Jeopardy! viewers slam ‘ridiculously difficult’ final question… so are YOU able to solve it?

Jeopardy! contestants and viewers alike were left so stumped by a final question that it has been slammed as ‘ridiculously difficult’ and ‘unfair’ by the show’s dedicated fans.

Earlier this week, host Ken Jennings left his three players baffled when he gave them what has now been branded as ‘the most obscure’ clue of all time.

‘It’s the building where the Stax records classic Knock On Wood was written but it’s remembered for other reasons,’ he said.

After 30 seconds, all of the contestants had no idea that ‘what is the Lorraine Motel?’ was the correct answer.

Clearly stumped, Denise LeBlanc-Bock, an architect from Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, wrote a sweet message for her loved ones on her board instead.

‘What is… love you fam,’ she answered.

Brenden Monroe, a senior game producer from Seattle, Washington, also answered in a similar fashion, writing: ‘What is…? Hi Zinnia!’

Five-day champion Andrew Hayes was the only player to attempt the question.

Ken Jennings left his three players baffled when he gave them 'the most obscure' clue
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Ken Jennings left his three players baffled when he gave them ‘the most obscure’ clue

He asked: 'It's the building where the Stax records classic Knock On Wood was written but it's remembered for other reasons'
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He asked: ‘It’s the building where the Stax records classic Knock On Wood was written but it’s remembered for other reasons’

He wrote: ‘What is… Ford’s Theatre?’ which was unfortunately not correct.

By the end of the game, the final scores were Andrew with $20,000, Denise with $3,799, and Brendon with $2,799.

Viewers at home criticized the show for using such a rogue question, with many admitting that they had never even heard of Stax Records.

In a post-episode discussion on Reddit, one wrote: ‘Might be the most obscure, un-gettable FJ ever. Never heard of the answer.’

‘As soon as Ken mentioned Memphis, I thought he was gonna say it was Graceland,’ another said.

‘The actual right response threw me for a loop. They could’ve at least mentioned the year 1968 to make it a little bit more gettable. C’mon, writers, throw us a frickin’ bone here!’

A third agreed, writing: ‘That was ridiculously difficult. Few, if any people have heard of Stax Records, few remember that song.

‘Nobody knows that a song was recorded in a motel, no clue is given where this happened (other than in the US), no clue is given when this happened. This was nuts.’

Denise LeBlanc-Bock an architect from Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, wrote a sweet message for her loved ones on her board
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Denise LeBlanc-Bock an architect from Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, wrote a sweet message for her loved ones on her board

Five-day champion Andrew Hayes was the only player to attempt the question
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Five-day champion Andrew Hayes was the only player to attempt the question

Viewers at home criticized the show for using such a rogue question
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Viewers at home criticized the show for using such a rogue question

‘At what point does a clue become so hard that it’s legit unfair to use it?’ another asked.

‘Can’t imagine finally getting on Jeopardy and prepping for months, even years, and then getting an FJ like this. And then seeing all the FJs on either side of your game are regular gettable ones.’

A fifth admitted: ‘Am I the only one who never heard of Stax Records?’

Stax Records was founded in 1957 and originally went by the name Satellite Records until 1961.

The label was influential in Southern soul and Memphis soul music, but also released gospel, funk, and blues.

The Lorraine Motel, the site of Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination in 1968, is now home to The National Civil Rights Museum.