The contestant was asked the following question, "In his epic poems, Homer often refers to nectar as the drink of the gods, and which other substance as their food?".
The questions was about Homer the Greek poet, however, the contestant misconstrued this question, thinking that it was in reference to Homer Simpson, the cartoon character.
This led to the contestant saying this, "I think I’ll go with donuts, please, Ben". In the clip below, you can see Ben Sheperd trying to hold in his laughter.
Another contestant weighed in, "I would have said donuts as well... Beer and donuts".
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As you could imagine, fans took to social media to express their shock at what they had just seen.
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