Game shows can be a high pressure situation and it can be easy to accidentally blurt out a silly and very clearly incorrect answer, but this contestant took it to a whole new level on Jeopardy.

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Tom, a contestant on the popular US game show, came out with one of the creepiest responses ever after host Alex Trebek asked: ‘In common law, the age of this, signalling adulthood, is presumed to be 14 in boys and 12 in girls.’

Tom’s awkward response ‘what is the age of consent’ earned a very quick ‘no’ from the host and a little bit of uncomfortable laughter from the crowd.

In case you were wondering the correct answer was ‘puberty’.

Watch the full fail here: