[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the Wednesday, December 11 episode of Jeopardy!]
Jeopardy!’s restauranteur returning champ Bill McKinney left no crumbs on Wednesday night, pulling off an all-out runaway third victory. However, he was left with one regret from the impressive win, and it wasn’t with what fans dubbed one of the more questionably easy Final Jeopardy clues concocted by the quiz show.
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