Millennial Snowflake Tournament

This is Jeopardy! with your host, Alex Trebek!

Thank you, Johnny. And welcome back everyone. We are nearing the end of an exciting tournament with our three college contestants. We are down to our final category: United States Government.

You control the board, Pajama Boy.

Pajama Boy: Stop yelling at me!

Alex: My apologies.

Pajama Boy: Four hundred, please, Mister Alex.

Alex: Here’s your clue:

Pajama Boy: What are keg parties and panty raids?

Alex: Uhhh, I’m sorry, no. Anyone else? Señor Wall Climber?

Wall Climber: No hablo Inglés.

Alex: Care to weigh in, Miss Pink…

Pink Pussyhat: DEATH TO THE PATRIARCHY!

Alex: …Pussyhat.

Pink Pussyhat: HANDS OFF MY OVARIES!

Alex: …students. The Electoral College has no students. Because… The Electoral College is not a college.

Pajama Boy: So, like… no White Men Are Evil or America Sucks

Alex: That’s right. No beer pong tourneys. No wet T-shirt contests. And no naked runs on the quad. Well, that we know of.

Pajama Boy: Your attempt at humor offends me.

Alex: Thank you. Pick again, Pajama.

Pajama Boy: Eight hundred, Alex.

Alex: Answer…

Pajama Boy: That’s easy. What is a democracy?

Alex: No, I’m sorry.

Pajama Boy: When you say “form”, do you mean, like… shape or color?

Alex: You are a … uhmm… college student, aren’t you?

Pajama Boy: That’s right, Alex! For the past 17 years!

Alex: The United States is a Constitutional Federated Representative Republic. Not a democracy.

Pajama Boy: So, we don’t get a vote?

Alex: You do vote.

Pajama Boy: …but it doesn’t count, I bet.

Alex: You need to understand, the Founders feared the tyranny of the majority as much as they feared the self-indulgent whims of a monarchy. So, they created a buffer between the will of the people and what was in best interest of the people: The Electoral College.

Pajama Boy: By “Founders”, you mean those white homophobic European racists, who slaughtered Indigenous people and denied women control over their bodies?

Alex: Moving right along… pick again.

Pajama Boy: Twelve hundred, Alex.

Pajama Boy: What is single payer health insurance?

Alex: No. The answer is…

Pajama Boy: Diversity Police!

Alex: …President.

Pajama Boy: Must’ve sucked to go to school on President’s day when there was none.

Alex: You have no idea.

Pajama Boy: Sixteen hundred, Alex.

Pajama Boy: What are white bigots clinging to their Bibles and guns?

Alex: Uh, no. …coastal population centers.

Pajama Boy: I get points ‘cause my answer was better, right?

Alex: To simply get the most votes, all any campaign would need are the East and West coasts: Washington DC to New York City and Sacramento to San Diego.

Pajama Boy: What else is there?

Alex: …the rest of the country. The Electoral College may seem a bit clunky at times and may not have operated even as our fore-fathers desired, but it preserved the states. To become President, a candidate must win entire states. It is possible to win the popular vote and still lose the election. Most recently… Trump vs. Clinton in 2016.

Pajama Boy: I voted for Hillary… a lot!

Alex: And now the last clue:

Pajama Boy: Who is RuPaul?

Alex: Oh, you were so close. The correct response is: Who is Ross Perot?

Pajama Boy: He’s a drag queen, too?

Alex: Because a candidate has to win entire states, the Electoral College has protected us from a myriad of third-party fringe candidates. They can run, but their chances of winning are slim to none. The Electoral College has given us a de facto two-party system. Heh! One party on Saturday night and the other on Sunday.

[crickets]

Alex: My instincts tell me not to bother, but we’ll dive into Final Jeopardy with this topic: Current Events. Good luck, contestants.

Alex: Thirty seconds.

[Jeopardy music plays softly]

Alex: We come first to Mister Wall Climber.

Wall Climber: No hablo Inglés, señor.

Alex: ¿Y cuántos pesos apostaste?

Wall Climber: Todas

Alex: Entonces te irás sin nada.

Wall Climber: ¡Trump apesta!

Alex: Now, over to Miss Pink Pussyhat.

Pink Pussyhat: RELIGIOUS RIGHT WING ZEALOTS EAT #$%@&!

Alex: Well, you drop to zero – what a shame. But before you go, we have a lovely Civil War statue outside for you to topple.

Pink Pussyhat: *&^%$# YOU!

Alex: Well, Mr. Pajama, you had a very impressive negative dollar amount… how did you respond?

Pajama Boy: This was easy – it’s us.

Alex: “What are Snowflakes?” That is, uhh… surprisingly correct.

Pajama Boy: So, I won?

Alex: Well, you had no money.

Pajama Boy: So, I won!

Alex: Yeah, that’s right. You won.

Pajama Boy: Sweet. What do I get?

Alex: We have a lovely participation ribbon for you.

Pajama Boy: Nice! I’ll put it with the rest.

Alex: Fortunately, that’s all the time we have for tonight. Join us tomorrow for: Jeopardy! Pink Pussyhats on Parade!

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