--- title: Kinky Boots Jeopardy Answer Goes Viral: Video description: Jeopardy contestant cracks up viewers with Kinky Boots answer to Final Jeopardy question canonical: https://time.com/3896202/jeopardy-kinky-boots/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-26T16:44:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:26.823Z og:title: The Hilarious 'Jeopardy!' Answer Everyone Is Talking About og:description: "It was either that or the 'Book of Mormon,'" the contestant later said og:url: https://time.com/3896202/jeopardy-kinky-boots/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Hilarious 'Jeopardy!' Answer Everyone Is Talking About twitter:description: "It was either that or the 'Book of Mormon,'" the contestant later said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Hilarious _Jeopardy!_ Answer That Everyone Is Talking About ## Video: 5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8) (2:16)  _Published 2014-01-16. Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from "Game of Thrones" to "Scandal" and "Breaking Bad"—keep us coming back for more._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 26, 2015 4:44 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 26, 2015 4:44 PM UTC A contestant on _Jeopardy!_ cracked up viewers nationwide Monday by guessing “What is _Kinky Boots_?” as an answer to a Final _Jeopardy!_ question, “A Christian hymn & a Jewish holiday hymn are both titled this, also the name of a 2009 Tony-nominated musical.” Host Alex Trebek, however, was looking for the answer “_Rock of Ages.”_ [In an interview](https://youtu.be/gDU-Pf9G7wU?t=27m26s) online with contestants after the episode aired, viral sensation Choyon Manjrekar of Providence, R.I., explained, “Musicals aren’t exactly my forte…That’s the first thing that came to mind…It was either that or the _Book of Mormon,_ but I guess that wasn’t a Jewish book…so I panicked and put down something…The moral of this story is bone up on musicals next time.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3896202/jeopardy-kinky-boots/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3896202/jeopardy-kinky-boots/"},"headline":"The Hilarious Jeopardy! Answer That Everyone Is Talking About","datePublished":"2015-05-26T16:44:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:26.823Z","description":"\"It was either that or the Book of Mormon,\" the contestant later said","url":"https://time.com/3896202/jeopardy-kinky-boots/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3896202/jeopardy-kinky-boots/","name":"The Hilarious Jeopardy! Answer That Everyone Is Talking About"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive","description":"Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from \"Game of Thrones\" to \"Scandal\" and \"Breaking Bad\"—keep us coming back for more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2RqNgPrk/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-16T20:47:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3896202/jeopardy-kinky-boots/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3896202/jeopardy-kinky-boots/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```