A question about the Nazi dictator at a sporting event led to one person being booed.
During the soccer match, the country of Adolf Hitler’s birth was discussed. ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
Last Saturday, an embarrassing situation was seen in the American football college match organized in Michigan, USA. Before the Michigan State Spartans game, the crowd was entertained with a traditional trivia quiz, where one question caused an uproar.
During one of the questions, an image appeared on the stadium’s large light board About Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader’s country of birth was asked in the visa.
The picture of Hitler quickly spread on social media, where many wondered why such a question would be asked at a large public event. The University of Michigan apologized for what happened and informed one of the staff members about the shelving.
The university’s press release clarified that not all Visa questions were checked before using it.
– MSU is aware of inappropriate material produced by a third party for a football game. We are very sorry that this was shown, as it does not correspond to the values of our institution, a university spokesperson Matt Larson says CNNaccording to
The university is no longer going to use the same quiz platform, which CNN says was the YouTube channel The Quiz Channel.
Founder of the popular trivia channel Floris van Pallandt responded to CNN with a message that the visa was used at a public event without permission. He doesn’t think the question related to the dictator is inappropriate, but he also wouldn’t have wanted to use it as a program number for a sports event.
– The trivia question is legitimate. It is important that we do not ignore the dark parts of history. Regardless, I would not have chosen that question for the stadium audience to see, van Pallandt answered.
Saturday’s match was also dark for the university in terms of game results, as the local opponent Michigan Wolverines won crushingly 49–0.