Joe and I have watched Jeopardy, the TV game show, since we first got together. We both enjoy it. Joe is much better at the game than I am, he has a broader range of knowledge being one of those people who like history and geography, so he slays me every time. Sometimes our knowledge surprises us like when they recently had a category called "Disney Princesses" we hotly anticipated those questions. After Ruby drilled this information into our heads and then Sadie reinforced it, we are pretty Princess fluent. It was true to, Joe and I were hollering out "Jasmine!" "Aurora!" as we aced the category.
But, sometimes Jeopardy not only involves questions and their answers, sometimes in little ways it gives a glimpse into what kind of facts are important, what kinds of things are current, and what kind of things that people need to know. This happened a couple of days ago.
The category was 'Etiquette," we were doing okay with the different questions, and then the $2000 clue was revealed. I was gobsmacked and called Joe from the kitchen where he was making us tea. He too was taken aback.
Why?
It was a question about disability etiquette.
This is an approximation of the clue, "a wheelchair is the extension of someone's body and therefore it is part of someone's personal ..."
Now the answer is obviously, "space."
This was the $2000 clue which meant that the writers of the show thought that this would be the most difficult question of the category. One of the players got the answer and play moved on.
Jeopardy!
A disability etiquette question on Jeopardy!
We must be making headway.
Here's to Alex and the producers and writers of the show for a few seconds of recognition that we have bodies and we have space and we have a right to have those respected. I'm guessing that they did more in that one question than they will ever know.
2 comments:
Cool!!
No cable TV for past few years, and the only thing I really miss is Jeopardy!
Going viral, eh? Now exactly who did you manage to bribe?
Good job, Jeopardy.
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