Jeopardy Contestants Can't Identify Picture of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow
By Noel Sheppard | January 26, 2012 | 22:52
The folks at MSNBC aren't going to be happy about this.
During Thursday's televised game show Jeopardy, none of the contestants could identify Rachel Maddow even when a picture of her was shown to them (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
With the category "A Real Rhodes Scholar," the first answer involved ABC's George Stephanopoulos with the correct question being Bill Clinton.
Answer number two - which included a picture - was correctly questioned as retired General Wesley Clark.
Next up, the final Daily Double, was about an Arkansas senator for whom an international scholarship is named. The correct question was offered, "Who is Fulbright?"
Yet, when the final answer was given - "This cable TV newswoman received a doctorate in politics from Oxford" - with a picture of her on the screen, nobody knew it was Maddow.
This can't possibly be great news to MSNBC execs given Maddow's lead role in the network's recent debate coverage.
On the other hand, and in fairness, Maddow was also the answer in a January 2009 Jeopardy. That time, the correct question was offered.
Has having her own show on MSNBC actually made her less recognizable?
(H/T NBer Ryan)
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As we become less of a rural culture
Submitted by KornKing on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 10:56pm.
Most won't recognize a crow turd on a fence post
Yeah, KK, but - unfortunatly
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:19pm.
Yeah, KK, but - unfortunatly - most of us recognize a dumb-ass, lop-eared turtle on a fence post.
Obvious Answer
Submitted by IrateNate on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 10:55pm.
The fact that one must display at least minimal intelligence just to appear on Jeopardy implies that the contestants would have no reason to follow the zany antics of that mean-spirited little Maddow boy.
They may have gotten it right if the category was . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:03am.
. . . "Celebrity Idiots."
I coudn't either, but at least take a guess
Submitted by povertypimpin on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 10:59pm.
You have a 50/50 chance of it either being a man or a woman.
SNL reference
Submitted by Injest on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 5:08am.
That's Pat!
Jingle:
A lot of people say, "What's that?" It's Pat!
A lot of people ask, "Who's he? Or she?"
A ma'am or a sir, accept him or her
or whatever it might be.
It's time for androgyny.
Here comes Pat!
And if you
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:03am.
chose woman, you'd be 100% wrong.
They must have been thrown off...
Submitted by BarneyFrankenstein on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:01pm.
After all, when the question starts with "This cable TV newswoman..." you probably expect the person in the picture to slightly resemble a female.
Barney?
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 2:53am.
That is flipping hysterical! KUDOS!
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
ROFLMFAO!!!
Submitted by poseA on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:02pm.
ROFLMFAO!!!
Buzzzzz
Submitted by CO2Maker on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:16pm.
Yes, Alex. "Who is Ron Reagan, Jr.?"
No? Ed Schmutz? No again? Rev. Tawana Sharpyton? Not Tawana? Really? Hmmmm.
I got it, Alex! "Who is Keith Olbermann?"
Possible thoughts of the Jeopardy contestants
Submitted by BarneyFrankenstein on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:09pm.
Isnt that the guy on "how I met your mother" ? no cant be...
Damn...
Does Michael Cera have a Cable News show?
Crap, I have no idea who this dude is.
Ha ha ha ha ha
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:09pm.
That is just sweet!
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 109 (and Counting)
Who was Fred Savage....?
Submitted by NeoKong on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:11pm.
Hilarious.
Poor Rachel
Submitted by wingnut55 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:17pm.
I guess those three don't watch her show. I was stumped, too. What was that her High School year book photo?
now and then
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:20am.
No, that's her picture as she was now.
This was her high school picture.
high school pic
It's real too.
-Jon
Too bad...as a woman she wasn't completely unattractive.
Submitted by WhoIsJohnGalt on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 9:06am.
I wonder what happened?
The question was flawed, as Maddow was described erroneously
Submitted by Rush Fan on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:23pm.
as a newswoman (not that there is anything wrong with that).
Or
Submitted by Tjexcite on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:36pm.
I take the NEWS part is what is flawed. She may talk on topics that are also news but the snide comments on everything is not part of the news.
Tjexcite......Of course, you are correct. As I was posting
Submitted by Rush Fan on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:41am.
initially, I realized, as you did, that Maddow's consistent flaw is her lack of straightforward reporting, rather than her lack of straightforward straightness. I chose, perhaps mistakenly, the lesser of the two, the lack of straightforward straightness (not that there is anything wrong with that). ♥♥ :-) ♥♥
nobody watches msnbc
Submitted by merly1 on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:21pm.
ditto colbert, stewart etc
310 million of 311 million Americans DONT watch these buffoons
no shock here
"Have You Seen This Boy?"
