You’d think that Ken Jennings would get raked over the coals for this — but he didn’t for a pretty funny reason.The “Jeopardy!” host recently shared a short clip on Instagram of him giving a seemingly inappropriate answer during a studio audience Q&A.Ken Jennings hosts "Quarterfinals 1 & 2" on “Jeopardy!” in May, in which top-ranked contestants competed for the $500,000 grand prize.Christopher Willard via Getty ImagesAn audience member asked the host if he ever went to trivia nights at local bars. The question was an amusing one considering that, before he replaced the late Alex Trebek in 2020 as the host of the long-running game show, Jennings was considered one of the greatest “Jeopardy!” contestants of all time, having shot to fame with an unprecedented winning streak of 74 consecutive games.In response to the question, five shocking words came from Jennings’ mouth.“Just stunt on those hoes?” Jennings said, causing the studio audience to erupt in laughter. “I do not play much bar trivia, I have to say,” Jennings continued. “It’s kind of an awkward situation. Like, it’s weird if I win, it’s weird if I lose, like, nobody’s happy either way, I think.”Jennings’ “hoe” response was a callback to an answer he gave during his legendary first run on the show in 2004. The clue read: “This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker.”“What’s a hoe?” Jennings responded. “Whoaaaa!” Trebek responded to Jennings’ spicy answer. “They teach you that in school in Utah, huh?”The correct answer was: “What’s a rake?”Former host Alex Trebek (left) poses beside Jennings after the former "Jeopardy!" contestant’s record-breaking streak in 2004.Getty Images via Getty ImagesBecause of this, social media users gobbled up Jennings’ “Just stunt on those hoes” response during the Q&A.“Last thing I expected Ken to say for $300,” an Instagram user wrote. “I believe it’s ‘stunt on those rakes’ Ken 😂” another user joked. “Whoaaaa! They teach you that in school in Utah, huh?” someone else cracked.“Alex would be proud,” another user said.Jennings and “Jeopardy!” posted the clip of Jennings’ “hoe” quip after Harrison Whitaker recorded his final game of an impressive 14-game winning streak. In his final episode, Whitaker revealed during the interviews that he wanted to use his winnings to open a bar so he could run trivia nights with brutally hard questions — since he’s gotten complaints about hosting games that are too hard in the past.Close