Ebook: Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy!

Why Alex may not have a physicla body : Also, choosing the correct millisecond -- A complete inability to learn from failure : Also, incompetence, ignorance, and clumsiness -- The thing that came from Merv's dining room : Also, a Hiawatha much bigger than yours -- Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and scream : Also, I discover more in my head than just knowledge -- Halloween comes suddenly : Also, scandalous thoughts about Ned Flander's wife -- Thinking ahead while not thinking at all : Also, safety instructions for your Jeopardy weapon -- How everything is connected : Also, twenty-one interesting uses for rubber -- Evening falls : Also, a fifty-foot wall in my head -- Fun with Howards End : Also, I kick William Shakespeare's ass -- The longest day : Also, I am attacked by ravenous badgers -- The war comes home : Also, detaching my Althing from the Knesset -- Jeopardy fever : Also, I am ambushed by the Bishop of Hippo -- Facing the think music : Also, strangers sieze me by the the udder and yank -- We're Malaysia-bound : Also, why people are looking at me funny in this coffee shop -- A Hail Mary for Anthony Hopkins : Also, fishing up the urethra -- Things to do on Jeopardy! when you're dead : Also, private moments with Mrs. Butterworth -- A pep talk from President Garfield : Also, what I bought form the J.H. Gilbert Co. of Willoughby, Ohio -- Greed, a quick smash, and a shameful little booby : Also, I help with another Howard's End -- Jane : Also, Jane -- The importance of memory in recovery : Also, a brief look at Estonian revolutionary movements.;My life as a Rockette : Also, why I have an ancient civilization in my pants -- Attack of the Pudu : Also, I get lost in Africa -- Love, kindness, and an old chicken sandwich : Also, why penguins throw up Down Under -- The ultimate tournament : Also, I swear off the weapon -- Not quite letting go of outcome : Also, a massive explosion caught live on videotape -- Where all knowledge is kept : Also, eleven more sentences that are actually true.;Welcome to a world where obscure information is crucial to survival, vast sums of cash are at stake, and milliseconds can change not just a game but the course of your life. Bob Harris's comic account of one man's unlikely journey gleefully explores triumph and failure, the nature of memory, and how knowledge itself can transform you in unpredictable ways--all against the backdrop of the most popular quiz show in history. Bob chronicles his transformation from a struggling stand-up who repeatedly fails the audition test into an elite player. Filled with secrets that only a veteran contestant could share--from counterintuitive game strategies to Jedi-like tactics with the Jeopardy! signaling device--the book also gives you the chance to play along with the actual clues that led to victory or defeat in high-level tournaments, plus candid reflections on how the game affected Bob's offstage life--and vice versa.--From publisher description.