Ken Jennings, the winner of “Jeopardy!” has only recently started hosting the game show again, and he has viewers in awe.
After being absent for several months, Jennings, 48, returned to host the program on Monday, with actress Mayim Bialik acting as emcee.
During a Double Jeopardy round, a clue for “Active Bible Verses” read: “Since no one had done this for 40 years, God told Joshua to get a knife & do this to male Israelites.”
Contestant Erica Weiner-Amanchi then buzzed in and said: “What is circumcise?”
Jennings then joked, “That is correct. A painful $2,000 for you!”
The NSFW joke made the players look stunned and make them uncomfortable.
Fans, however, were overjoyed to have Jennings back as host and enjoyed his joke.
“@Jeopardy @KenJennings ‘A painful $2,000 for you.’ Thank you. Welcome back. You were missed,” a viewer tweeted yesterday.
“ ‘A painful 2,000 dollars for you’ 😂 @KenJennings continuing to be one of my favorite humans ever. @Jeopardy has the easiest decision in their hands,” another fan quipped, suggesting that Jennings should become the permanent host of the trivia show.
