‘Jeopardy’ Contestant Goes Viral for Insulting Liberals With Wrong Answer (Video)

Turns out there’s a flower called “bleeding heart”

“Jeopardy!” contestant Becky Sullivan has gone viral for accidentally insulting liberals while answering a question wrong on the syndicated game show.

While many would have left the board blank if they didn’t know the right answer to a Final Jeopardy question, Sullivan decided to have a little fun.

Host Alex Trebek asked to identify the flower represented in a picture, the name of the flower also being a “disparaging term for people on the political left.” After 30-seconds, Sullivan revealed that she wrote “pansy” on her board.

“I think you may have found a way to insult liberals in this country,” said Trebek, and the wrong answer cost Sullivan $6,000.

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