A comic once joked about Dan Quayle saying he did not speak Latin when visiting Latin America, but it was a joke and not a fact. Regardless, the media reported that as a fact hundreds of times over many many years.
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OMW! I wondered about that. The first time I heard that tale was last week; it was in a clue on Jeopardy and reported as fact.
Jeapordy needs to vent their questions a bit more thoroughly.