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Jeopardy "The Battle of the Decades" Ken Jennings Takes on: Initial to Roman Numerals to Numbers
If you were able to keep up with Ken in the INITIALS TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO NUMBERS category, you might be our next Jeopardy! champion.
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I Was a Contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? It Was an Existentially Transformative Experience.
It took about a second for me to realize I had made the biggest mistake of my life. There was a perceptible shift in the energy of the room, a subtle change in Terry Crews’ affect and expression. Like an arthritic sensing impending rain, I simply knew. I’d gambled a small fortune on a hunch. The hunch had been a bad one. “Justin,” Crews said, “I am so sorry …”
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The Contestant
Ruth Thalía, a teenager from the outskirts of Lima, Peru, became an overnight sensation on a hit television game show. Then, she disappeared.
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Horrible Price is Right bid
Safe to say, this lady didn't know how much an air hockey table costs. Or pay attention to the bids that came before hers. Aired 7/28/14, not sure if it's the original air date.
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Alex Trebek, Sudbury-born Jeopardy! host, sets world record
The Jeopardy! game show marked a significant milestone when it ran its 6,829th episode this week. Host Alex Trebek set a world record for the most game show episodes hosted by the same presenter for the same program.
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What Is the Most Valuable State on Jeopardy!?
Last week, I wrote about the fun and the pitfalls of viral maps, a feature that included 88 super-simple maps of my own creation. As a follow-up, I’m writing up short items on some of those maps, walking through how I created them and how they succumb (and hopefully overcome) the shortfalls of viral cartography.
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5 Interesting Stories That Involve Pat Sajak
The most common question people ask me when they learn that I was on Jeopardy! for twelve episodes is, “What is Alex Trebek really like?” They’re usually disappointed that I’m unable to give much insight into the man’s character, since I only interacted with him for a total of 240 minutes. Besides, I spent most of that time thinking about how much money I could win (while enraging some fans in the process).
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Jeopardy's New Game-Theory Devotee Is One to Keep an Eye On
Meet Arthur, Jeopardy's latest and greatest star, who has used game-show sabermetrics and live-tweeting irreverence to make the smart man's game show must-see TV. And he's picked up plenty of fans (and enemies) along the way.
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Social media howls over 12-year-old's errant 't' on 'Jeopardy!'
Thomas knew the answer to the Final Jeopardy question: Abraham Lincoln called this document, which took effect in 1863, "a fit and necessary war measure." But the 12-year-old Connecticut boy added an extra "t" to his answer: emanciptation proclamation.
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