Switching Roles
Since then, Morris has achieved some local fame. The mother of one of his students had watched his TV debut. And on a visit to Washington, D.C., with the ACR’s Government Affairs Committee, a member asked if anyone knew someone who had been a contestant on Jeopardy! Not being the type to brag, Dr. Morris hesitated, then admitted he had competed, and so had one of his college fraternity brothers, who won a game.
Dr. Morris now hosts and creates the questions for the Smart Bowl, a trivia competition sponsored by the Southern Medical Association. One of his questions is: The human skeleton has seven cervical vertebrae. How many vertebrae does a giraffe have?
“A lot of rheumatologists would be good at trivia because we pick up subtle things that other doctors don’t,” he says, explaining that many symptoms related to rheumatic diseases involve minutia.
Will he try to get on the show once more? Maybe.
“It would be fun to go on Jeopardy! again,” he says. “It was an honor.”
Carol Patton is a freelance writer based in Las Vegas.
