As I’ve said before, Carlos and I love Jeopardy and watch it
most nights, playing along. But the other night we got stumped by the final
Jeopardy question:
“Missionary William Ellis reported in 1825
that ‘his bones were preserved and considered sacred’ by the people of Hawaii.”
I said:
“Father Damian”
“Who?”
“Father Damien, Part of Hawaii was a leper colony back in
the day so they’re probably honoring him.”
“Oh—”
“Or it’s King Kamehameha.”
And both were wrong; it was Captain Cook, leading Carlos to
say:
“Who?”
“Captain Cook. He was an explorer in the Pacific.”
“Captain Kirk? From Star Trek?”
“What!??!! Captain Kirk? From a TV show? They saved his
bones from when he died in 1825 even though he was in a TV show in the 1960s?
Oh my god, do you think Star Trek was real and Kirk and the Enterprise traveled
back in time to 1825 to explore the Hawaiian Islands?”
“I’m not talking to you for the rest of the night.”
I thought that was best. |