Double Jeopardy!

This December, the National Museum of the American Indian was a category on Jeopardy!, the quiz show.  It was amazing to watch the contestants strategically avoid the NMAI category.

I guess the other subjects—“Places in the Bible”, “Movie Names”, “The Rat Pack”, “Play Penners,”and “Five-Letter Words”—were more familiar. 

The players avoided our category until every other clue was gone, then ran out of time before they could get to the $2000 NMAI question. 

Leonda Levchuk and Molly Stephey from the NMAI Public Affairs Office worked with the producers of Jeopardy! to create videotaped clues from the museum on the National Mall. They also signed paperwork swearing that they wouldn’t give away the answers—er, questions—in advance. After the show aired, Leonda and Molly asked the producers to send us a copy of the tape so that we could share it with you. I’ve edited it to get right to the NMAI part.  

Watch the video below.

 

Comments

[Rico Newman]

I'm loving this. Millions watch jeopardy. It's great the contestants had the right answers. Their reluctance to select the category speaks volumes on their and this nations ignorance of native history, culture and tradition. Kudos to you all for the great presentations for the clues.
Moving into the future with NMAI, many visitors will not have an opportunity to improve on their knowledge now that the Resource Center has been dismantled.
That being said, the internet may be the next best tool to address educating the public about native people's history; past and present.
As a Charter member since '94 and a former NMAI staff member, I'm hopeful it will keep balance in addressing Education and Art while meeting its obligations that keep the doors open.

[J]

It seems like the powers that be want to phase you out of its history. I'm not an American Indian (to my knowledge)... Speaking as a African American I can say that has happened to our people as well. My mother is middle school teacher, she will not let her kids do any papers on Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, or Rosa Parks. Not because these individuals did not accomplish great things... She will not let her kids study them because that's all they have been; and for the rest of there middle/high school year be taught. The story of my people is not being taught either. That is why I can relate to this post. I do pride one educational organization for their multicultural views... CARR http://ctreadingresearch.org/

[Nathan]

This quiz show is fun! The NMAI category is helpful for contestants and audience to learn more interesting facts. I hope there will be more quiz shows like this.

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Absolutely agree. The majority seems to be totally ignorant of NMAI and they really should be ashamed. Very well written and presented article, BTW.

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Its interesting post especially watching video was fun. Keep doing Quiz shows like this.

[John Francis]

Paying attention in history lessons is obviously more valuable than many people think!

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[Margaret]

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I think it makes a very clear point about people's lack of information of history in some specific circumstances. Thanks for sharing.

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Jeopardy is one of my best game show. I have watched it.

[Sammy]

On a quiz show its natural that contestants would want topics which are familiar to them. Their aim is winning - not education. Perhaps you could work out an awareness campaign with the show producers and find a way to make people more aware about natives.

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Their reluctance to select the category speaks volumes on their and this nations ignorance of native history, culture and tradition. Kudos to you all for the great presentations for the clues.

Love this! Great post, can't wait to see more!

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I saw that episode of Jeopardy! I have to admit that I was wondering if I could answer those questions myself.

I stumbled across this blog post quite by accident and thought it was so funny I had to comment...

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[Steve]

Last year I had an aunt sign up for Jeopardy and make it on the show but didn't make it all the way. She told me that history is a big subject to learn on this show.

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I like this type of show because you always can learn some interesting new knowledge and at the same time revive the knowledge you already know.

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I love history and culture subjects. So this is my favorite program.
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[Sara]

Great post about national museum...

[Heath]

History questions are only easy if you know the answer :) In fact that could be said of all quizzes

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[Josh]

This was an interesting show. It is appalling how little the public really knows about Native American history.

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My daughter-in-law was on Jeopardy a couple of years ago. She was the winner the first day, then was beaten the second day. She won over 11 grand, so it wasn't to bad.

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I love this show! Great post. Looking forward to more like this!
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There is really an eye-opening lesson here. I paid attention (I thought) in history class, but sorry to say I don't recall much emphasis put on Native American history when I was going to school.

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[Teodor]

I like generally the shows with people who are have such a great knowledge in American and in Indians history.Nice article and videos. Thank you.

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Some people's posts talk about the contestants being ignorant of history however they got each question except the last one.
But certainly embarrassing that they didn't have the confidence to go for it earlier.

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I'm from the UK and even I would have got more than half right! Does this era of your history get studied at school? I have heard of Double Jeopardy but have not seen it over here.

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[Elaine]

It's darkly ironic how their avoidance of this category (which they ended up whizzing through with seemingly no problem once they got into it) turned out to be part of their own downfall in the end. I have to agree with the poster who mentioned that the contestants are just aiming to win the show rather than seek an education at this point, meaning that they will first snatch up the most familiar categories. Perhaps they actually surprised themselves with how well they were able to answer the questions once they came around, but I think that it's also true that their original avoidance of the category altogether says something about the lack of emphasis in learning about Native American history in US schools.
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I love Jeopardy!

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Interesting to see how the NMAI worked with Jeopardy to create the clues!

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[Michael]

We as a nation are quite ignorant of the native history and traditions as well as the cultures that came before us. I find this quite interesting. I have advised many students of Native American genetics and find it quite interesting that they were very much in touch with the ways of the earth and heavens. I'm very interested in their thoughts on the origin of man. Thanks - Michael

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[Luis]

I have not yet had the opportunity to visit the National Museum of the American Indian, but just to see the show Jeopardy, go to the museum because I do not want to miss this show, I think I'll go with my family.

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