“Jeopardy!” fans did a double take on Monday night's game show.
Contestant David Erb, who bears a striking resemblance to actor Clint Eastwood, is a puzzle designer from Seattle, Washington, and the show's reigning champion.
Fans were quick to point out that the popular game show features an Eastwood lookalike.
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“Jeopardy!” fans compared contestant David Erb to Hollywood actor Clint Eastwood on Monday night's episode. (Getty Images | Jeopardy/ABC)
“David looks like a few different people, Clint Eastwood being one of them,” a Jeopardy! fan wrote on Reddit.
Another person shared on X (formerly Twitter): “Am I the only one who sees David on #Jeopardy and is reminded of a young Clint Eastwood?”
Some viewers made the Clint Eastwood observation, saying the “Jeopardy!” contestant had the actor's “signature squint and all.” (Getty Images)
A Jeopardy! fan quipped, “In an alternate timeline, David would be working as a stuntman for Clint Eastwood on location in the desert while continuing his astrophysics hobby.”
Several viewers continued their observations of Eastwood, adding that the “Jeopardy!” contestant was doing Eastwood's “signature squint and all.”
“Nobody told me Clint Eastwood would be on Jeopardy tonight.”
“Clint Eastwood's doppelganger made a spectacular return to Jeopardy tonight,” another viewer shared.
“Clint Eastwood's doppelganger made a spectacular return to Jeopardy tonight,” a viewer shared. (Michael Kovack/Getty Images for AFI)
“Nobody told me Clint Eastwood would be on Jeopardy tonight,” joked a Jeopardy fan.
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Game show fans were enthralled by Erb's resemblance to Eastwood, but he also proved to be a formidable player on “Jeopardy!”
After hitting both Daily Doubles during the Double Jeopardy round, Erb won $30,000.
Contestant David Erb hit both Daily Doubles in the Double Jeopardy round, winning $30,000. (Jeopardy/ABC)
The celebrity lookalike contestant was as stumped as the rest of the contestants by the clue in the final question, which was in the category “19th Century Americans.”
The prompt read: “Among those attending his funeral in 1864 were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott, and Franklin Pierce.”
Erb guessed Henry Adams, betting $12,345, but got the answer wrong.
The correct answer was “Who was Nathaniel Hawthorne?”
Still, the “Jeopardy!” contestant won the episode, taking home $17,655.
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Father Steve Jakubowski told Fox News Digital that Ken Jennings and the rest of the “Jeopardy!” staff were “very kind” to him. (ABC/Jeopardy!)
Last week, contestant Father Steve Jakubowski made his first appearance on the Sept. 19 episode, and the Catholic priest quickly gained a legion of fans.
“There's a hot priest on Jeopardy. Help,” one person wrote to X.
“Hot priest in danger tonight. A little win I need,” another comment read.
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Father Steve Jakubowski placed third on Thursday night's “Jeopardy!” (ABC/Jeopardy!)
One viewer joked, “Is this Jeopardy contestant a priest? Looks like he's going to convert.”
Comments flooded in during and after the show, with some calling Jakubowski a “handsome priest.”
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