No (to answer the topic question), assuming “political” here means “partisan.” Politics per se of course is a legitimate Jeopardy! subject, and the category was explicitly related to politics (The House of Representatives). It would be hard to imagine a category about the US House in 2022 that did not include answers related to the January 6 Committee and Liz Cheney.
Rather than partisan politics, this illustrates something else about contemporary Jeopardy! That I have been suspecting for a while, which is that there are a higher fraction of answers are related to contemporary, “ripped from the headlines” issues, which I guess is inevitable the longer the show is on the air. One of the contestants on the show yesterday was a sibling of one of my work colleagues. On Thu, 7 Jul 2022 at 5:35 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Some wondered after a category about members of the US House of > Representatives included two clues about members of the Jan 6th Committee... > > > https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jeopardy-fans-react-to-clues-about-jan-6-committee-members-liz-cheney-and-bennie-thompson-060850535.html > (link) > > > B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cc1ea8eb-e4d7-4b2d-befc-3e1ae7b54203n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/cc1ea8eb-e4d7-4b2d-befc-3e1ae7b54203n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJ1YCEQUBmWd5QSDAsAoWMBCXOyzi9Fr3PgVV2K5Ognpw%40mail.gmail.com.
