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The Feb. 24, 2020 episode of Jeopardy was tailor-made to be a bangin’ time (yes, pun intended) as the first round included a “Lifetime Movie Titles” category. It doesn’t get any more dramatic than that, right? After covering two cheesetastic yet amazing movies — 2019’s The Secret Lives of Cheerleaders and 2011’s Murder on Trial in Italy — Alex Trebek transitioned into this saucy clue, “Ripped from the headlines in 2012, doing this icky kind of messaging ‘in Suburbia,'” per Decider. In an arguably surprising twist, a visibly amused Seattle professor named Steve Goodreau quickly buzzed in to answer, “What is sexting?”
Side note: We’re pretty sure many people are familiar with the term “sexting,” but for those who aren’t, it’s when a person sends sexually provocative images or messages to another person’s phone. You know, the kind of content that’s totally appropriate for Jeopardy.
Goodreau’s answer was correct, and he had accurately identified the 2012 movie, Sexting in Suburbia. The plot revolves around the tragic aftermath of a teenage girl’s nudes going viral without her consent, which is another interesting topic for a typically buttoned-up game show.
As for how viewers reacted to this sexting answer? Fire up the Jeopardy theme song as we reveal the wild reactions…
Written by: Nicki
