a crack that he didn’t look like Brian Henegar, a contestant who many likened to Adolf Hitler last week, Ramirez angrily defended the guest services agent from Tennessee.

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“He doesn’t even have a Hitler mustache!” Ramirez fired back. “He’s just a guy with a right-side part and a mustache.”

But Ramirez did joke about his own appearance, assuring watchers of the show that he needed lots of makeup to get himself camera ready.

“I’m not actually this tan, my skin just looks very corpse-y on camera if they don’t give me the full George Hamilton.”

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