Did The TV show ‘Jeopardy’ Endorse The JW Bible? This is the YouTube #2 Version.

"Did Jeopardy Endorse the NWT as the World's Most Accurate Bible Translation?" The first time I posted this question and answer on YouTube was in a 4'47" Power Point dated June 1, 2020 and is here. 

#2 YouTube Power Point #2 dated December 2, 2022 is here.

#3 YouTube Power Point #3, which contains an article from Popular Mechanics, "How to Write a Jeopardy Clue," dated August 1, 2023 is here and defenitively answers the Question, "Did Jeopardy Endorse the NWT as the World's Most Accurate Bible Translation." ANSWER: NO!!!!

I have been writing this Blog since 2008 and have blogged about this topic three times, this is #4 and contains what you would see on my #2 YouTube Power Point on this subject.

Research for the YouTube included:

(1) from the first three blogs I received numerous emails from people who personally watched the Jeopardy show in question,

(2) a face-to-face interview with one JW who “watched the show” in question, 

(3) visiting numerous “chat rooms” reading JW accounts about “having personally seen” this particular Jeopardy show, 

(4) interviews with several JW’s, via email, who “watched the show” in question.

This is what I learned from all these accounts:

(1) The “clue and answer” occurred during “Regular Jeopardy.”

(2) The “clue and answer” occurred during “Double Jeopardy.”

(3) The “clue and answer” occurred during a “Daily Double.”

(4) The “clue and answer” occurred during “Final Jeopardy.”

(5) The “answer” was given by a man.

(6) The “answer” was given by a woman.

(7) No one knew the “answer,” Alex Trebeck had to read the “answer.”

Since I had received so much conflicting information, I decided to go to two unbiased and reliable sources that “did not have a horse in the race.”

(1) I went to a site that contains every Jeopardy “clue and answer.” I searched this site extensively and found nothing even remotely related to the “clue and answer” in question. I then put this information in Reason #1 of my YouTube, "Why this Clue and Answer was Never Used on Jeopardy.”

(2) I wrote to the Jeopardy Writers and Researches and put their response letter in “Reason #2” of my YouTube. They concluded that the “clue and answer” never was used on Jeopardy; it was an internet rumor. As my YouTube pointed out, the “answer” to a “clue” on Jeopardy, has to be the “one and only answer, and beyond dispute.” The New World Translation being accurate is hotly disputed by just about everyone outside the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, as I pointed out in “Reason #3.2” of my YouTube.”

CONCLUSION. Jeopardy never had a “clue and answer” about the NWT being the Most Accurate Bible Translation.

QUESTION?: How do I account for the many “I saw the episode” testimonies?

1. GAIN CELEBRITY STATUS. Keep in mind, that a JW who claims to have seen “the episode” in question, gains instant “celebrity status" within the JW community. Akin to a JW who claims they are one of the 144,000 or a JW who is a Pioneer (Auxiliary Pioneers: make a commitment of thirty or fifty hours of preaching activities for a given month. This can be performed on a per month or ongoing basis. Regular Pioneers: make a commitment of an average of seventy hours of preaching activity each month, totaling 840 hours for the year. This, of course, was Pre COVID)

2. FALSE MEMORIES refers to cases in which people remember events differently from the way they happened or, in the most dramatic case, remember events that never happened at all. False memories can be very vivid and held with high confidence, and it can be difficult to convince someone that the memory in question is wrong.

There are many examples of people having false memories of events that DID NOT HAPPEN. If you are interested in further pursuing this topic, you might start with these two articles: 

1. "False Memories and How They Form":

https://www.verywellmind.com/how-do-false-memories-form-2795349

2. Psychology Today published this article on the basics of False Memories:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/false-memories   

3. LYING BY OMISSION. The person/organization that engages in Lying by Omission, usually has a "horse in the race" and lies in order to protect/further their own self-interests. I have searched JW.ORG plus sites that contain old WT documents and have not found anything from the WT telling the faithful that the “Jeopardy Question/Answer” was an internet rumor and never did occur. 

By NOT setting the record straight, the WT is engaging in Lying by Omission (leaving out facts in order to foster a misconception.) Lying by omission includes the failure to correct pre-existing misconceptions. This lie reinforces, in the mind of a JW, that their Bible is “The Most Accurate Bible Translation” and they are in the "One True Religion" and anyone not using the NWT is getting an incorrect view of what the Bible teaches. This is exactly what the WT wants and explains why they are silent on this issue.

For more on Lying by Omission you can start here: “Why Lying by Omission is Just as Hurtful and Damaging to Relationships” at A Conscience Rethink.

ONE LAST NOTE. Prior to the start of Jeopardy on September 10, 1984, the rumor that made the rounds in various Kingdom Halls was: “Billy Graham endorses the NWT for its accuracy.” I heard this personally from an Elder so I sent a letter to The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association asking about this claim. They wrote back that “they do not endorse the NWT because many of the unique beliefs of the WT are inserted in the NWT without any support from the original manuscripts.” This rumor persisted until the “Jeopardy Question and Answer rumor” appeared on the scene.

THE FINAL WORD ON: Did "Jeopardy" Endorse the NWT? HERE!