--- description: The morning talk-show host and her late-night counterpart played “Pop Quiz," and it's not your ordinary pop culture trivia challenge title: Jimmy Fallon and Kelly Ripa Duel in Pop Culture Trivia Soak-Off image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb56e151648588526/69869b25e8524b4f88603d02/lnh1280x720-14.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jimmy Fallon and Kelly Ripa Duel in Pop Culture Trivia Soak-Off by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 10, 2014 12:50 PM CUT  by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 10, 2014 12:50 PM CUT Kelly Ripa appeared on NBC’s _Tonight Show_ on Wednesday and challenged Jimmy Fallon in answering questions about pop culture—while sitting under water balloons and wearing pointed hats. The game was simple: Whoever answered the most questions wrong would get a giant water balloon popped over their heads. “This is terrible,” Ripa said at one point during the game. “You’re supposed to ask me stuff I know!” Watch the clip above to find out who got soaked. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2972649/jimmy-fallon-kelly-ripa-tonight-show-late-night/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2972649/jimmy-fallon-kelly-ripa-tonight-show-late-night/"},"headline":"Jimmy Fallon and Kelly Ripa Duel in Pop Culture Trivia Soak-Off","datePublished":"2014-07-10T12:50:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:04:19.230Z","description":"The morning talk-show host and her late-night counterpart played “Pop Quiz,\" and it's not your ordinary pop culture trivia challenge","url":"https://time.com/2972649/jimmy-fallon-kelly-ripa-tonight-show-late-night/","keywords":["Television","Late Night","NBC","jimmy fallon","Late Night Highlight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb56e151648588526/69869b25e8524b4f88603d02/lnh1280x720-14.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb56e151648588526/69869b25e8524b4f88603d02/lnh1280x720-14.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"LNH1280X720 (14)","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2972649/jimmy-fallon-kelly-ripa-tonight-show-late-night/","name":"Jimmy Fallon and Kelly Ripa Duel in Pop Culture Trivia Soak-Off"}}]}] ```