Jeopardy Contestants Can’t Recite First Line of ‘The Lord’s Prayer’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Do you know the Lord’s Prayer? Three recent contestants on JEOPARDY! did not. When asked to recite one word from the famous prayer, the auditorium was left in silence.
Contestants Laura Blyler Scanland, Suresh Krishnan and Joe Seibert were asked to fill in one missing word from the beginning of the prayer. The question read “Our Father which art in heaven’ this ‘be thy name.” This verse comes from Matthew 6:9, part of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
All three contestants remained silent until host Mayim Bialik provided the correct answer, “Hallowed be thy name.” The fact that none of the contestants knew the answer to this question shocked the JEOPARDY! audience. Some viewers even took to Twitter to post about it.
One man named Jason Howerton shared “This was a clue on Jeopardy last night & not one contestant got it right… But my 5-year-old knows the entire Lord’s Prayer and loves to recite it at dinner time. Parents can change the world with how they raise their children.”
JEOPARDY! has undergone similar criticism before, with some fans stating that there are too many questions on the show about the Bible. Others maintained that the Bible is still relevant to the world today, thanks in large part to its foundational influence on the Western world.
In a similar scenario during an early 2020 show, a question about the church was asked that read “Built in the 300s A.D., the Church of the Nativity.” The correct answer was rendered to be “What is Israel,” although this remains controversial.
An article published by The Christian Post explains, “The Church of the Nativity is in Bethlehem, part of the West Bank, known in the Bible as Judea and Samaria. The historical land was renamed “Palestine” under Roman rule in the second century A.D.”
The first contestant to guess answered with, “What is Palestine,” and was told she was wrong. Another contestant answered, “What is Israel,” and was awarded points for a correct answer.
Although controversy regarding Biblical facts is bound to happen, this situation is a healthy reminder to read the Bible and be aware of major scriptures within the text. Additionally, in Deuteronomy 11:19 the Bible commands parents to, “Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”
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