Folks are having a field day after Monday's Jeopardy show, which featured a category matching rappers to their iconic lyrics. As already hilarious as that was, it was this moment that had people both cracking up and confused.
Weezy was in the clue & he guessed Kanye? 🤔 #Jeopardy
Brave contestant Alex Bourzutschky, a junior at Caltech, buzzed in first after Alex Trebek read off lyrics from the 2011 Lil Wayne hit, "6 Foot 7 Foot."
"Who is Kanye West?" Bourzutschky answered.
It wasn't only that Bourzutschky didn't recognize the lyrics — which was a top Billboard charter — it was that the answer, "Weezy," was in the clue. "You don't want start Weezy 'cause the F is for finisher," the clue read.
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People reacted viscerally to it. This person recorded the moment and appeared to have literally choked on the wrong answer.
I was just watching jeopardy and this happened
"COME ON!" he's heard saying.
Someone else is heard slapping the table at that exact moment.
Street cred: Zero. #jeopardy
This person was heard smacking their lips after Bourzutschky said "Kanye West."
You've got to be kidding me
"Whose fucking mans is this????" someone joked. Their tweet's been retweeted nearly 14,000 times.
Yo whose fucking mans is this?????
And people came strapped with all the Lil Wayne reaction GIFs.
@Donziff
@Donziff
And then some.
@wavyballer42 @Donziff
@Lil_Tspoon @Donziff @DezyDavis
As understandable (er, maybe) and innocent as the mistake may be, people did not let the guy down easy. And they were still so...so confused.
Weezy F baby and the F is for Fuck you mean Kanye west????? https://t.co/P8k9vERkNW
@KennyDucey lol the verse says weezy f and the guy still guessed Kanye. Jeopardy is painful sometimes
@Jreavez @KennyDucey because every damn song on the radio in weezys prime started off "YOUNG MULA BABY WEEZY F"
Bourzutschky later told BuzzFeed News he misread the clue, and thought it said "Yeezy" instead of "Weezy."
"For what it's worth, I like Lil Wayne better than Kanye," he added.
@Donziff he's never gonna live done this moment. It even says weezy in the lyrics
Bourzutschky tweeted shortly after the episode aired that he tried his best. Hey, it happens.
Don't hurt me, I tried my best #jeopardy
Although he will probably never forget those Wayne lyrics ever again.
In the meantime, we were blessed with Trebek's bars that Twitter user @tole_cover has put against the actual music. Jeopardy was lit Monday night.
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