“Danger!” Legend James Holzhauer is both intelligent and funny.
On the season premiere of Jeopardy! Masters, which featured the show’s greatest champions, Holzhauer, 39, couldn’t help but make a cheeky remark after answering a question from the spelling category.
When asked how to spell the botanist’s last name, which also functions as a flower or a reddish-purple hue, Holzhauer correctly answered “fuchsia.”
During the spelling portion of the show, James Holzhauer was faced with this question. (ABC)
“What is FUC?” he said, staring into oblivion, then stopped. “H, S, I, A,” he added with a little laugh.
“You’ve got to be careful with that fourth letter,” Holzhauer quipped, speaking immediately to host Ken Jennings, who had answered correctly.
This drew laughs from the audience and smiles from contestants Yogesh Raut and Amy Schneider.
James Holzhauer is second to Ken Jennings in regular season winnings on Jeopardy! (ABC)
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James Holzhauer grinned as he finished his answer and tried to spell “fuchsia” correctly. (ABC)
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Social media users were tickled by Holzhauer’s comments, writing on Instagram: “It made me laugh.” [at] i can’t stop it [laughing at] What James said. Haha!!!,” another added. “Tonight’s show was interesting.”
Some people were surprised that they had been misspelling “fuchsia” for so long. “Today I learned that I’ve been misspelling fuschia all this time,” they admitted.
James competed against Yogesh Raut and Amy Schneider. (ABC)
But the laughter didn’t end there. When Holzhauer is introduced to viewers later in the show, Jennings notes that Holzhauer is the last contestant announced as part of the program, and he refers to himself as the “final boss” of the tournament. He explained.
“What does that mean?” Jennings asked about the “last boss” comment.
“I’m the main event,” he said stoically, drawing a burst of laughter from Jennings.
“We have five leadoff pitchers, and you’re the only one,” Jennings retorted.
Referring to the Mario character, Holzhauer said, “We defeated Goomba. Now it’s time to defeat Bowser.”
Ken Jennings found James Holzhauer’s remarks very interesting. (ABC)
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The tournament isn’t over yet, but Holzhauer has some work to do if he wants to come out victorious. He took second place on Wednesday’s episode. “Jeopardy! Masters” resumes on Monday.
Mr. Holzhauer is the third highest-paid American to appear on game shows. He is famous for his 32-game winning streak on the regular show “Jeopardy!” He won the Tournament of Champions in 2019.
