It's the same people who would complain about, say, in a category called Young Stars, "He plays VIktor, formerly Vanya, in the Netflix series 'The Umbrella Academy.'" The correct response is...
Who is Eliot Page? The other controversy would be how they would handle a contestant saying "who is Ellen Page?" Call it correct, angry social media from trans people about "ghost names." Call it wrong, Mayim or Ken would have to do an on-camera explanation and both the right and trans people would be angry. Mark Jeffries [email protected] <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#m_-6411953817903610638_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 8:37 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJ1YCEQUBmWd5QSDAsAoWMBCXOyzi9Fr3PgVV2K5Ognpw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> -- 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/CAJ_uKi9TimDFa5pth4OKMRJxDJ_g%2BRABH-WVpSqY0AU5Oy9X8w%40mail.gmail.com.
