Frank Ocean featured on ‘Jeopardy!’ game show
“for $600, ayye” (Tumblr: @frankocean).
On November 30, 2016, the American television game show Jeopardy featured a Frank Ocean-themed clue, which the man himself later posted on Tumblr. For $600, contestants were shown the following clue in the Current Pop Culture category and tasked with providing the answer in the form of a question:
The visual album Endless and the album Blonde were this singer/rapper’s follow-up to Channel Orange.
Justin Bender, an engineer from Colorado, buzzed in with the correct response: “Who is Frank Ocean?”
Previously, Ocean made a cameo during the 2013 Jeopardy College Championship, when host Alex Trebek read the clue: “He’s the 2013 Grammy-winning singer heard here,” followed by an excerpt from his 2012 song “Thinkin Bout You.” Kristen Jolley, a Georgia Tech senior, won $400 with the question: “Who is Frank Ocean?”
Frank Ocean clue in Jeopardy episode, aired on May 7, 2013.
Update 2024-11-18:
As of November 18, 2024, Frank Ocean has been mentioned eight times on Jeopardy, according to J-archive.com.
| Jeopardy! | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Air Date | Clue | Answer |
| #9206 | 2024-11-18 | R&B & SOUL $1600: In 2016, he released the album “Blonde” alongside a zine called “Boys Don’t Cry” | Frank Ocean |
| #9083 | 2024-04-17 | CHANNEL ORANGE $600: Frank Ocean’s album “Channel Orange” ranges from “Sierra Leone” to a song titled after this Tom Hanks guy—"Run, 44!” | Forrest Gump |
| #8944 | 2023-10-05 | FRANKLY $600: Frank Ocean’s first label album was “Channel” this color, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts | Orange |
| #8576 | 2022-02-14 | JOHNNY GILBERT READS LYRICS FROM THE HEART $2000: “I care for you still & I will forever… honest, we got so familiar spending each day of the year, white Ferrari” | Frank Ocean |
| #7551 | 2017-06-12 | “BAD” ENTERTAINMENT $2000: On this song from “Channel Orange”, Frank Ocean sings to a cab driver of his unrequited love for a man | Bad Religion |
| #7413 | 2016-11-30 | CURRENT POP CULTURE $600: The visual album “Endless” & the album “Blonde” were this singer/rapper’s follow-up to “Channel Orange” | Frank Ocean |
| #7086 | 2015-06-08 | CELEBRITY FILL-INS $1600: Barney ____ ____ Spray | Frank Ocean |
| #6602 | 2013-05-07 | MUSIC MAKERS $400: He’s the 2013 Grammy-winning singer heard here | Frank Ocean |
In his most recent appearance, contestants were shown the clue: “In 2016, he released the album Blonde alongside a zine called Boys Don’t Cry,” along with a photo of Ocean. Amy Fleenor, an Ohio attorney, gave the correct response for $1600: “Who is Frank Ocean?”
In a previous episode on June 13, 2017, contestants were offered the clue: “On this song from Channel Orange, Frank Ocean sings to a cab driver of his unrequited love for a man.” No one was able to reply with the $2000 question: “What is ‘Bad Religion’?”
“Bad” Entertainment for $2000 (Reddit: u/defguc, 2017-06-13).
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