Alex Trebek may need to give Jeopardy! contestants a lesson in pop music iconology.
After contestant Sarah Jett Rayburn confused Chaka Khan for Shaka Zulu, as Blavity previously reported, another contestant proved they also needed to brush up on their Black icons.
Not her answering Chaka Khan ???? #Jeopardy
pic.twitter.com/KW20ORyMop— ig: bleachpleasexx (@XOrlandoXXX) April 27, 2020
Rival Alwin Hui chose the $800 question in the “Billboard Music Awards” category.
"As the recipient of the 2018 Icon Award, she took 'Control' and took to the stage in her first live TV performance in nearly a decade," Trebek said.
The question board then showed a video of Janet Jackson performing her 1986 hit, “Nasty.”
Hui buzzed in before the other contestants and confidently answered with “Who is Ariana Grande?”
Trebek quickly shut down Hui and turned to returning champion Rayburn, who gave the name of the correct pop star.
The high ponytail and thigh-high boots, which are staples in Grande’s style, may have led Hui to confuse the two singers, but Jackson’s dancing and lyrics should have been a giveaway. Grande also had not taken a decade off of performing.
Twitter then turned on Hui but did not forget Rayburn’s mix-up from a few days prior. Many social media users began questioning what’s going on over at the Jeopardy! stage.
in the last week, video has surfaced of jeopardy contestants failing to identify chaka khan and janet jackson. pic.twitter.com/QX1RQZxolM
— Ashlei Blue (@ashleikblue) April 30, 2020
WHOOOOMMMSSSTTT?!?! ????????♀️???? Yesterday an answer was Chaka Khan and the person said Shaka Zulu. Now this?! I’m shook! Lol ???????? #Jeopardy
pic.twitter.com/3Fk6yoVrns— Maika Moulite (@maikamoulite) April 29, 2020
Watching Jeopardy and the clue was Janet Jackson… with a VIDEO of her performing…
Why did this man guess Ariana Grande? ???? pic.twitter.com/yZFKOnKdzD
— domino ✨ (@heydarinkela) April 29, 2020
First it’s a mixup between Shaka Zulu and Chaka Khan-now this guy mistook Janet Jackson for Ariana Grande. What a strange week it’s been on #Jeopardy. pic.twitter.com/YXwt0cYvUE
— Renee Larson-Endsley (@iamreneejai) April 29, 2020
Lmaooo “who is Ariana Grande” when it’s Janet Jackson #jeopardy
pic.twitter.com/ePHsDuNxlt— Haley (@_wolfhaley) April 29, 2020
No he didn't! He thought JANET JACKSON was Ariana Grande?!!! #Jeopardy
pic.twitter.com/zQFP0WiW3c— Regine (@egi9781) April 29, 2020
A few weeks prior to the music muddle, a contestant on the college championship edition of the program confused two baseball players.
“One of the topics covered in a major league baseball course at Arizona State is this player who broke the color barrier in 1947,” Trebek said.
University of Southern California contestant, Xiaoke Ying, answered with Babe Ruth. The incorrect answer cost her $400.
Yikes. pic.twitter.com/c7zt6Glh51
— Roger Cormier (@yayroger) April 15, 2020
“Who is Jackie Robinson,” her competitor, Nathaniel Miller, who is a sophomore at Yale University, correctly said.
Ying ended up winning the episode despite her flop, reports NBC Sports.