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Pop Culture Jeopardy! producers were forced to admit a scoring mistake during the second ever episode of the new spin-off series of the beloved trivia game show.
Hosted by Saturday Night Live star Colin Jost, the new Prime Video series premiered on Wednesday - giving viewers the chance to enjoy the format where the question segment will focus on pop culture topics such as music, films, TV shows, sports, viral moments and more.
However, in the second episode producers were forced to concede that their knowledge might need brushing up when confusion about a movie title caused an unexpected change of points.
The film came up under a category named, It's All Relative, and the question was asked to a trio of three-person teams.
Jost read out the clue which said: 'Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer, & Zooey Deschanel play the sister to Paul Rudd, the title character of this familial film.'
Rob, a player on the team Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys, responded: 'What is My Idiot Brother?'
Pop Culture Jeopardy! producers were forced to admit a mistake during the second ever episode of the new spin-off series of the beloved trivia game show (Host Colin Jost pictured)
Producers had to concede that their pop culture knowledge might need brushing up when confusion about the film Our Idiot Brother caused an unexpected change of points
Jost rejected the answer, as the final title of the film was Our Idiot Brother, dropping the team from 12,600 points to 11,400 and left the trio firmly in second place.
When the answer was deemed incorrect, Rob's teammate Jordan seemingly came to a realization as to why that had been the verdict.
The contestant has since been revealed as a freelance writer for Entertainment Weekly.
The team Little Pocket Monsters went on to answer with the 'correct title'.
However, when the show resumed from the commercial break, Jost surprisingly revealed that Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys' score had been adjusted because they had ultimately provided an accurate alternate answer.
He stated: 'In the previous round, Rob answered My Idiot Brother, which we did not accept as correct, but Jordan correctly pointed out that the original title at Sundance was My Idiot Brother, not Our Idiot Brother.'
The team's knowledge of the film festival title change led to a score increase from 11,400 to 13,600.
Meanwhile, Little Pocket Monsters still maintained the 1,200 points they received for answering the prompt successfully.
When a contestant said Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Bank's 2011 film was titled 'My Idiot Brother?', it was rejected because the final title of the film was 'Our Idiot Brother'
Jost later revealed that Tinker Tailor Quiz Show Guys' score had been adjusted because 'Jordan correctly pointed out that the original title at Sundance Film Festival was My Idiot Brother'
The film in question went into production in 2010 under the title, My Idiot Brother and premiered under the same title at Sundance Film Festival in December that same year.
In August 2011, director Jesse Peretz explained to The Hollywood Reporter that the subtle name change took place because it 'was setting up a little bit of inaccurate expectations of what the tone and feel of the movie really was.'
On a Jeopardy! subreddit thread for the premiere episodes, the incident became a topic of discussion as one fan claimed the show was being 'a little liberal' with decisions such as the title change.
However, a contestant on the show named Mike - who shared that their episode will be airing in Week 3 on December 18 - revealed they had been present at the moment and revealed that producers had gone as far as to call the Sunday film festival team to confirm details.
Mike wrote: 'Fun fact: This required a deliberation during the break and even phoning the festival in question before it was ruled in their favor.
'The team knew they would get the points (since they were at the festival and none of us were), we were still kind of shocked anyway lol.'
Mike later added: 'From what I gather, that's standard practice on Jeopardy!, it's not uncommon for producers to call up museums or other venues to verify responses that are flagged as needing clarification. This all happens during production breaks...'
The contestant revealed another example of it happening during the knockout round game that their team was part of.
In August 2011, director Jesse Peretz explained that the change took place because it 'was setting up a little bit of inaccurate expectations of what the tone and feel of the movie really was'
On a Jeopardy! subreddit thread, a contestant revealed that producers had gone as far as to call the Sunday film festival team to confirm details
The first three episodes of Pop Culture Jeopardy are available to stream on Prime Video
Mike explained: 'During our particular knockout round game this occurred once (I don't think any team requested a ruling but the judges needed to check over our scores anyway).
'We had to turn around and face the other wall while this is occurring (as you can see your scores if you are facing toward the board).'
Later questions got Little Pocket Monsters up to 21,000 at the end of the Double Jeopardy round and they ultimately won the chance to continue on in the show.
In the past, other Jeopardy! spinoffs have delighted fans, including Sports Jeopardy! and Rock & Roll Jeopardy!, which ran from 1998 to 2001.
Jep!, which was a kid's version and ran from 1998 to 2000, also soared in ratings.
The original game show hit TV screens in 1964 and quickly took off due to popularity amongst fans.
The first three episodes of Pop Culture Jeopardy are available to stream on Prime Video, with new episodes dropping on Wednesdays.
