Jeopardy! fans say contestant Sarah Cahalan ‘broke a major show rule’ before scoring ‘clean sweep’ of an entire category

JEOPARDY! fans claimed one contestant jeopardized their standing by “breaking a major show rule.”

Player Sarah Cahalan impressively scored a “clean sweep” of an ENTIRE category beforehand.

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The April 4th episode of the long-running gameshow saw Sarah, a Longansport Indiana “News Assistant,” make what some called a “major” blunder.

During the meet-and-greet portion where contestants are asked one of five questions prepared before the show, per Yahoo!, fans noticed that the middle-placed player overshared.

One fan wrote on the moment: “Sarah nearly ran afoul of the #Jeopardy directive that you’re not supposed to mention your employer, but I think ‘the Times’ is sufficiently non-specific.”

Earlier, during the same segment of the April 1 gameshow episode, host Mayim dug into one player with less-than-impressive precision.

Contestant Yian, an anesthesiologist from Menlo Park, California, told a story about how he mastered a claw machine with his grandmother sweetly leading to “winning an iPod,” and eventually, becoming a doctor.

Mayim – hosting Season 38 when former contestant Ken Jennings isn’t filling in – responded:

“That’s pretty awesome, but you didn’t become a surgeon, just an anesthesiologist.”