Submitted by bigdaddy on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:25pm.
Just another sad face on a milk carton.
"Who Is Ensign Will Crusher?"
Submitted by bigdaddy on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:26pm.
Gratuitous Star Trek Reference.
oops I should have read all the comments!
Submitted by OxyCon on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:38am.
good one!
Gratuitous Star Trek reply...
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:07am.
Who is Will Wheaton who plays Ensign Wesley Chrusher?
But point taken. The resemblance is uncanny.
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
My gratuitous Wil Wheaton reference:
Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:21am.
Wil (one "l") Wheaton actually plays himself on The Big Bang Theory.
Wait
Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:37pm.
You mean that wasn't Chris Hayes?
Who is Lawrence O'Donnell?
Submitted by HelloDare on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:38pm.
Who is Lawrence O'Donnell?
What was the show Everyone
Submitted by monsterman on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:44pm.
What was the show Everyone loves Raymond Maddow?
I didn't recognize her
Submitted by rbosque on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:57pm.
I didn't recognize her either...I thought she was a dumb stump.
I'll take "Supercilious Sapphic Sisters" for $1000, Alex...
Submitted by KyWriter on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 11:57pm.
Uh..........................
Well, Alex....
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:04am.
I'll take unknown androgenous lesbians for $100! Wait, who the heck is that?? The $100 question is supposed to be easy, who is this errrr, uhhhh person?? Oh I know, it's Pat!!
⇒ OOOOO no Samaritan
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:09am.
So close. The correct question is "Who is Al Franken"?
⇒ I know this one
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:07am.
Who is Jeff from the Donna Reed Show?
There is hope
Submitted by ant on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:17am.
The minority is not so majority as they think they are. That would explain the necessity for voter fraud.
She lost at Jeopardy, baby.
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:41am.
Who wrote those "answers" anyways? I mean, really, who in their right mind would include Maddow in the same category as Clinton, Clark, and Fulbright? They, at least, had some importance in the world. So, I'm not surprised that the contestant didn't recognize her, given the context. Jeopardy should have worded the answer as "She's the most irreverent Rhodes Scholar we could think of."
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Knowing random trivia while
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 2:10am.
Knowing random trivia while failing to see the big picture is quite common among leftists so I'd imagine Jeopardy is fairly popular with them. I remember a few years ago there was a question...er... I mean answer that involved the firing of Dan Rather from CBS and the question (I mean answer) mentioned that he was fired for airing a report criticizing then-President Bush and it did not mention anything about the wildly inaccurate content of the story.
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Who is Ensign Wesley Crusher?
Submitted by OxyCon on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:35am.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WesleyCrusher2366.jpg
Doctorate? This is what you
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 2:05am.
Doctorate? This is what you get with a doctorate? If this was some fly-by-night school I'd say OK, whatever, but this was Oxford for crying out loud. The entire system of higher education is such a joke anymore. Anyone else ever think about how the people of our period of time are going to come across as a complete joke to people 1000 years from now?
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
She was kind of cute
Submitted by MacWell on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 6:33am.
Back when she thought she was a girl.
He's the Left Tackle for for the Steelers,
Submitted by BBallleaper on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 6:36am.
Right? He must have played without a face mask because that is some kind of damage! Didi I say He? I meant IT!
You are in error
Submitted by TheHistorian on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 6:41am.
You state:
Yet, when the final answer was given - "This cable TV newswoman received a doctorate in politics from Oxford" - with a picture of her on the screen, nobody knew it was Maddow.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/01/26/jeopardy-contestan...
The clip shows only that the one contestant did not know who she was. Because it is a daily double, only he can answer. Suggest you change your article to reflect the rules of Jeopardy. Or better yet, drop such trivial nonsense as this. Who cares that a soldier did not recognize Maddow? I care that he didn't say "who was that racist Fulbright who voted against the civil rights act continuously since it was introduced in the 1950's" rather than giving him any respect.
Dennis Prager
Methinks you should re-read the article.
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:20am.
The Maddow question was NOT the daily double!
Next up, the final Daily Double, was about an Arkansas senator for whom an international scholarship is named. The correct question was offered, "Who is Fulbright?"
The Maddow question followed the daily double question.
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
sorry, DC
Submitted by mom_rox on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:40am.
I replied without refreshing to see if anyone else had responded to TH.
That's not fair, DumbCanuck
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:48am.
You countered Historian's claim with facts.
And thanks for pointing it out.
"oooh, I'm sorry, TH, but that is not the correct response"
Submitted by mom_rox on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:41am.
TH, I can tell that you 1) misread Noel's post, 2) did not watch the video, or 3) both.
The Maddow clue was not the Daily Double as you posited. It was the $1600 clue to which all three contestants were allowed to respond.
