It is considered incorrect both by the contestant's failure to respond within the 5-second time limit after the ring in or by an incorrect response.
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It must be in the form of a question
The answer must be in the form of a question. The information given first is always incomplete, but does not have question format.
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Because the show was designed to provide an answer for a category and the contestant had to come up with the question. It gets confusing because if the contestant words must be in the form of a question, then it can not be the answer which is what Alex Trebek has read.
It would be "Qu'est-ce que c'est..." or "Qui est..."