Jeopardy! Contestant News and More

Local newspapers often interview people who are about to appear on Jeopardy! before they do, and sometimes, they go talk to them after their show aired. Unfortunately, with Season 36 cut short, we don’t have any recent contestant news, but The Wrap reports that the show has taken steps to resume taping safely soon. Here are some links to recent Jeopardy! items:

According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC is in talks with Jeopardy! champs Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter for a reboot of “The Chase.” You may already know that James Holzhauer appeared on “The Chase” on GSN on 9/14/2014. His team beat the Beast and James answered 19 questions out of 26 correctly for his team, setting a Final Chase record that still stands

The Washington Post talked to Brad Rutter last January, right after the GOAT Tournament and asked him “What Happened?”

Alex Trebek’s new book “The Answer Is … : Reflections on My Life” is available on Amazon in hardcover, Kindle and an audio edition, read by Alex himself and Jeopardy! GOAT Ken Jennings. Alex shares many highlights of his life, from childhood to the present. He says it’s “a conversation in which I get to reveal a lot more about myself than I have ever done on Jeopardy!”

More Jeopardy!-related stuff:

Variety: Jeopardy! producer Harry Friedman talks about Jeopardy! and social media feedback

Ken Jennings New York Times article: What Alex Trebek Is Really Like?

Alex Trebek talked to Vulture about how he prefers contestants not to skip around the board and other stuff.

Visit Jeopardy.com to see THE CURRENT CONTESTANT LINEUP (The list is refreshed every Monday at around midnight, Pacific time.)

On JBuzz: What It Takes To Be a Jeopardy! Researcher

Play J!6: You’ve seen the commercials: Jeopardy! puts up an extra clue in each daily category on J!6 and you can play it in a multiple choice format. Or you can get an Amazon Echo and play the extra clues on there (no multiple choice – just shout out the answer)

Breaking Down Four Rare Jeopardy Scenarios

Links to help you increase your knowledge:

• J-Archive: The fan-created archive of Jeopardy! games and players
• Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac: 8,888 Questions in 365 Days
• DuoLingo: Want to speak French like Alex Trebek? Learn French or a language of your choice with daily practice. Increase your vocabulary on Lexisrex.com with the Advanced Word of the Day and more
• The Collins Dictionary: look up a word and after the definitions, it shows how to say it in a bunch of different languages (with audio). French, German, Spanish and Italian dictionaries and a lot more.
• History Quiz Bowl Study Guides with history downloads from classes taught by Jeopardy legend, Dave Madden and other resources.
• LizardPoint Quizzes – Geography, World Leaders, and more
• Things You Gotta Know – National Academic Quiz Tournaments provides 10 most important things to know on many topics (thanks to Eric)
• The Final Wager: Learn Betting Strategy: Bone up on the correct way to bet on Jeopardy! Keith Williams, 2003 College Championship tournament winner, has many tutorials to help you out. It helped Arthur Chu win almost $300K! Don’t miss Keith’s Sortable All-Time Jeopardy! Leaderboard for top contestant statistics.
• Ryan Wenstrup-Moore competed on Jeopardy! on 1-29-20. She also wrote this helpful articles on How to Recognize Painters by Their Work
• Women’s Milestones in the 20th Century – a decade by decade look at women’s achievements.