Jeopardy.Photo:CBS
CBS
Jeopardy!fans were shocked this week after all three contestants failed to answer a question about The Lord’s Prayer.
Fans were quick to react to the moment, with many wondering how the contestants managed to be stumped on such a seemingly simple question.
The Jeopardy! question.NBC
NBC
“You gotta be kidding me no one knew ‘hallowed’ on #Jeopardy lol,” one userwroteon Twitter, lateradding, “I only went to Catholic school for two years but it’s nuts how much I can remember at the drop of a prompt.”
“My 4 year old niece got the answer on this Question on Jeopardy! Just wondering maybe the contestants never heard about The Lord’s Prayer?“asked another person.
Someone elsesaid she was shockednone of the contestants even offered a guess. “Tonight’s Jeopardy contestants were just asked to fill in this blank: ‘Our Father who art in heaven, ______ be thy name. None of them even took a guess. I’m really surprised — I thought that would be an easy one!”
“I’m an atheist and even I knew the answer to that lord’s prayer question. #Jeopardy"joked another person.
Other viewers called the moment “sad” and “inexcusable.”
“The Lord’s Prayer growing up was like knowing The Pledge of Allegiance. You just did,” someonetweeted, while anotheradded, “[It] DEFINITELY speaks volumes about Americans and their faith…or lack of.”
But another user offered up a different perspective,writing: “I’m sure somewhere evilgelicals [sic] are going to whine about people not knowing the answer and then say there is a war on Christianity (there isn’t one). People are entitled to their own beliefs. It doesn’t have to be the one you have…damn”
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Jeopardy!airs weeknights on ABC (check local listings).
source: people.com
