This actually happened on national television. It seems like a parody to me.
https://twitter.com/leighannesharek/status/1349893002324537345
This actually happened on national television. It seems like a parody to me.
https://twitter.com/leighannesharek/status/1349893002324537345
Lucy looks like she expected to get it right and is surprised that "the ten meter" is wrong. Lol.
It illustrates two things:
1. Americans don’t know much about the metric system
2. Most of us know even less about Track & Field
lol that was funny
Highly educated STEM majors, no doubt.
https://www.simscale.com/blog/2017/12/nasa-mars-climate-orbiter-metric/
LOL. "10 Meters" was my favorite response.
But was anyone surprised? You could probably poll another 30 people and no one would get the correct answer. Sadly, other than the 100m dash, literally no one cares about Track & Field.
This is crazy! 10m is def best answer.
I came on to this thread thinking, it's probably not that bad. I was so wrong. This is BAD. And hilarious.
Oh I thought it was going to be 1600 meters.
500m was the answer that remotely made any sense.
he probably does have the 1600 meter WR as well. Just sayin'.
Totally looks like a parody. Illustrates perfectly how provincial we are in the U.S. This has nothing to do with T & F. We have been trying to teach the metric system in schools at least since the late 60s and we are still no closer after more than 50 years. Something for Ripley's Believe It or Not.
It's always entertaining when they have sports related questions on jeopardy. Their math skills seem to be lacking as well.
If you were to ask a distance team at any high school in the country, I am willing to bet that at least half of them wouldn't know the answer either. I would gladly exchange my memory of T&F records to have the other knowledge most Jeopardy contestants have.
rojo wrote:
This actually happened on national television. It seems like a parody to me.
https://twitter.com/leighannesharek/status/1349893002324537345
I stand by my post
https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=10387925889tht wrote:
LOL. "10 Meters" was my favorite response.
But was anyone surprised? You could probably poll another 30 people and no one would get the correct answer. Sadly, other than the 100m dash, literally no one cares about Track & Field.
Sure but lets look at the fails
a) One guy thinks 10000m is less than a mile
b) a girl thinks they have 10m races
Not knowing they run a 1500m is one thing. Guess like 1k and people will let it slide. But it also shows how localized knowledge can be. Outside of some endurance sports, who the heck ever thinks about the 1500m.
It clearly demonstrates the need for more distance learning in the U.S.
I watch Jeopardy nearly everyday and saw this live, so it was pretty cringe worthy while watching it. I would think that someone would be able to get more in the ball park, though. The clue said slightly shorter than a mile and any contestant worth their salt would know there are 5280 feet in a mile. They also would know that a meter is a bit less than 3 feet. I would think they would divide 5280 by 3 and the closest distance would pop into their hear.
But I guess common track and field distances are so obscure to even the average trivia master that nobody could make the connection. Another argument to bring back the mile.
Also, two attractive women on the same Jeopardy show pretty much never happens. What a show. I'm tempted to say Lucy is a Jeopardy 10. At least a Jeopardy 9. Hope she keeps winning.
mar828 wrote:
It clearly demonstrates the need for more distance learning in the U.S.
Pretty good
Cultural elitists! This is why Hillary lost!!!
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