Judge Bruce Schroeder decided to play a game of “Jeopardy” with prospective jurors in the selection process for the murder trial for Kyle Rittenhouse.

The selection was delayed due to unexplained technical issues and the judge decided to play a mock game of the classic TV quiz show to pass the time. Many people watching the Facebook Live stream of the trial commented, saying the judge’s actions were inappropriate.

"Not to be Confused for 400," Schroeder said. "On the menu, scallops are shellfish and these are immature or green onions."

"Scallions," many prospective jurors could be heard saying. "And of course, that's correct," Judge Schroeder replied.

“How about Famous Women for 200," Schroeder continued. "This sprinter set records in both the 100 and 200 meters in the 1988 Olympics."

"Who is Florence Griffith Joyner?" Schroeder told the prospective jurors.

The mock Jeopardy game lasted for 20 minutes. Schroeder said playing the game was a long-standing tradition and that only jurors were allowed to answer.

The trial of Rittenhouse will be a highly publicized one as his lawyers and supporters argue he was using his Second Amendment rights and acted in self-defense to protect himself and businesses. His detractors say he is a wannabe vigilante who was looking for trouble and should be found guilty of first-degree murder.

Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the incident, traveled across state lines from Illinois to Wisconsin. He shot and killed two people and wounded a third at a protest in the wake of the Kenosha Police shooting a Black man named Jacob Blake in August 2020.

Rittenhouse is facing a total of seven counts, including two counts of reckless homicide, one count of attempted homicide in the first degree, and possession of a deadly weapon by a person under the age of 18. If convicted, he could face life in prison.

Schroeder told the potential jurors he would select 20 of them to hear the case and eventually narrow the number down to 12 to deliberate the case. He told the potential jurors that the case “has become very political. It was involved in the politics of the last election year.”

Rittenhouse fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, with an AR-15 after Rosenbaum chased Rittenhouse through a parking lot and threw a plastic bag at him just before midnight on Aug. 25. Rittenhouse then killed a protester named Anthony Huber, 26, after Huber swung a skateboard at him. He also wounded a protester named Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, who had a gun in his hand.

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