Watch 'Jeopardy!' Champions Fail to Identify Kanye West's 'Jesus Is King'

Not even eventual winner Ken Jennings had any idea what West's 2019 religion album was called.

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Kanye West's uneven religious experiment Jesus Is King found itself on the Jeopardy! stage Tuesday night. Unfortunately, its presence did not result in the accumulation of any additional money for the night's contestants.

The moment went down during the Alex Trebek-hosted classic's Greatest of All Time special, with album standouts "Church on Sunday" and "Follow God" mentioned in the clue:

not Kanye fans apparently ☠️😂#JeopardyGOATpic.twitter.com/DvOVF7fNlB

— UPROXX (@UPROXX) January 15, 2020

The miss ultimately meant the contestants missed out on several hundred dollars, though this notably doesn't mark the first time that simply naming a Kanye album proved difficult for show competitors.

The Greatest of All Time distinction was given to contestant Ken Jennings on Tuesday night's show. Jennings, whose grand prize haul is $1 million, beat out Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer for the title. In a celebratory tweet, Jennings gave a shout-out to famed TV legend (and Jeopardy! creator) Merv Griffin.

Gotta give it up to the Big Man himself *points upward to heaven* Merv Griffin pic.twitter.com/vlpM6aOkI4

— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) January 15, 2020

Anyway, here's a few people reacting to the fact that Jesus Is King stumped three game show contestants:

watching the jeopardy GOAT tournament and none of them knew the name of kanye’s last album and i think that says a lot about its impact

— jak the act (@jaktheact) January 15, 2020

NO ONE COULD NAME KANYE’S “JESUS IS KING” ALBUM ON JEOPARDY a good reminder Christians often live in a bubble of their own creation

— Jackie Jones Flores (@jackiemjflo) January 15, 2020

kanye's gonna be furious when he finds out none of the guys on jeopardy had heard of jesus is king.

— bomani (@bomani_jones) January 15, 2020

James, Ken & Brad didn't know the @Jeopardy question about Kanye's JESUS IS KING... but who can blame them; definitely not his finest piece of work! #JEOPARDYGOAT pic.twitter.com/QnyZtyLL9A

— Matt Horowitz (@SharpCheddar856) January 15, 2020

watching the jeopardy’s greatest of all time contestants NOT know what kanye’s most recent album is what most folks in the biz call “irony”

— dory (@sammidory) January 15, 2020

The Jesus era, which has also included some Joel Osteenery, operas, and a Sunday Service album Jesus Is Born, may soon continue with the teased (but not exactly certain) release of a sequel involving Dr. Dre.

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