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January 15, 2020

"Jeopardy!" Apologizes After Claiming Church of Nativity Is in Israel, Not Palestine
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The popular game show "Jeopardy!" has apologized, saying it never meant
to broadcast this question about the location of the Church of the
Nativity that sparked outrage last week.

Alek Van Houghton: "Church, 200."

Alex Trebek: "Built in the 300s AD, the Church of the Nativity. Katie?"

Katie Needle: "What is Palestine?"

Alex Trebek: "No. Jack?"

Jack Mc Guire: "What is Israel?"

Alex Trebek: "That's it. And that takes you to $2,200. You're still in
third place, however, which of course means that you get to go first in
double jeopardy."

In fact, the Church of the Nativity is located in the Palestinian
territory of the West Bank, which is occupied by Israel in violation of
international law. After Palestinian and human rights activists called
on "Jeopardy!" to apologize, the game show said that it had broadcast
this question by mistake, after ruling during the show's taping that the
question was flawed and that "determining an acceptable response would
be problematic."


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