We'll have to reduce your score for that error.
I shouldn't be...
Submitted by ant on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:58am.
but I am still amazed at the blatant and bold lies that liberals will tell to defend their side. It's surreal...they have to know it doesn't help them to constantly be caught in obvious lies.
The Historian
Submitted by T Walt on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 1:37pm.
is no lib and is usually on the ball with his commentary. He just dropped it on this one.
Let's lay all the cards on the table
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:00pm.
TheHistorian: " . . . I care that he didn't say "who was that racist Fulbright who voted against the civil rights act continuously since it was introduced in the 1950's" rather than giving him any respect."
First, he didn't give anybody any respect; he answered a question with the simplest of answers. Blame the producers of Jeopardy for including Fulbright in the game.
But if we're going to be accurate about the Fulbright description, this is what the contestant might have said: " . . . who was that racist Democrat Fulbright who voted against the civil rights act continuously since it was introduced in the 1950's."
That's history.
Rachel Maddow??
Submitted by NewLife56 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 6:58am.
Rachel Maddow?? Who is Rachel Maddow?? Is she Keith Olbermanns Daughter?
Understandable lack of recognition
Submitted by HockeyKid on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 7:35am.
Here's a Google Images search for pictures similar to Msr. Maddow:
http://bit.ly/yr6JDo
No wonder the contestant didn't have a clue.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Nice! You win post of the thread for this one.
Submitted by MightyMouth on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:49am.
However that pic just to the right of Madcow must be the Anti-Madcow image.
"Who is the Fonz"? Alex
Funny how most
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 7:05pm.
of em are Dudes, some with facial hair
THE SHOW
Submitted by D'saredumbpeople on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 7:52am.
THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT A CATEGORY OF THE DUMBEST PEOPLE ON TV
AND THEN SHOWN A PICTURE OF MIKA.
Hey Thanks!!
Submitted by KornKing on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:57am.
Now that you've brought Bubbles into the picture,
IQ-breast size, IQ-breast size, which is the answer?
Well, The Explanation is Really Quite Simple...
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 8:54am.
Androgyny can be quite confusing.
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
Alex, I'll Take
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:03am.
Angry Lesbians for $1600.
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
As good as the comments are here....
Submitted by Prester John on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:04am.
.....go on over to Breitbart and read the ones there.
http://www.breitbart.tv/who-is-rachel-maddow/
Brutal and absolutely hilarious.
Maybe one of the clues
Submitted by misterbee241 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:02am.
should have been "bitter lesbian."
Another website calls Jay Carney "her twin sister".
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:14am.
Personally, I think she looks like Rocky Marciano.
ChickaBOOMer| Rachel Maddow: Trivial Pursuit
Submitted by StewartIII on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:55am.
Rachel Maddow: Trivial Pursuit
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2012/01/rachel-maddow-trivial-pursuit.html
was getting my
Submitted by texasborngranny on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:58am.
daily dose of Jeopardy yesterday when this happened. I missed the next dialogue and answer/question.. was laughing too hard.
Did you ever think the
Submitted by NCfairandbalanced on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:45am.
Did you ever think the contestants DID know her...they just wouldn't admit it. Even for money. Hey, maybe reputation is more important than money! LOL.
Ahh?
Submitted by brerol on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:52am.
Who is someone who does not go well with your breakfest?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:12pm.
These poor contestants were probably too busy throwing up...
I've got it, Alex!
Submitted by almostacowboy77 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:13pm.
Who played Chachi on "Joanie and Chachi"?
I Know that guy- he used to
Submitted by reddog339 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:20pm.
I Know that guy- he used to play soccer for the French team.
Eric Cantona??? The guy who
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:27pm.
Eric Cantona??? The guy who jumped into the stands and punched a spectator out??? Madcow did that??? Hell, I wouldn't know who she is either.............and I wouldn't care.
MSDNC
Submitted by John21 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:22pm.
She is a member of one of the least watched and most bias news organization in America.
She has displayed no indication of intelligence.
Her viewership is subpar to saturday morning cartoons.
Her quotes and public statement are usually so asinine as to be considered comedy.
Why would enyone admit to knowing who she is?
I thought it was Eli Manning!
Submitted by shirtsbyeric on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 1:11pm.
I thought it was Eli Manning!
Hey!!! I don't like the
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:28pm.
Hey!!! I don't like the G-men, but that's a serious chop on Eli!!!! You owe him an apology!!!
contestant number 2:
Submitted by T Walt on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 1:20pm.
"Um,...Who is Justin Bieber?"
Famous "Richard's" for 200 Alex
Submitted by wahappened on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 1:39pm.
Who is "Dick" Maddow?