--- title: 'Jeopardy!' Contestants Didn't Recognize Tom Hanks description: Three 'Jeopardy!' contestants apparently didn't recognize Tom Hanks and the internet had no choice but to react accordingly. canonical: https://time.com/5732479/jeopardy-tom-hanks/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-11-19T15:54:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T20:38:41.000Z og:title: Who Is Tom Hanks? People Have Feelings About These Jeopardy! Contestants Who Apparently Did Not Know. og:description: Nobody's seen 'Forrest Gump' or 'Saving Private Ryan'? og:url: https://time.com/5732479/jeopardy-tom-hanks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt02f0ebfb225fff30/698a063bb3fce339250c5e2a/tom-hanks-jeopardy.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: 'Jeopardy!' 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Greenspan Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:38 PM UTCPublished: Nov 19, 2019 3:54 PM UTC  Tom Hanks attends "A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood" New York Screening at Henry R. Luce Auditorium at Brookfield Place on November 17, 2019 in New York City. Tom Hanks attends "A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood" New York Screening at Henry R. Luce Auditorium at Brookfield Place on November 17, 2019 in New York City. Dominik Bindl—FilmMagic by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:38 PM UTCPublished: Nov 19, 2019 3:54 PM UTC Three [_Jeopardy!_ ](https://time.com/5723892/alex-trebek-jeopardy-answer/)contestants apparently didn’t recognize [Tom Hanks](https://time.com/5607271/tom-hanks-cardboard-cutout/) and the [internet](https://time.com/5729903/keanu-reeves-spongebob-memes/) had no choice but to react accordingly from the looks of a clip. During Monday night’s episode, [Alex Trebek](https://time.com/5714137/alex-trebek-pancreatic-cancer-awarencess/) showed a clip from the upcoming movie _A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,_ which hits theaters nationwide this Friday, and is based on a [1998 _Esquire_ profile of Fred Rogers](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a27134/can-you-say-hero-esq1198/) by Tom Junod. The $200 “biopics” question was simple enough: “In _A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,_ beloved children’s TV host Mr. Rogers is played by this beloved actor.” But there is some hope for Hanks devotees. The show explained on Twitter that it was due to “an audio issue with one of the clues” that nobody responded to the sight of Hanks. > [](https://twitter.com/Jeopardy/status/1197300918439428096) Still, to the viewers at home, it seemed that Andrew Thomson, Beverly Randez and Kevin Jones all didn’t know the answer. Randez made an attempt, but Trebek said it was too late. > [](https://twitter.com/ThePlaylist/status/1196772455379062784) As of Tuesday morning, more than 172,000 people had viewed the now-viral video on Twitter. Many are quite alarmed that contestants didn’t recognize the star of such famous films as _Forrest Gump,_ _Saving Private Ryan,_ _Cast Away, Big_ and _Sleepless in Seattle._ > [](https://twitter.com/JoeTheNiteOwl/status/1196664446678114304) > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fmadeline%5Fb/status/1196596453260627968) > [](https://twitter.com/colorcodedlife/status/1196588707538776066) > [](https://twitter.com/tiffertantrum/status/1196590642908061697) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5732479/jeopardy-tom-hanks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5732479/jeopardy-tom-hanks/"},"headline":"Who Is Tom Hanks? People Have Feelings About These Jeopardy! 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