The $800 clue was: “The stage name of this rapper and actor gets shortened to MGK.”
Now you might understand if the three contestants were confused, since in addition to Machine Gun Kelly and MGK, the rapper/pop-punker has recently attempted a rebrand for his acting career by using his birth name.It should have been fairly easy, since the clue came with a close-up of MGK’s face. But when the trio came up with zero, host Ken Jennings quipped, “Not fans of Machine Gun Kelly, apparently.
Things were a bit different when high-volume Dayton, Ohio, indie rockers Guided By Voices were also a clue on the Monday’s show in the “Musical 3 INITIALers” category — “GBV can only be this indie band led by former Ohio schoolteacher Robert Pollard” — which also included ELO, BTO and ONJ . This time, however, champ Amy Schneider nailed it. The legendarily productive band wasted no time capitalizing on their TV game show fame with an instant merch drop featuring the question and answer. For the record, as of Tuesday, Schneider was the top-earning female contestant in the show’s history, with winnings of $768,000 over her 20-game run.
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