Jeopardy fans left upset by clue as all three players mispronounce correct answer before Hannah Wils

JEOPARDY! fans have been left in an uproar after multiple contestants lost their chance at winning because of misspeaking.

Even though returning champion Hannah Wilson won Monday night's episode of Jeopardy! for the fourth time, she and her competitors stressed the audience after each missed a correct answer because of mispronunciation.

Midway through the episode, contestants Juveria Zaheer, Sami Casanova, and champ Hannah Wilson were going toe-to-toe, each racking up money.

Things came to a head when Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik, 47, asked Sami a difficult question after she picked the category The Quotable Alex.

The question read: "The author and former prisoner that said 'socialism of any type and shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit.'"

Juveria was asked to answer first, and though she guessed the right author, [Aleksandr] Solzhenitsyn, she didn't say the Russian name properly.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!

Tons of fans online felt that it was unfair that all of the Jeopardy! players lost out on the money due to simply not pronouncing the answer right despite it being a correct choice.

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Some fans explained in a thread on Reddit why they believed these types of tricky clues should be eliminated from the show.

"Something rubbed me the wrong way about that Solzhenitsyn clue; the show usually gives some strong leeway for if you can pronounce a response in a reasonable way given a spelling, and all 3 definitely knew who the clue was referring to," one person ranted.

"I don't think it mattered in the long run of the game, but it sets an awkward precedent for the future. I'm also curious on if we have any other video examples of Solzhenitsyn as a clue to see if the pronunciation was as strict then."

Another added: "A good reason for them to abandon these types of clues. It’s one thing with clues that ask about translation of common French or Spanish words or idioms, but Russian has several letters that are difficult for Americans.

"(And I say that as someone who studied Russian). If they want to reference this author, for example, his name should be part of the clue with the correct response having to do with his life."

HANNAH WAS RIGHT?

Others argued that Hannah actually did pronounce the answer right; therefore, she should've been accepted.

"Give me a break. They all had the right name!" another viewer added.

One user said: "Hannah's pronunciation fit within the guideline of being reasonably supported by the spelling, so it should have been accepted."

Someone else broke down: "As I understand it, if it's phonetically reasonable, then they'll give it to you, and vowel sounds are pretty flexible, but if you screw up the consonants, they're going to rule against you.

"Juveria said 'So-lez-nitch-nin' - 2nd and 4th syllables are definitely wrong.

"Sami said, 'So-lez-neet-zin' - Same mistake as Juveria on the 2nd syllable."

They added: "Hannah said 'Sol-zuh-nee-chen' - I think they negged her because of the last syllable. 'Ts' doesn't make a 'ch' sound. It kind of sounded like she took the pronunciation of 'Nietzsche' for the 3rd and 4th syllables and put an n on the end.

Despite Hannah's flub, she was the only one to correctly answer this Final Jeopardy: "This 2007 bestselling novel takes its title from a line in the poem 'Kabul' by the 17th century Persian poet Saib.

She answered: "What is a Thousand Splendid Suns?"

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