A JEOPARDY! contestant is catching heat on social media for a cringe-worthy blunder on the latest episode involving a '90s hip-hop duo.
On Monday night's Champions Wildcard episode, viewers were left in disbelief when a contestant mistook Kid of Kid 'n Play's iconic high-top fade for an "afro."
The $800 clue under the category "His 'Do" turned into a brief head-scratcher.
Ken Jennings, 49, presented it with: "In the '90s, Kid of Kid 'n Play rocked a high top this hairstyle that's shaved on the bottom & long on top."
Accompanying the clue was a snapshot of the renowned '90s duo.
Julia Marham Cameron, who ultimately emerged victorious, buzzed in confidently but missed the mark with her response: "What is: an afro?”
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Another player chimed in promptly with the correct answer: "A fade."
Julia, receiving a mixed reaction from fans for her animated expressions during the game, audibly exclaimed: "Oh crap" at her slip-up.
FANS REACT: 'HIGH TOP AFRO?!'
Social media exploded with commentary on the blunder, with one X (formerly Twitter) user expressing: “A high top AFRO, though?!?! How does that work? #Jeopardy."
Another exclaimed: “I yelled at my TV."
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A third posted: “Afro answer was not as much a scream as cringe #jeopardy."
A fourth took a direct shot: "Did she say AFRO?! #jeopardy"
A fifth shared the disbelief: "One of the Jeopardy clues was what kind of high top __ did Kid rock and this woman said what is a high top Afro."
A sixth responded: "Wrong answers about Black people is a whole Jeopardy genre."
Kid 'n Play, the iconic hip-hop duo from New York City, rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, composed of Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin.
Apart from their musical success, they ventured into acting, starring in the House Party movie trilogy.
WHAT IS: A BLIND SPOT?
Jeopardy! contestants have faced other surprising challenges related to Black culture.
Earlier this year, during a High School Reunion Tournament, a participant fumbled a Daily Double clue related to the Green Book, mistakenly calling it the "Black Book."
In another instance, contestants drew blanks on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and a Final Jeopardy clue about Nobel Peace Prize winners from South Africa resulted in answers like "Kissinger," "Merkel" and "Obama."
Critics have pointed out a trend on Jeopardy! where seemingly obscure information is favored over questions related to Black history, highlighting the need for a more inclusive approach to the show's content.
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Historian Michael Harriot went viral on X by writing: "Jeopardy be like: 'Host: The 2nd Earl of Winchester wrote this 1887 symphony about the tributary to the 42nd-largest river in Obscuristan. 'Contestant: What is ‘Aksjducpïsudintal in A Minor?’”
“I’ll take History for $100.' 'Host: Name a black person who did anything,'” continued the tweet “Contestant: [silence].”
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