‘Jeopardy!’ Is a Reminder that Facts Are Fun — and Essential

单集文稿 ...

• 00:01

  This is The Opinions, a show that brings you a mix of voices from New York Times opinion.

• 00:08

  You've heard the news.

• 00:09

  Here's what to make of it.

• 00:22

  gold and your jewelry, that all formed in the heart of a star.

• 00:26

  But then I once heard Neil deGrasse Tyson ask for his favorite fact, and that's what he gave.

• 00:30

  So I don't wanna steal his favorite fact.

• 00:32

  So now I say that my favorite fact is that koala fingerprints are identical to human fingerprints.

• 00:39

  It's only relevant if you're a koala criminal,

• 00:43

  or possibly a human criminal looking to frame a koala.

• 00:48

  My name is Ken Jennings, I'm a writer.

• 00:51

  and I host the quiz show Jeopardy!

• 00:54

  This is Jeopardy!

• 00:58

  Trivia to me is not trivial, and it bugs me that we call it trivia.

• 01:02

  That's our word for unimportant things.

• 01:04

  But if you were to watch Jeopardy!

• 01:06

  tonight or play pub quiz in your local bar with friends,

• 01:09

  there would be questions about non-trivial things.

• 01:11

  There would be questions about the great heroes of history,

• 01:14

  about Important scientific breakthroughs about cultural masterpieces.

• 01:19

  On election night 1948,

• 全部文稿