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Game show Jeopardy! fooled by meme claiming Tetris pieces have names

Hours Left

Hours Left

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Oct 26, 2017
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Never underestimate the power and of the internet and poor fact checking. Game show institution Jeopardy! fell for a (extremely easy to debunk) meme that claims all the Tetris shapes have names like "Smashboy" and "Orange Ricky".



Of course the official Tetris twitter account was not amused.



But surely this didn't make it to air, right?



😬
 
gardfish

gardfish

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Oct 25, 2017
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Yeah, I thought that was weird last night, I was like "I've been playing Tetris for years and I've literally never heard this in my life."
 
SoH

SoH

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Oct 25, 2017
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That fake manual photo finds another victim.

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L Thammy

L Thammy

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Oct 25, 2017
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They do have names, though.

T, Z, S, J, L, O, and I.
 
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Ragnorok64

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Nov 6, 2017
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I want sylised shirts with Tetris blocks and these names, but I'm afraid that Smashboy is probably some sort of terrible euphemism.
 
Rocky Road

Rocky Road

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Jun 1, 2018
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Imagine ending up on a gameshow and your cash prize being hovered over you with fake trivia potentially taking it away

anyway tag yourself, I'm Smashboy
 
Manmademan

Manmademan

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L Thammy said:
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how could you forget the O.G. of bad manuals

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"rumor has it she's the younger sister of Ginger from Gilligan's Island"
"Higharolla Kockamamie"
"Vermon CaTaffy"
"Merciless Man of the Year Award 8 straight times"
"...a black belt in 32 forms of oriental combat"
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KernelC

KernelC

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Aug 28, 2019
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when I lived in the UK my family and I used to watch these kinds of shows while eating and once there was a question that was like "food that in spanish literally means 'little cheese'". As mexicans, me and my family were like "uhh what?" scratching out heads and thinking very hard. The answer was "Quesadilla" we laughed our asses off. It's entirely wrong, diminutives in spanish don't work like that. It could be Quesito or Quesillo (never heard this one in my life) but that one was entirely off.

My point is, wouldn't be the first time they don't fact check
 
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