game-shows
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This Is Jeopardy!
(Read about the first half of my tape day in my previous post.) I smiled when Ken read the categories for the Jeopardy! round: WATER EVERYWHERE, BESTSELLING FICTION, EAT LIKE A BRIT, MOVIE TITLE ROLES, U.S. FESTIVALS, IT’S FROM THE… Continue reading
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Buzzers and Blazers: How I Prepared for Jeopardy
When most people get The Call from Jeopardy!, they spend the next six weeks cramming. They memorize Best Picture winners, potent potable ingredients, and presidential terms. This may, at best, net you a few extra thousand dollars. To even get… Continue reading
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On Game Shows, Part I: Brain Busters
Why would you go on television and subject yourself to armchair contestants who mock your ignorance of English monarchs? What quixotic souls spend their free time combing through the infinite body of human knowledge, driven by the desire to know… Continue reading
Kristen VanBloggin’ 