All three Jeopardy! contestants on Tuesday’s show were stumped by an easy Bible clue about the Lord’s Prayer, provoking widespread mockery from viewers.
Not one of the contestants was able to complete the opening verse of the common Christian prayer, with host Mayim Bialik providing the clue: “Matthew 6:9 says, ‘Our Father, which art in heaven,’ this ‘be thy name.’”
The correct response was “hallowed.”
#Jeopardy
Nobody got this but I'm sure they all knew it but were worried about the PRONUNCIATION.
"Hallowed" or "hollowed" pic.twitter.com/9WCiT7uG2J— Mike Fly (@mfly1971) June 13, 2023
The easy miss provoked a deluge of social media mockery from viewers, with some calling it “sad” and “pathetic.”
That’s “hallowed,” you heathens! 🙃😉 #Jeopardy
— Lindsay “Ashley” Wilcox (@lndsyloves) June 13, 2023
On Jeopardy, one of the questions was, “Our Father who art in heaven, (blank) be thy name.” None of the three contestants knew! Even my phone knows it’s “hallowed.” And I thought my phone was Jewish!
— Judi Cunningham🇺🇸🇺 📚🐈✡️☮️🕉️💙🌊🌊🌊💙 (@CarrieC75701474) June 13, 2023
Hey, Jeopardy geniuses…It's HALLOWED. Sheesh, what a sad world we live in.
— watchfuleyez3 (@ron33623438) June 14, 2023
Today, 3 Jeopardy contestants did not know the first line of the "Lord's Prayer!" Sad. "Our Father, who art in heaven, ________ be thy name; They didn't know the answer: "Hallowed." Pathetic.
— Alley Lane (@AlleyLane5) June 13, 2023
@Jeopardy has 3 geniuses on the show today.The question was-In the Bible it says-Our Father, who art in heaven (blank) be thy name. The answer is Hallowed (of course)… none of the 3 knew the answer. Sad world we're in
— TrumpsgotThis🇺🇸MAGADONIAN (@Demsaremental_) June 13, 2023
But TV Insider used the embarrassing moment as an opportunity to publish an article with the headline: “Does ‘Jeopardy!’ Have Too Many Bible & Christianity Questions?”
Returning winner Suresh Krishnan prevailed again Tuesday after correctly responding to the Final Jeopardy clue: “He starred in the two films whose soundtracks were the top two bestselling albums of 1978.” (The correct response was John Travolta.)
Jeopardy! came under fire in 2021 and last year over transgender champion Amy Schneider, who had a 40-game winning streak and returned to win the 2022 Tournament of Champions.
Schneider, a biological man who identifies as a “woman,” became a darling of the mainstream media, which described the contestant as a “woman” without referring to the fact that Schneider is a transgender who is biologically male.
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