Nobody’s wasting away in Margaritaville over here. Who knew that a pirate’s little ditty could be the (sound)track to a Jeopardy! championship? (The first rule of blogging may be “keep it short and sweet” but for the next couple of days I feel like breaking that particular rule. Consider yourself warned <G>.) First thing on [...]

The plane tickets were ordered and the  hotel reservations were made. Jeopardy! suggests contestants stay at the Culver City Radisson because it’s close to the studio and there is a nifty little shuttle bus that takes contestants there first thing in the morning.   Who else but a Jeopardy! contestant would be standing in the lobby [...]

This is all starting to seem very real! (How easy it is to forget!) Saying “Howdy” to everyone. Next, in our series of Questions About Being on Jeopardy!: “Do they tell you what to study?” Well, yes. But, no. Not really. If you spend any time at all watching the show, you start to realize [...]

Among Jeopardy!* contestants, “the call” is what we all wait, yearn, and hope for. It means we’ve been given a life-preserver and a hand up and out of the contestant pool. Since no one knows when or if the call will even come, it makes sense to go on about the business of living ones [...]

Yes, I’m getting a little bit excited about next week! One of the questions I hear quite a bit is “How did you ever get on that show?” To be honest, pregnancy/labor/delivery takes less time! It began in Jan-07 when I took the online contestant exam. I was notified that I passed in March and [...]

The Top Ten Reasons Why Homeschool Moms Make Enthusiastic Jeopardy! Contestants: 10. We’re used to single-issue questions. Once you’ve answered “But what about socialization?” a gazillion times, “What’s Alex Trebek really like?” is a piece of cake! 9. Forget Brahm’s lullabye, we rock our babies to “The Song of the US Presidents”. 8. Because our [...]