Host Ken Jennings — known to like a good on-air joke — was left to explain the R-rated answer to the red-faced contestants.

“Yes! You remembered hawk tuah somehow,” host Ken Jennings said. Sands had a shocked expression on her face as de Guzman shook his head. Hawk Tuah became famous when a viral YouTube video was posted in 2024. A Nashville woman was asked, “What makes you wifey material?” She replied, “You gotta give ’em that ‘hawk tuah’ and spit on that thang.”

But many viewers are still reeling over the final clue in the second semi-finals round on Monday, March 3, which left one contestant stunned. "In 2024, many flocked to a meme coin with this four-letter avian name that was released by Hailey Welch,