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I just saw the most retarded round of Final Jeopardy ever. Tonight was one of the special episodes where they have kids about 12 years old come on and do their thing, and the questions are easier than usual. The contestants were some nondescript white girl, a nerdy Jewish kid, and a black girl from Ohio. After bungling their way through the first two rounds, the kids were presented with the Final Jeopardy question, which asked what item in the Bible is described as having a volume of 450,000 cubic cubits.
The answer here would be Noah's Ark. The Bible rarely gives specific measurements, and the only time it describes something that big in detail is the story of the flood. The kids, however, had no fucking clue. The white girl kicked it off by guessing "The Sea of," not having finished her answer. Bad, but not terrible. Then the Jew kicks it into high gear by guessing "1 acre." I guess someone needs to go back to Shul. An acre is not a unit of volume; no matter how many acres you have, you will never get any volume at all. The black girl's answer was the worst; she decided to go with "Jesus' Grave." Damn. That answer makes me bleed from the wounds of Christ. Even Trebek was having some trouble hiding how poor of an answer he thought this was.
In the end, the black girl won because she had done better in the rest of the game and didn't wager much. Overall, though, I think America lost.
The answer here would be Noah's Ark. The Bible rarely gives specific measurements, and the only time it describes something that big in detail is the story of the flood. The kids, however, had no fucking clue. The white girl kicked it off by guessing "The Sea of," not having finished her answer. Bad, but not terrible. Then the Jew kicks it into high gear by guessing "1 acre." I guess someone needs to go back to Shul. An acre is not a unit of volume; no matter how many acres you have, you will never get any volume at all. The black girl's answer was the worst; she decided to go with "Jesus' Grave." Damn. That answer makes me bleed from the wounds of Christ. Even Trebek was having some trouble hiding how poor of an answer he thought this was.
In the end, the black girl won because she had done better in the rest of the game and didn't wager much. Overall, though, I think America lost.