*** Oh wow...I didn’t notice that. ***
Although no explanation was provided on-air by Alex or the judges, it appears as though the judges elected to refund Katie’s response, originally ruled incorrect, on the 30th clue of the Jeopardy! round (WHERE’S THAT CHURCH $200), likely as a way out of the geopolitical maelstrom the show painted itself into.
Indeed. It was a very politically incorrect blunder.
But the PA is technically part of Israel, whether they like it or not.