<![CDATA[Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy!]]>

false <![CDATA[Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy!]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173124054m/248802.jpg 248802 1 A.: This is the story of a working-class guy from Ohio with little real knowledge of Ambidextrous Presidents, Things Made from Rubber, and hundreds of other categories, but who nonetheless plunges so far into cramming for Jeopardy! that it changes his relationships, bends his worldview, and literally leads him to the ends of the earth, trying to understand it all. Q.: What is Prisoner of Trebekistan? 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 entire life. (Plus, you could win two Camaros and enough Bon Ami cleanser to scrub a small nation.) Prisoner of Trebekistan is Bob Harris’s hilarious, insightful account of one man’s unlikely epic journey through Jeopardy!, gleefully exploring 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. In Prisoner of Trebekistan, Bob chronicles his transformation from a struggling stand-up comic who repeatedly fails the Jeopardy! audition test into an elite player competing against the show’s most powerful brains. To get there, he embarks on a series of intense study sessions, using his sense of humor to transform conventional memory skills into a refreshingly playful approach to learning that’s as amusing as it is powerful. What follows is not only a captivating series of high-stakes wins and losses on Jeopardy!, but also a growing appreciation of a borderless world that Bob calls Trebekistan, where a love of learning reigns and the smarter you get the more you realize how much you don’t yet know. Filled with secrets that only a veteran contestant could share—from counterintuitive game strategies to Jedi-like tactics with the Jeopardy! signaling device—Prisoner of Trebekistan also gives you the chance to play along with the actual clues that led to victory or defeat in high-level tournaments, plus candid, moving reflections on how the games affected Bob’s offstage life—and vice versa. Not only an irresistible treat for Jeopardy! fans, Prisoner of Trebekistan is a delight for anyone who loves a rollicking tale that celebrates the unpredictability of life and the sneaky way it has of teaching us the things that really matter. 241077 book 5 9 2006 Prisoner of Trebekistan: A Decade in Jeopardy! total:160|5:42|4:67|3:46|2:4|1:1| 160 625 240 54 4 2 false false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 13:01:02 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 13:30:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 18:46:37 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 18:52:23 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Oct 27 04:53:49 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 05:30:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 18 10:50:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 18 10:55:05 -0700 2007 Jeopardy! 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