NewMexiKen has been impressed with the high quality of the weekly trivia quizzes from Ken Jennings, the all-time Jeopardy! champ.
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I don’t think I should copy too much Jennings’s trivia, but I do want to give you a sampling. Here are the first four from last week:
1. Who invented the word “Cablinasian” to refer to his ethnic background?
2. What famous disco refrain of 1974 is drawn, word for word, from scene six of A Streetcar Named Desire, where Blanche DuBois uses it as a come-on to Mitch?
3. What was created, almost seven thousand years ago, by the eruption of Mount Mazama?
4. The Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver were the three ships on which what famous event from American history occurred?
Ken Jennings, the all-time Jeopardy! champ, who was soundly trounced by both the other finalists in last year’s tournament of champions. He was seeded in the finals and did not compete agaginst a host of past champions, whose Jeopardy runs were limited to five consecutive shows in the seasons before Jennings played.