Political statement on last night's Jeopardy.

[drm604]

Anyone see it?

The Final Jeopardy question was something like: "he was the most recent sitting Vice-President to be elected President". The winning answer was "George H. Bush" (he was elected President while serving as Vice-President to Reagan). But one of the contestants answered "Al Gore". He had to be making a political statement.There's no way someone smart enough to get on Jeopardy would believe Al Gore had ever actually served as President.

[AzDar]

1. I saw it, and applauded wildly.

:thumbsup:

Very cool!

[underpants]

2. Missed that

I did catch that Alex is growing back a mustache or was that just an April Fools joke?

[IntravenousDemilo]

5. April Fool!

He didn't have the 'stache during DJ! or FJ!, just the J! round.

[babylonsister]

3. The question you forwarded was"elected", not "served". Big diff. nt

[drm604]

10. Which is what I said. n/t

[Uben]

4. I saw that.......

......and got the right answer as well! I couldn't believe that guy said Al Gore, either. MAybe it was a political statement!

[JackRiddler]

6. I hope he didn't lose by it, though...

I can see doing this if there was no chance of winning (like if #1 has more than double of #2 going into Final Jeopardy, and you're #3).

[Bill McBlueState]

7. did it affect the contestant's placing?

It's hard to believe that a contestant would sacrifice a shot at winning to make a political statement, but frequently the outcome of a Jeopardy game is already decided before the final round.

[drm604]

9. To be honest I was only half watching so I can't say.

I was at a relative's house and it was on but I hadn't really been paying attention to the contestants' placings. I'm assuming that he was secure and didn't need to win FJ.

[dragonlady]

11. Yes

As I recall they were all within striking distance of each other. This principled man bet all but a dollar and lost. (To be fair, I didn't think of GHWB, probably my psyche trying to blot him out.)

[curlyred]

12. he was in last place anyway

I figured he drew a blank and decided to have some fun. :)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. I just had to recommend this! This is great!

[murielm99]

13. I saw that.

It was great (and true).

It reminds me of the time my brother had a stroke. They asked him the usual questions to see if he was oriented. When they asked him who was President, he said, "Al Gore."

The nurses decided that he was alert and oriented.

[UTUSN]

14. K&R. Actually, the question doesn't say SERVED-as-prez. It says ELECTED, so Gore would be CORRECT!1

[drm604]

15. Which is what I said. n/t

[kwolf68]

16. That is cool

No doubt, political statement and a damn good one.

[varkam]

17. Well...Gore was elected as president.

Bush was installed by the SCOTUS.