I'm a fan of Jeopardy. I enjoy playing along. Recently, Jeopardy has had a longtime champion -- I don't even remember his name. :-) But he was defeated yesterday. Didn't quite make it to Ken Jennings status.
Anyway, for some reason I just wasn't fond of his personality and wanted him to get beat. But as the days went on, he was growing on me. I was beginning to like him. And yesterday he did something which made me like him and want to root for him -- and of course ironically that's the day he got beat.
The category was 2 letter words that begin with A. Pretty easy huh? Well the question was some French word -- Au was the answer. The champion rang in and said al but they heard it as au. And gave him credit for a right answer.
Well, during the commercial break the champion informed the judges that he actually said al and not au. And so they deducted it from his score.
It shouldn't be surprising that someone was actually honest but in this world of flipping and flopping in sports -- what they call acting which is actually just being dishonest in my opinion -- trying to convince the officials to believe something that isn't true in order to win a game or at least advance your cause. It's nice and refreshing to actually see someone being honest despite the negative outcome.
Kudos to Matt Jackson -- I looked up his name. :-) -- for his honesty!
That's my two cents.
Yes, that is refreshing to see happen in todays world.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of that short movie about a basketball game. I think it might be a FHE clip. But the ref called the ball out on one team (ahead by one basket) and it was actually the other team that touched the ball last before going out of bounds. This call would give the other team possession of the ball and a chance to win the game. The guy who actually touched the ball last decided to speak up and be honest. His team lost the game, but he went home with his head held high, knowing he still had his integrity. Integrity is worth a whole lot more than a game, money, or anything. The sooner people figure this out, the better the world will be. Good for the Jeopardy guy for being honest.