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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... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Bob Harris: Jeopardy champion
- Alex Trebek: Host of Jeopardy!
- Connie: Bob's sister
- Ken Jennings: Jeopardy! champion
- Chuck Forrest: Jeopardy! champion and author of a book that helped Bob study
First Sentence edit
I'm standing at the centermost of the three contestant podiums, which are wider and deeper than they look on TV.
Table of Contents edit
1. Why Alex may not have a physical body : also, choosing the correct millisecond
2. A complete inability to learn from failure : also, incompetence, ignorance, and clumsiness
3. The thing that came from Merv's dining room : also, a Hiawatha much bigger than yours
4. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and scream : also, I discover more in my head than just knowledge
5. Halloween comes suddenly : also, scandalous thoughts about Ned Flanders's wife
6. Thinking ahead while not thinking at all : also, safety instructions for your Jeopardy weapon
7. How everything in connected : also, twenty-one interesting uses for rubber
8. Evening falls : also, a fifty-foot wall in my head
9. Fun with Howards End : also, I kick William Shakespeare's ass
10. The longest day : also, I am attacked by ravenous badgers
11. The war comes home : also, detaching my althing from my knesset
12. Jeopardy fever : also, I am ambushed by the bishop of Hippo
13. Facing the think music : also, strangers seize me by the udder and yank
14. We're Malaysia-bound : also, why people are looking at me funny in this coffee shop
15. A hail Mary for Anthony Hopkins : also, fishing up the urethra
16. Things to do on Jeopardy! when you're dead : also, private moments with Mrs. Butterworth
17. A pep talk from President Garfield : also, what I bought from the J. H. Gilbert Co. of Willoughby, Ohio
18. Greed, a quick smush, and a shameful little booby : also, I help with another Howard's end
19. Jane : also, Jane
20. The importance of memory in recovery : also, a brief look at Estonian revolutionary movements
21. My life as a rockette : also, why I have an ancient civilization in my pants
22. Attack of the pudu : also, I get lost in Africa
23. Love, kindness, and an old chicken sandwich : also, why penguins throw up down under
24. The ultimate tournament : also, I swear off the weapon
25. Not quite letting go of outcome : also, a massive explosion caught live on videotape
26. Where all knowledge is kept : also, eleven more sentences that are actually true
Authors & Contributors edit
- Bob Harris (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 791.4572
Subjects edit
- Books › Entertainment › Humor › Satire
- Books › Entertainment › Humor › Satire, General
- Books › Entertainment › Puzzles & Games › Trivia
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Entertainers
- Books › Entertainment › Television
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs
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