Jeopardy!
Howdy out there. Just a quick shout out to my friend Meng (also known as my sister’s boyfriend) — the episode of Jeopardy! that he taped this summer is airing today. Much excitement around our house today!
I tell you, I always wondered if I had the skills to be on a game show like that. I’ve always been somewhat of a game show junkie — at least when I’m home in the middle of the day. But, after helping Meng practice for his appearance (OK, well, my “help” basically consisted of letting him DVR episodes at my house and watching them with him), I figured out that I don’t have the trivia chops for it. At least not for Jeopardy! If they still made Win Ben Stein’s Money, I might have a chance there! But, yeah, my obscure trivia factoids are nowhere in his league.
Because of this Jeopardy! madness, I did have the chance to read Ken Jennings’ book, Brainiac. I really enjoyed it. If you like trivia and you like memoir, you’ll enjoy it, too.
So, yes, this post was mostly a break from or regularly scheduled content, but I thought the event was worth the topic shift. And I kinda saved it by talking about a book, right? **grins**
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Cool for Meng! I used to think I’d be okay at Jeopardy, but I was delusional. When I actually tried to play along, the contestants wasted me. I’m no mental slacker, but those peeps have to have encyclopedic knowledge, I can’t keep up.
Aaaargh!
Meng did great. I think it was that dangdable daily double that did it. That and the other dude was on a roll.
But Meng held his own, looked cool, smart, and like he was going to win. His name is awesome, too.
Please pass on congratulations from a stranger.
Yeah; what Kevin said.
Actually, being on Jeopardy has been a dream of mine for years, so I am a bit jealous.
Did Alex pronounce the name correctly? Most likely, I have read that he practices with staff, beforehand, on tough names. Cultural klutz that I am, I would have practice and still called your friend Ming Ming.
Please tell him that we all watched, ’cause you and Alex passed the word, and that we thought he made a super showing.
The first time, Alex kinda mispronounced it, but the announcer dude got it right. And Alex said it right later, I believe.
I’ll pass those congrats on. Thanks, guys!