Jeopardy! clue about John's Roast Pork's cheesesteak stumps contestant

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Jeopardy! contestant's response had people across the Delaware Valley screaming at their television screens.

Here was the $200 clue for "The Sandwich Generation" category on Thursday's episode:
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Burt Thakur, a project engineer, from Palm Springs, California buzzed in first.

His response, "What is the dipped pork sandwich?"
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He tried to clear things up before his time expired.

"The pork? Pork sandwich? Pork roll? What is pork sandwich?" Thakur asked in a hopeful manner.



Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek replied, "None of the above."

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Two-day champion Devin Rossiter, an academic coach from Bakersfield, California, gave his response, "What is a cheesesteak?"
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"What is a cheesesteak. Yes," Trebek said.

The clue did not go unnoticed by the famous Philadelphia establishment.

The owner posted his jubilation on Facebook:



"JOHN'S ROAST PORK was on tonight's episode of JEOPARDY!!! The question was: WHAT IS A CHEESESTEAK! So honored & humbled!!!! How excited my customers became is so special to my family & ME!!! You guys ROCK!!!!
JOHN, JR(OWNER)"


As for the game show, Burt Thakur did redeem himself by going on to win and becoming the new Jeopardy! champ.