landed in controversy when it didn't accept Online Cigarettes Store USA a contestant's apparently correct answer about a historical site located in Palestine.
Contestant Katie Needle buzzed in for a $200 question that asked for Jesus Christ's place of birth, with the clue "Built in the 300s A.D., the Church of the Nativity" in the category "Where's that Church?"
Needle answered, "What is Palestine?"
Host Alex Trebek quickly answered "no" before accepting fellow contestant Newport Cigarettes Shop Jack McGuire's answer of What is Israel?"
In one question, the long-running game show delved into a longtime contentious debate over geopolitics in the Middle East, and sparked angry reactions from those watching online and at home.
The Church of Nativity is located in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, which is controlled by Palestinian authorities. The church is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site and a popular religious pilgrimage for Christians.
Trebek's curt rejection of Needle's answer sparked a wave of online responses that Cheap Newport 100s cigarettes pointed to the established history behind the site, which does designate it under Palestinian authority.