Final Jeopardy: The New Testament (11-16-22)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (11/16/2022) in the category “The New Testament” was:
Paul’s letter to them is the New Testament epistle with the most Old Testament quotations
In the third final game of the 2022 Tournament of Champions, the players are: Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, CA; Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, CA; and Sam Buttrey, an associate professor of operations research from Pacific Grove, CA.
2022 ToC Finalists at the Starting Gate in Game 3:
Amy 1 Andrew 1 Sam 0
Round 1 Categories: A Bouquet of Flowers – American History – Better Call Saul – Rappers Who Act – Beastly Book Titles – Making an Assonance of Yourself
Andrew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “American History” under the $1,000 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in second place with $400, $1,600 less than Amy’s lead. Andrew bet $1,000 and he was RIGHT.
At this New York Battle in the fall of 1777, nearly 6,000 British troops surrendered to colonial forces show
Andrew and Amy finished in a tie for the lead with $3,800 and Sam was last with $3,600. All clues were shown.
Round 2 Categories: 4 Weddings & A Funeral – Opera Characters – Compound Words – Cold around the Globe – Heard in the Movie – Spelementary
Amy found the first Daily Double in “Compound Words” under the $2,000 clue on the 6th pick. She was in the lead with $5,800, $600 more than Sam in second place. Amy bet $5,000 and said milestone as time ran out. That was WRONG.
A point of reference from which measurements are made, it was once an actual notch or line made on a permanent object show
Andrew got the last Daily Double in “4 Weddings & a Funeral” under the $800 clue on the 20th pick of the round. In second place with $5,800, he had $6,600 less than Sam’s lead. Andrew bet it all and he was RIGHT.
On Sept. 12, 1846 this pair of poets wed secretly at St. Marylebone Church; the bride lived with Dad on Wimpole St. for another week show
Sam finished in the lead with $14,800. Andrew was in second place with $13,200 and Amy was last with $2,400. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS HEBREWS?
There are so many conflicting articles online that I can’t come up with a good reason why they should not have chucked this clue in a tournament as important as this one. Without even going into the issue of whether Paul wrote Hebrews or not, let’s look at this: On knowableword.com, Romans is No. 1 with 58 quotes and Hebrews is No. 3 with 42.
On blueletterbible.com, Hebrews comes in at 86 and Romans has 74. Blue Letter Bible makes the distinction that the list encompasses Old Testament quotations AND allusions. The Final Jeopardy! clue only refers to quotations, so we’re going to have to let Jeopardy! sort this one out.
UPDATE ON THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THIS FJ! CLUE: Jeopardy! took the position that the clue was solid because contestants “kind of know” that the show uses the King James version of the Bible. The clue was cleared with a seminarian who “verified that our information, as written in the clue, was correct,” and that’s why they didn’t scrap the clue. It seems to me that is “kind of” putting a lot of contestants at a disadvantage. Also, it’s weird that they were worried enough about it to consult a seminarian but didn’t think to simply add “In the King James bible” before “Paul’s letter to them”!
Listen to the 11/21/22 Podcast here or read TV Line’s article ‘Jeopardy!’ Bosses Defend Controversial Bible Clue
Amy got it right with Hebrews. She bet $1,000 and finished with $3,400.
Andrew thought it was Philippians. He lost $3,201 and finished with $9,999.
Sam had Romans. He lost $11,601, dropping him down to third place with $3,199. That gave today’s checkmark to Andrew.
2022 ToC Finalists at the Finish Line in Game 3:
Amy 1 Andrew 2 Sam 0
2 triple stumpers from HEARD IN THE MOVIE:
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($2000) “Fred C. Dobbs ain’t a guy likes bein’ taken advantage of–do the mug in, I say”
2 years ago: ONE of the players got this FJ in “History in Medicine”
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Sam should have won last night’s game! I read my Bible everyday, and Hebrews has not been among Paul’s letters! Give Sam the game he deserves
Honorable resolution: Allow Andrew to remain with 2 wins, but give Sam 1 win, which is quite unlikely to change final outcome. The Jeopardy directors acknowledge that they are not perfect and human like the rest of us and we all move on with the show.
