I'll take insults for $1,000, Alex.
A contestant on "Jeopardy" on Friday managed to botch her question, lose the game and insult liberals... all at the same time.
The "Final Jeopardy" answer was:
The flower pictured here is called this, also a disparaging term for people on the political left.
"I have a feeling that you may have found a way to insult liberals in this country," host Alex Trebek predicted before revealing the response from Becky Sullivan.
"What is a pansy," she wrote.
"Yep, you found a way to insult liberals in this country," Trebek said.
The correct response was a bleeding heart.
Sullivan bet -- and lost -- her entire $6,000 on the response. On the other hand, she became an instant hero to conservatives on social media:
EmbedContent(562d9c32e4b0ec0a3894dfb9,Becky on jeopardy with the edgy final response taking shots at the liberals I love it.
— red head (@i_stay_golden) October 23, 2015
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Tremendous final #Jeopardy answer: "Pansy". Well done Becky!
— Jackson Mueller (@jackson_mueller) October 23, 2015
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"what is a pansy" ON JEOPARDY I'M DYING OH MY GOODNESSSSSSS BURNNNNN
— isabella (@Isy30033) October 24, 2015
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Sullivan, an NPR producer, explained her response on Twitter:
EmbedContent(562d9c32e4b0ec0a3894dfbd,OK here's the deal with pansy: I actually didn't know bleeding heart was a flower. I just put the only flower I knew that was also an insult
— Becky Sullivan (@becsully) October 24, 2015
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She added:
EmbedContent(562d9c32e4b0ec0a3894dfbf,I've made it, guys. Someone made a GIF out of me!!!!! pic.twitter.com/uMXtOZ174L
— Becky Sullivan (@becsully) October 24, 2015
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Sullivan also wrote that she didn't lose everything. By finishing second, she won $2,000.
Her opponent named the correct flower to win the game.
"Although I do like pansy," Trebek admitted.
The clip is on the show's Facebook page with the comment "File this under 'Unexpected Responses.'"
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