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« Score one for the Wikis | Main | East Berlin, 18 years after the Wall » Friday, April 6, 2007The Jeopardy JediI've just been alerted to the fact that Ken Jennings, the Jedi Master of "Jeopardy," has a blog, and it's pretty good. (I guess I mean "Jeopardy!", don't I?) He has a little kick to his writing and is sometimes funny, intentionally or not. Discussing the game Hangman: "(Mindy’s mad that I got FROCK last week after being down to _ _ O _ _ and only one guess left.)" Jennings also published a book in the fall called "Brainiac" -- yes, we knew that part -- about the weird world of trivia buffs. The blog shows that Jennings sure does have a command of the world's minutiae. He also will entertain you with answers to questions about appearing on "Jeopardy!"! (Second exclamation point is mine.) Apparently they tape a number of episodes per day, so winning contestants change clothing in between to lend the illusion of a different day. Jennings never saw Alex make someone wear different clothes, except: a very busy necktie will moiré in the hi-def cameras, so about 15% of all male contestants have to go to their B Tie. Everyone has a B Tie because Jeopardy! asks you to bring three different changes of clothes, just in case you win or something. After my win total exceeded my age, I started bringing five outfits to each taping day... just in case. Speaking of showing a little swagger... And how about the assumption that we know the word moiré? (Second definition, variation 4, more or less.) Posted by Evan Hughes at 06:24 AM
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