'What is Duluth?': 'Jeopardy' contestants missed the final boat on Minnesota's port city

"Jeopardy" contestants on Monday's episode missed the mark on guessing the nation's most populous city on North America's biggest lake.

February 16, 2022 at 12:45AM
The Edwin H. Gott passed under the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth in 2020. Duluth was a Final Jeopardy answer on the Jeopardy! game show Monday. All of the contestants guessed incorrectly. (Alex Kormann, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

DULUTH — Clue: This completely missed Final Jeopardy answer had people across Minnesota face-palming in disgust Monday.

Answer: What is Duluth?

None of the contestants on the long-running TV game show — a professor, a healthcare administrator and a writer — correctly answered the clue "At about 90,000, it's the most populous U.S. city on North America's biggest lake."

And social media was not having it.

"Such a gimme. When in doubt, always answer w #Duluth!" the city's mayor, Emily Larson, tweeted.

State Sen. Jen McEwen, DFL-Duluth, tweeted, "OMG we made Final Jeopardy! And ... the contestants all got it wrong. But, I am okay with our cool city being a hidden gem."

The Final Jeopardy category was "the Midwest," with the three contestants all hailing from either California or Florida, a fact noted by host Ken Jennings.

"We have players from both coasts on 'Jeopardy' today but no one from the Midwest. We'll see what happens."

Two contestants guessed Green Bay, and one Minneapolis. What?

But hey, at least Duluth got a shoutout on national television when Jennings told the audience that the city "is the most important port on Lake Superior. Duluth, Minnesota, getting its day in the sun on Final Jeopardy."

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Jana Hollingsworth

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Jana Hollingsworth is a reporter covering a range of topics in Duluth and northeastern Minnesota for the Star Tribune. Sign up to receive the new North Report newsletter.

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