--- title: This Jeopardy Player Took a Risk by Answering with a Meme description: A Jeopardy! contestant chose to use a popular Internet catchphrase as an answer for a question — and still won the game. canonical: https://time.com/5431961/jeopardy-meme-answer/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-23T16:37:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:35.986Z og:title: Jeopardy Player Wins Laughs By Answering With a Meme og:description: He didn't get the answer right, but he still won the game og:url: https://time.com/5431961/jeopardy-meme-answer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b71880ec8fff716/69893d3e7cdbacfb62d5e3da/screen-shot-2018-10-23-at-12-31-52-pm.png?branch=production&width=857&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 857 og:image:height: 482 og:image:alt: erik-agard-jeopardy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeopardy Player Wins Laughs By Answering With a Meme twitter:description: He didn't get the answer right, but he still won the game twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b71880ec8fff716/69893d3e7cdbacfb62d5e3da/screen-shot-2018-10-23-at-12-31-52-pm.png?branch=production&width=857&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeopardy Contestant Plays the Game of Life So Well That He Answered With a Meme > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 23, 2018 4:37 PM UTC  YouTube  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 23, 2018 4:37 PM UTC What is a good answer to a [_Jeopardy!_](http://time.com/5409841/jeopardy-contestant-proposes-on-air/) question? Sometimes, it’s just the response that will get you the most respect — by way of humor. That was the case for _Jeopardy!_ contestant Erik Agard on Monday night, who chose to eschew taking a guess in favor of bringing a popular meme into the game. Here’s the final-round question that stumped him: “In a hint of the future, in 1973 Marjorie Post gave it to the U.S. Govt. as a warm-weather presidential retreat, but it was returned.” (The correct answer: [Mar-a-Lago](http://time.com/5302884/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-mar-a-lago-summit/), the Florida resort property owned by now-President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/5431823/man-gropes-woman-on-flight/).) Agard may not have known the answer to the piece of presidential trivia when his time came to provide a response, but he was already sitting pretty with a major lead over his opponents. So he took a risk and answered “What is you doing, baby?” a catchphrase that [became Internet-famous](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oh-no-baby-what-is-you-doin) in 2017 and has remained a popular meme ever since. He may have lost that round with his bet on humor instead of factual accuracy, but he won the admiration of viewers tuned in to Internet culture and memes. And over the course of his two days on the game show, he also [won an accumulated](https://decider.com/2018/10/23/jeopardy-contestant-meme-winner/?utm%5Fsource=DeciderTwitter&utm%5Fcampaign=SocialFlow&utm%5Fmedium=SocialFlow) $40,001\. 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