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Watching Jeopardy - it kind of surprises me how often they feature categories based on the Bible.

Posted by MojaveMeg (aka Mojave) Jun 29 '09, 19:05

I know they have the option, and people have the option not to play, but it does seem exclusionary.

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I guess you're right. I'm maybe expecting some extremist group to make an issue of it :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 29, 19:11
I'd do OK on general Bible questions. - Reagen Jun 29, 19:11
And not nearly enough Vampire Baseball! - David Jun 29, 19:10
it is referenced so often in Western culture, it's absoluitely fair game. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 19:08
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- "book of revelations, fire-breathing lion's head, tail made out of snakes...who else is it going to be?!?" -- nm - prayformojo Jun 29, 19:09 3
  - *smacks you silly for putting an S on Revelation* -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 19:10 2
    - blame the simpsons' writers. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 19:14 1
      - that's a pet peeve of mine. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 19:19
- basic cultural literacy, IMO. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 19:09
Regardless of religious affiliation or not, it's one of the most influential books in the western canon. - ty97 Jun 29, 19:07

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