However, "Jeopardy!" has always used the King James Version as their Bible source unless otherwise stated--and this probably goes back to the Art Fleming days.
Mark Jeffries [email protected] On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 5:07 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > I also enjoyed the tournament. Some of that might come from the > appearances of several all time champions. I also prefer the first to three > wins over the two games total points. > > One thing I didn’t get was Amy’s low wagers in Final on Thursday and > Friday. It got explained on the podcast. Andrew had two wins and she was > wagering to shut him out of a third win. If it meant that she’d lose to Sam > it was okay with her since the tournament would continue and she’d get > another chance. > > They also addressed the Letter to the Hebrews. Sarah said the researchers > ran it by a seminarian and got approval for it. She also said when they use > the Bible in a category they always specify the King James Version where > the chapter is called Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews. Of course in this clue > they didn’t specify the KJV and that could make the clue ambiguous. > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 11:54 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Right, I think that is the fair criticism of the clue; it was vague, in >> that there was more than one defendable right solution. But that is >> different than the Twitter indictment, which is that it was dead wrong, and >> should have been corrected, and Sam was robbed. >> >> On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 at 7:33 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >>> Behalf Of *PGage >>> >>> *>*Like just about everyone I loved Sam. I also followed this thread as >>> it erupted in real time on Twitter, but I was unmoved. While I agree that >>> Paul did not write Hebrews, he most likely did not write several other >>> books in the NT that are explicitly ascribed to him. I think the clear >>> intent of the clue was which book commonly understood to be written by Paul >>> had the most quotations. When I saw the clue in real time I told my wife >>> “The question is Hebrews, even though it was not really written by Paul.” >>> >>> >>> >>> If you are Biblically literate enough to correctly identify the New >>> Testament books from a random list of ancient demonyms, you should >>> likely be aware that Hebrews’ status as a Pauline epistle is dubious at >>> best. The writers including Paul in the clue rendered it vague. (Fwiw, >>> I had Romans, but then, I’m just the church pianist.) >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/01cb01d9046c%2489f9aa40%249decfec0%24%40suddenlink.net >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/01cb01d9046c%2489f9aa40%249decfec0%24%40suddenlink.net?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/CAKGtkY%2BYtJtMHh1is2dXGVK1WkVTWukiU%2Bdv4gD0WiTrfq22ng%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BYtJtMHh1is2dXGVK1WkVTWukiU%2Bdv4gD0WiTrfq22ng%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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/CAJE-FiHXtWc2TE4jG6Da62B0x-Rim5tMbF1nRu80idD_D0-exw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHXtWc2TE4jG6Da62B0x-Rim5tMbF1nRu80idD_D0-exw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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_uKi9TynywH1yV2292SS8j-XDK8eGKRPdWOHCNCz4FXYGGpw%40mail.gmail.com.
