Break out the popcorn.
Fans of the hit quiz show “Jeopardy!” were in an uproar Monday after a movie mashup category managed to stump the three contestants several times.
“You stay classy, Kali! A 2004 San Diego news anchorman ‘&’ a 1984 Indiana Jones title structure,” read one of the double “Jeopardy!” clues in the “Let’s Make a Movie Crossover!” category.
After no one buzzed in, host Mayim Bialik, 47, noted the answer was “Ron Burgundy and The Temple of Doom.”
Hoping to redeem himself, returning champion Ben Goldstein, 42, bravely selected the $1,600 question.
The perplexing clue was: “An Alan Rickman ‘Die Hard’ villain ‘wants those detonators’ from a title Great Dane of 2002.”
Mary Kate Gleidt confidently stated the answer was “Hans Gruber Beethoven.”
After deeming Gleidt’s guess incorrect and with none of the other contestants willing to respond, Bialik revealed it to be “Hans Gruber and Scooby Doo.”
“That’s bad,” Gleidt audibly slammed the writers when the answer was shared.
Goldstein, who remained in control of the board, flatly declined to continue with the category and moved on to a different one.
By the end of the episode, only three of the five questions from the category were answered correctly.
The Post reached out to a representative for “Jeopardy!” for comment.
Fans, meanwhile, took to social media to complain.
“That movie category was horrendous,” criticized one Twitter user. “Not even a mashup or a ‘pun’. Just two random things. Awful.”
“Dear @Jeopardy, never do that movie crossovers category again. love, me,” tweeted a second user.
“Terrible category. Not fun to watch, and the @Jeopardy contestants seemed to dislike it, too,” berated a third.
Other users slammed the show as a whole.
“Jeopardy is on the way [to] extinction!!!! Unlike the ‘wheel of fortune’ that has become a fixture at ABC, because of the same hosts for 40 years … jeopardy is destined to go into oblivion because the switching and disliking of host changing,” one viewer wrote on a “Jeopardy!” Instagram post. “The producers should make up their mind: choose only ONE host (good or bad) and let it be the permanent ship commander!!!”
“Jeopardy is just sad lately. I’m so disappointed,” lamented another.
“Please select more intelligent contestants,” urged a third. “Mayim was so frustrated with the 3 today. The past few weeks of game playing has been quite unexciting. Miss you, Ken!”
This is not the first time a clue has left contestants scratching their heads.
Last week, the three challengers were given pause when asked about American geography.
“Native Americans called it Okwa-ta, or ‘wide water’; Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville would rename it for a countryman,” read the final “Jeopardy!” clue.
They looked perplexed when the show’s other host, Ken Jennings, 49, revealed the answer to be Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana.
A week prior, a different group of hopefuls was stumped by 23 clues, resulting in the lowest Coryat score — a player’s score if wagering is disregarded — of the season.