Argh.

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Jeopardy tonite had this as the final question (as I was listening to it before My Name is Earl"

"This Roald Dahl book begins with 'this very old couple is the mother and father of Mr. Bucket'", or some such, I forgot how it was phrased.

I'm like "Um, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and look up, and see that it is apparently Teen Week on Jeopardy. :-P My happiness at my ability to name the book at the drop of a hat evaporated quickly.

Ah well, good to know if I were a teen, I could ace that game show now. :-)

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And, not much later, this is one of the funnier episodes of "Earl", too. Not since the X-Files episode dealing with Carnival Acts have I laughed quite like this. And the more fun part?

The guy who was in Star Trek: Next Gen (as The Traveler), and from Twin Peaks is in it.

Of course.

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[goldstep.livejournal.com]

Teen week or not. It's the same "muscle" in use, you just had the trivia ready. I could ace Jeopardy if it were an untimed quiz without opponents, but the buzzer kills me.
So if you can compete with the buzzer you 'da man.

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True, and I just happen to know that trivial bit.

Of course, I was waiting on one of the kids to write "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", but no, 2 got it, and the other wrote "The Witches".

I think I'd suck with a buzzer, no Ken Jennings here, but then again, you never know.