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Old Nov 11, 2022, 9:25 am
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UA Trivia Game - Poor Taste In Questions

Hi All,

Today I tried out the new UA Trivia game using the phone app during my flight.

They asked a sort of joke question about the Holocaust:

Something like: What are the towns of Auschwitz and Dachau famous for?

Choices were:

Famous Wine Regions

Towns With Great Beer Halls

Nazi Concentration Camp Sites

... Were They Thinking? It seems like asking pseudo joke questions about the Holocaust are of poor taste. End Rant.
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 9:40 am
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"Poor taste" seems an understatement.

Only fathomable explanation I can see is if the questions list was somehow drawn from encyclopedia entries or the like without any human vetting.
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 9:47 am
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I would complain about this.
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 9:52 am
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Agree - probably some outsourced info and in very bad form/taste.
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 9:57 am
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Who would I complain too?
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 10:04 am
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Originally Posted by steveo
Who would I complain too?
UA on Twitter?

Do you have a screenshot? Hopefully one of the travel blogs can pick up the story and blast UA.

This is beyond just poor taste; it is offensive.
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 10:14 am
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While I don’t think it’s in “bad taste”, it does seem like an odd topic of which to have in the pool of questions.

Personally I have visited at least half a dozen of these sights and do so in a way of remembrance and further understanding of the events that happened. My feeling is that these sights are crucial to the understanding of world history and by engaging with them allows us to connect with and remember those whom they claimed.
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 10:30 am
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I don't see any joke here.

Legit question unless you're a holocaust denier?
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I’m waiting out a 2 hour 18 minute delay. Where is this trivia game.
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 10:38 am
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I’m waiting out a 2 hour 18 minute delay. Where is this trivia game.
App, Game Center
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 10:43 am
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Originally Posted by steveo
Hi All,

Today I tried out the new UA Trivia game using the phone app during my flight.

They asked a sort of joke question about the Holocaust:

Something like: What are the towns of Auschwitz and Dachau famous for?

Choices were:

Famous Wine Regions

Towns With Great Beer Halls

Nazi Concentration Camp Sites

... Were They Thinking? It seems like asking pseudo joke questions about the Holocaust are of poor taste. End Rant.
Anyone have a screenshot of this?
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 10:48 am
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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA
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Im probably having a senior moment but I can’t find this in the app unless it’s an android thing
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 10:50 am
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Just tried to poke around and the next Trivia game is at the top of the hour.
This appears to be a 3rd party mini-app linked from within the United app.
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 10:51 am
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Originally Posted by HNLbasedFlyer
Im probably having a senior moment but I can’t find this in the app unless it’s an android thing
More ... > game center (last item in or your flight section, before tools and services)
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Old Nov 11, 2022, 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by nevansm
While I don’t think it’s in “bad taste”, it does seem like an odd topic of which to have in the pool of questions.

Personally I have visited at least half a dozen of these sights and do so in a way of remembrance and further understanding of the events that happened. My feeling is that these sights are crucial to the understanding of world history and by engaging with them allows us to connect with and remember those whom they claimed.
I fully agree that remembrance is important if not critical. Comingling the correct answer with "Towns with great beer halls" only adds a hint a humor that should never enter into this subject.
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