A JEOPARDY! contestant has left fans scratching their heads all thanks to her baffling response.

Année Tousseau, from California, had a tough time keeping up with her competitors, but it was her answer on Final Jeopardy! that had viewers buzzing.

Host Ken Jennings informed Année, Dillon Hupp, and returning two-day champ Emma Hill Kepron that the final question category would be U.S. Geography.

He read: "Interstate 25 connects these 2 state capitals, 1st & 2nd in elevation, & in between runs through No. 3, Denver."

With $3,200 to her name and in third place, Année was first to respond and she wrote: "Albany and Boston."

The answer was incorrect, dropping her all the way to $1.

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Dillon's reply of "Cheyenne and Santa Fe" was correct, while returning champ Emma did not come up with the right answer.

In the end, Dillon bested Emma with a final score of $21,999 to her $7,700 to become the new champion.

However, all eyes were on Année's gaff, as fans were quick to call her out on social media.

"If you're gonna be wrong, go all out," one fan joked as another sarcastically added, "Are you trying to tell me that Denver, Colorado, isn’t between Albany, New York and Boston, Massachusetts? Who knew?"

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'SO EASY!'

A third viewer chimed in: "Final Jeopardy mentions Denver, so middle contestant picks east coast capitals?"

"That was an embarrassing response," another wrote.

One person reacted: "Final was so easy, especially if you know that odd numbered interstates run north/south. The middle contestant had no business being on the stage. Albany and Boston? What!"

While some labeled the final question as "so easy," that hasn't exactly been the case lately with other questions.

'NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE'

Recently, a Final Jeopardy category under Modern Words had a question that read: "Neal Stephenson coined this word in his 1992 novel, Snow Crash. It was later shortened by a company to become its new name."

The word was metaverse, and was later shortened to Meta, which owns Facebook.

At the time, a fan tweeted: "Everyone lost final Jeopardy tonight. And folks say the word is oversaturated!"

Then Neal himself reached out to Ken and wrote: "... These questions are just too obscure. Give these poor people a chance!"

The 48-year-old responded: "I have no idea who you are, unverified Twitter user, but for your information, Snow Crash is a classic!"

Even Emma- who won the episode- wrote on Reddit that she even read the book the clue was referring to but couldn't guess it.

TIME TO RUNAWAY

Ken was to blame recently for a heated debate between fans after the game show legend refused to use a term coined by the late Alex Trebek.

Contestant Ben Chan, who teaches philosophy at St. Norbert College and lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, had racked up over $69,000 total with three runaway wins out of three games by April 14's episode.

However, each time Final Jeopardy came around, Ken didn't state that Ben had achieved a runaway by that point - he instead simply said the player had a "big lead."

This peeved fans as one wrote: "Why not say runaway?"

They continued: "I remember when Alex Trebek was hosting, if the first-place player going into Final Jeopardy had more than double what the second-place player had, Trebek would call it a 'runaway' or something similar.

"It seems that Ken is reluctant to do so. He will often say the player has a 'big lead' or something similar. Has anyone else noticed this? And if so, why?"

"Is he trying to be nice and not make the other contestants look bad? Has someone said that viewers will be bored and stop watching if the outcome is basically a lock?" they added.

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Other fans defended the move as one wrote: "... I get the argument, but I don't think it will affect a game. Also points out to the viewers that the game is essentially over. Not great for ratings!"

Ben bowed out after his third win, later revealing he was hit with a very mild" case of Covid-19.

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