JEOPARDY! fans have been driven crazy by Grant DeYoung’s way of answering questions.

Jeopardy! viewers claimed that fan-favorite contestant Matt Amodio is guilty of responding to clues the same way.

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On Saturday, the Jeopardy! Instagram page posted a montage of clips showcasing Grant competing on the game show, captioned, “And just like that, he’s a 4-day #Jeopardy! champion.”

The grocery clerk from Prescott, Arizona was shown prefacing his responses to clues by saying “What’s” instead of the standard “What is.”

In the comment section, one person wrote, “The ‘what’s X’ for answers about people drove me nuts!! why can’t you say ‘who is X’ aaaahhhh.

The fan gave Grant some credit as they added, “He has an excellent vibe tho.”

A second commenter replied, “Another player did that and I believe he said it made it easier for him not having to think of who/what, etc.”

“I think it was Matt Amodio,” offered a third.

“Oh I forgot he did that! But Grant always answers with « what’s X? » too!” replied a fourth fan while a fifth stated, “I totally understand the strategy behind it!!”

Elsewhere in the comment thread, fans showered Grant with compliments, with one person writing, “He was so much fun. Wish he would have made it to 5days.”

“Really enjoyed watching this young man!!!” added another.

During his 4-day streak, Grant used a chair while competing causing viewers to stand up and notice.

However, the request to sit while competing has been granted before, and Jeopardy! producers stressed there is nothing against asking for a seat.

Grant won four contests and took home $81,203.

He also had fans clamoring about how he competed sitting in a chair instead of standing.

Grant sat in a black swivel chair with silver armrests and full back support, adjusted to the same height as his standing opponents.

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After noticing questions from curious fans, Grant took it upon himself to share why he was sitting on Reddit.

He explained that he suffers from arthritis and producers gave him a chair so he could play at his best.

“They give it if you ask,” he wrote. “I have some back arthritis that makes standing still for that long very difficult.”

And he’s not the first one to request an accommodation due to injury or disability.

“I wouldn’t expect everyone who sits for Jeopardy! to disclose their reason for needing one, but I don’t mind saying mine,” Grant added.

TAKE A SEAT

While contestants typically stand throughout the game show, fans might recall 2024 Tournament of Champions finalist Troy Meyer sitting for his games.

It’s a rarely-used accommodation, but Jeopardy! bosses have previously explained that the choice is given to everyone.

“We would never make people stand, and you’ll see in the coming weeks that we had a contestant who did choose to sit,” the higher-ups explained.

Referring to Troy, they said, “After their performance, they felt like that may be a better opportunity for them.

“We are not saying no you have to stand and play, we want you to play at your very best.

“Sitting down is absolutely an option.”

Producer Sarah Whitcomb Foss reiterated that philosophy when she addressed the situation on the Inside Jeopardy! podcast.

“This is something that we always offer to contestants,” Sarah shared.

“Please know that any contestant is given the opportunity to have a chair at any point.”

“We don’t ask why; it’s not our business,” she added. “If you want a chair, we’ll give it to you.”

CHAIR-WOMAN OF THE BOARD

One of the show’s all-time champs, Amy Schneider, recently took advantage of the chair offer during the Jeopardy! Masters tournament.

The 44-year-old revealed she wasn’t feeling well during the semifinals, so the producer brought out a chair.

Jeopardy! Universe

Jeopardy! first aired in 1964 until 1975. Then the nighttime version began in 1974. Since then, spinoffs of the game show have emerged. Here they all are:

Jeopardy! – (primetime) 1974 to present, weekdays on ABC at 7pm.

Tournament of Champions – 1984 to present, features the top champions who have appeared on the show since the last tournament.

Celebrity Jeopardy! – 1992 to present, has celebrities compete against each other to raise money for charity.

Jeopardy! Masters – 2023 to present, features six notable recent Jeopardy! champions competing against each other.

Jeopardy! National College Championship – 2022 to present, undergraduates from 36 colleges and universities across America compete to win $100,000.

Other versions of Jeopardy! have fizzled out throughout the years.

“It’s a fact that I wasn’t feeling well on the day we taped the semifinals,” she said on X, before explaining that, “they had a chair out for me because I was experiencing some dizziness and wasn’t sure I could stand for a whole episode.”

“But I want to be crystal clear that that’s *not* why I lost,” she made sure to clarify.

Amy was eliminated in the semi-finals of the recently completed prime-time event.

She said that while she thinks her health issues affected her performance on the game show, she said she didn’t think the other players needed to be at their peak to beat her, and that was the difference between them.

Amy added that it was highly possible the other contestants also had outside circumstances affecting their play yet still played better than her.

“Whether or not my outside circumstance was the ‘most’ damaging is both unknowable, and irrelevant,” she tweeted. “I just lost, and that’s ok.”

This year’s Masters title went to Victoria Groce.

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