Posted on 06/06/2021 7:13:09 AM PDT by gattaca
Viewers and fans of the popular "Jeopardy!" quiz show were dismayed when none of the contestants were able to answer the clue based on very elementary knowledge of U.S. History.
The show aired Tuesday and was being hosted by "Big Bang Theory" actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik.
During a round of Double Jeopardy, contestant Robin Lozano chose the "Quotations" category for $800. Bialik gave him the clue from a very famous speech.
"'Government of the people, by the people, for the people' is from the end of this brief but powerful speech," she said.
The seconds ticked away before the buzzer sounded without any of the contestants offering even a guess at the solution to the clue.
The famous line came from the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln in November 1863.
Many viewers were shocked and surprised that none of the contestants knew this very simple factoid in U.S. History.
"Not know the Gettysburg Address?? Worst showing ever. None of these 3 deserved to win tonight. If they'd been asked to add 3 + 2, they'd have looked around like confused squirrels," said one critic.
"I'm gonna pretend like I just didn't see ALL THREE contestants miss 'the Gettysburg Address' just now," replied another.
"How did #Jeopardy manage to find three contestants who don't recognize the closing line of the Gettysburg Address? This isn't Elementary Jeopardy, folks," mocked another critic.
"Wow, no one knew The Gettysburg Address. That made me sad," responded another.
Some made reference to Alex Trebek, the former host of the show who passed away from pancreatic cancer in November.
"That sound you hear is Alex Trebek spinning in his grave," tweeted one
Here's a video of Mayim Bialik as host of Jeopardy!:
It will only get worse as Jeopardy gets woke and inclusive like everything else that wants to self-destruct.
-PJ
I’m 69. I can recite it too. I reckon I memorized it in 1963.
I wonder if any of them know what the Gettysburg Address is.
They would pull up Mapquest on their idiot phones.
Probably because the show's producers are more interested in contestants who know what color underwear Madonna wears.
ML/NJ
He sorta disappeared after that...Thankfully
Learned it in grammar school. Can still recite it by word and I am 68 years old.
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I often repeat Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address ...
14 Main St, Gettysburg PA (forget the zip code)<: <: <:
Kind of like the pic of AL and the line
I know it is true, I saw it on the internet.....
Learned it in grammar school. Can still recite it by word and I am 68 years old.
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I often repeat Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address ...
14 Main St, Gettysburg PA (forget the zip code)<: <: <:
Kind of like the pic of AL and the line
I know it is true, I saw it on the internet.....
When I first saw it, I thought that the movie , “Idiocracy” was a comedy. Alas, I have come to understand that it was prophecy.
That story was about some poor kid paying for his school lunch. No one in the school knew a $2 bill was legal tender.
I watched it a lot as a kid and literally read thousands of books then I grew up.
Who cares for history anymore? It’s just a fad thing.
It’s all about pop culture and obscure writings these days.
I watched it a lot as a kid and literally read thousands of books then I grew up.
Who cares for history anymore? It’s just a fad thing.
It’s all about pop culture and obscure writings these days.
OMG. Well, doesn’t everyone know that the United States was born in 1619 by the Four “Brothas?”
Amazing how far we’ve fallen. I’m tempted to grab a few Susan B. Anthonys and head to WalMart just to see their reaction.
So the object in question was inside the body .... and Perky Katie thought it was...what? A grand piano?
LOL!* And that’s why we celebrate Memorial Day and Martin Luther King Day.
All Americans are on the hunt for a good deal on bedsprings!
To most fools History started with Obama’s immaculation.
Old Bob Newhart routine.
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