A JEOPARDY! contestant got a bad rap with shocked fans on Wednesday.
Many said she made “the worst mistake they’ve ever seen” during the Mayim Bialik-hosted game.
Contestant Laurel made a shocking rap group blunder many called ‘the worst mistake on Jeopardy! ever’[/caption]
Mayim, 46, is hosting Jeopardy! for the seventh straight week after Ken Jennings’ earlier stretch and his announcement he’d be out for “months.”
The permanent hosting decision, however, is still on the board and is said to be sealed by the end of Season 38 in July 2022.
Tonight, returning champ Pete Chattrabhuti was defeated after one win by Halley Ryherd – an Iowa real estate attorney – with $5.9K.
But another player made a music mistake that quickly topped the charts – in a bad way.
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The regular Jeopardy! round clue read: “In the 1990s, Chuck D began fighting the power in this hip-hop group with Flavor Flav, a man who always knew what time it was.”
The correct response was “What is: Public Enemy.”
However, Laurel Tucker – a Tennesee associate professor – buzzed in with: “What is: The Funky Bunch?”
Fans were not exactly singing the contestant’s praises.
Instead of responding correctly with the early hip-hop group that indeed penned hits like “Fight The Power,” she seemed to be thinking of the group that Mark Wahlberg was in: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.
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