Regardless of how Jeopardy!’s current “Greatest Of All Time” tournament shakes out, Ken Jennings has used his return to the trivia show to cement a reputation as one of the strongest contestants it’s ever hosted. He’s cleaned up in the series and is currently poised to win if next week goes his way. But a preternatural skill at Jeopardy! isn’t all that defines Jennings. Oh no. He’s also a hip young guy who now wants to share his knowledge of sex techniques and youthful lingo with the world.
Perhaps because the moon has been positioned in the sky just right lately, Jennings used last night to shake up his clean-cut image a little bit. First, in response to a question about the “2-word phrase” featured in Taylor Lorenz’s article on inter-generational conflict for The New York Times, Jennings happily answered: “I get to say it to Alex! What is ‘OK, boomer?’” The crowd laughed and Trebek offered a “Thank you, thank you” (even though, as plenty of people across the internet are happy to point out, Trebek was actually born early enough that he’s a member of the Silent Generation, not a Baby Boomer).