They might possibly be waiting to see what happens. If Amy wins the tournament, maybe they will say it was a bad clue but it didn’t affect the outcome.
Controversy aside, Amy’s blown DD cost her the win, ultimately. She’s a cool customer ordinarily, but seemed perturbed when she missed the DD.
Is it possible word would have leaked by now if a do-over of some kind had been granted?
One more for Andrew so we can conclude our tournament.
Virtually NO New Testament scholar still attributes Hebrews to Paul. Virtually all say the author is unknown.
This is a terrible Final Jeopardy question and the results of the round should be changed, or the round replayed. How the Jeopardy folks could have bobbled this one so badly is a mystery. When Amy answered “Hebrews”, I startled and yelled “Paul didn’t even WRITE Hebrews!” The consensus of scholars today is that Hebrews is not a Pauline letter. Period. As for which Pauline letter has the. most OT quotations, I’m not absolutely sure; sources have some different answers. But if it IS Romans, as some sources say, then SAM WUZ ROBBED. Unbelievable for this to happen in a Championship Final round.
So glad to see that I was not alone.
I almost jumped out of my seat. The clue was flawed in a major way. There definitely needs to be restitution, especially as this a championship tournament. The irony, the clue could have been just as a effective by instead being; “the author of this New Testameant letter wrote….”.
Hmmmm……..I thought it was the Ephesians in FJ, but what the heck, no one seems to know..
New Testament scholarship is virtually unanimous that Paul did NOT write Hebrews. The question could easily have be written to exclude the attribution to Paul. Sam should be the winner. This was unconscionable in a Final Jeopardy answer on the Tournament of Champions.
Sam was robbed, simply because the authorship of Hebrews is nowhere near as settled as his other attributed epistles.
The Apostle Paul signed all of his other letters as the author. Hebrews is not signed by Paul or any other author.
The question should have been checked for accuracy before being included, especially in final jeopardy.
Sam was correct in saying Romans (by Paul) included the most OT quotations.
Sam was the winner.
I call “Shenanigans!” on this one
I will see what position the jeopardy show will take from there about this issue. Thanks for sharing this information VJ.
This seems VERY unfortunate as a good case can be made for Sam’s answer of Romans. I vaguely remember the controversy in 2012 and I’m not sure how that solution could apply to this game. I’ll be checking out the Jeopardy website to see what position the show will take. As always, VJ, many thanks for your research and insight!
“The Epistle to the Hebrews” does not say it was written by Paul in its text (no author is claimed in the text, in fact), and the authorship of the epistle has been debated since the first centuries after Jesus’s life.
At best, the author of “Hebrews” has “traditionally” been attributed to Paul.
This is an unforgivable error by the show.
Most Bible teaching on Hebrews that I have heard say that it is very possible that Paul did not write Hebrews. It is very different from his other writings. Possibly James wrote it.
Well, I don’t know what position the show will take on this issue, but if you google “how many epistles did Paul write”, the response is generally 13 and doesn’t include Hebrews. However, Jeopardy! usually goes by the King James Bible (KJV), and Hebrews is included in that version.
That being said, it would not be the first time they messed up a Final Jeopardy! Bible clue. Back in 2012, they made a big mistake involving the Last Supper.
Regarding the 2012 link, what first came up in my mind was ‘The Last Supper’, but don’t chide me as I quickly disregarded it.
However, one of the contestants picked ‘The Last Supper’, and got it right. No!!!!!!! It just couldn’t be!!!!!
Well, Rick, that’s how it went down on the show but then Alex came back on and acknowledged the error, saying it didn’t affect the outcome of the game. In other words, the same contestant won whether he was right or wrong. That’s not the case in today’s game.