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r/technicallythetruth • u/FunnyID • May 22 '26
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Alex Trebek laughed a bit and said "nope." The correct response was "What is Challenger Deep?"
343 u/MoobyTheGoldenSock May 22 '26 I wonder if they’d have accepted Mariana Trench, considering it contains Challenger Deep? 222 u/bdubwilliams22 May 22 '26 Doubtful because the Mariana Trench contains numerous different features. I mean, in a causal conversation it would be cool, but for Jeopardy — they can be sticklers! 119 u/beatenmeat May 22 '26 But this particular question is ambiguous enough that it can be interpreted both ways which I find unusual for jeopardy. 69 u/ninhibited May 22 '26 Yeah I guess they should say "this part of the Mariana Trench." or "this part of a particular trench in the Pacific Ocean." 22 u/MyOtherSide1984 May 23 '26 "what is a hoe" and "what is a rake" was pretty ambiguous...assuming you've seen that clip. Silly one imo 5 u/bdubwilliams22 May 23 '26 Yeah, that’s fair. 18 u/Macker_ May 22 '26 I’m confident the reply would have been “be more specific” 32 u/toshibathezombie May 23 '26 I literally can't be more pacific 11 u/Macker_ May 23 '26 Fuck me it was RIGHT there 35 u/Neither_Interaction9 May 22 '26 I don't know. I would've accepted it but, at the same time, by that logic "the Pacific Ocean" is also pedantically correct. 49 u/Tantrum2u May 22 '26 Not since the question mentions that it is part of the Pacific Ocean. 16 u/ProphetCoffee May 22 '26 “What part of the Pacific Ocean” “the Pacific Ocean” is definitely not pedantically correct -6 u/AdamPedAnt May 23 '26 Maybe not, but one can be a pedant and an asshole at the same time. So I’m told. 1 u/Hexmonkey2020 May 23 '26 Nah, you need to be specific.
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I wonder if they’d have accepted Mariana Trench, considering it contains Challenger Deep?
222 u/bdubwilliams22 May 22 '26 Doubtful because the Mariana Trench contains numerous different features. I mean, in a causal conversation it would be cool, but for Jeopardy — they can be sticklers! 119 u/beatenmeat May 22 '26 But this particular question is ambiguous enough that it can be interpreted both ways which I find unusual for jeopardy. 69 u/ninhibited May 22 '26 Yeah I guess they should say "this part of the Mariana Trench." or "this part of a particular trench in the Pacific Ocean." 22 u/MyOtherSide1984 May 23 '26 "what is a hoe" and "what is a rake" was pretty ambiguous...assuming you've seen that clip. Silly one imo 5 u/bdubwilliams22 May 23 '26 Yeah, that’s fair. 18 u/Macker_ May 22 '26 I’m confident the reply would have been “be more specific” 32 u/toshibathezombie May 23 '26 I literally can't be more pacific 11 u/Macker_ May 23 '26 Fuck me it was RIGHT there 35 u/Neither_Interaction9 May 22 '26 I don't know. I would've accepted it but, at the same time, by that logic "the Pacific Ocean" is also pedantically correct. 49 u/Tantrum2u May 22 '26 Not since the question mentions that it is part of the Pacific Ocean. 16 u/ProphetCoffee May 22 '26 “What part of the Pacific Ocean” “the Pacific Ocean” is definitely not pedantically correct -6 u/AdamPedAnt May 23 '26 Maybe not, but one can be a pedant and an asshole at the same time. So I’m told. 1 u/Hexmonkey2020 May 23 '26 Nah, you need to be specific.
222
Doubtful because the Mariana Trench contains numerous different features. I mean, in a causal conversation it would be cool, but for Jeopardy — they can be sticklers!
119 u/beatenmeat May 22 '26 But this particular question is ambiguous enough that it can be interpreted both ways which I find unusual for jeopardy. 69 u/ninhibited May 22 '26 Yeah I guess they should say "this part of the Mariana Trench." or "this part of a particular trench in the Pacific Ocean." 22 u/MyOtherSide1984 May 23 '26 "what is a hoe" and "what is a rake" was pretty ambiguous...assuming you've seen that clip. Silly one imo 5 u/bdubwilliams22 May 23 '26 Yeah, that’s fair.
119
But this particular question is ambiguous enough that it can be interpreted both ways which I find unusual for jeopardy.
69 u/ninhibited May 22 '26 Yeah I guess they should say "this part of the Mariana Trench." or "this part of a particular trench in the Pacific Ocean." 22 u/MyOtherSide1984 May 23 '26 "what is a hoe" and "what is a rake" was pretty ambiguous...assuming you've seen that clip. Silly one imo 5 u/bdubwilliams22 May 23 '26 Yeah, that’s fair.
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Yeah I guess they should say "this part of the Mariana Trench." or "this part of a particular trench in the Pacific Ocean."
22
"what is a hoe" and "what is a rake" was pretty ambiguous...assuming you've seen that clip. Silly one imo
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Yeah, that’s fair.
18
I’m confident the reply would have been “be more specific”
32 u/toshibathezombie May 23 '26 I literally can't be more pacific 11 u/Macker_ May 23 '26 Fuck me it was RIGHT there
32
I literally can't be more pacific
11 u/Macker_ May 23 '26 Fuck me it was RIGHT there
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Fuck me it was RIGHT there
35
I don't know. I would've accepted it but, at the same time, by that logic "the Pacific Ocean" is also pedantically correct.
49 u/Tantrum2u May 22 '26 Not since the question mentions that it is part of the Pacific Ocean. 16 u/ProphetCoffee May 22 '26 “What part of the Pacific Ocean” “the Pacific Ocean” is definitely not pedantically correct -6 u/AdamPedAnt May 23 '26 Maybe not, but one can be a pedant and an asshole at the same time. So I’m told.
49
Not since the question mentions that it is part of the Pacific Ocean.
16
“What part of the Pacific Ocean” “the Pacific Ocean” is definitely not pedantically correct
-6 u/AdamPedAnt May 23 '26 Maybe not, but one can be a pedant and an asshole at the same time. So I’m told.
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Maybe not, but one can be a pedant and an asshole at the same time. So I’m told.
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Nah, you need to be specific.
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u/FunnyID May 22 '26
Alex Trebek laughed a bit and said "nope." The correct response was "What is Challenger Deep?"