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Learning Some Opera

Opera is a dreaded category for many Jeopardy! contestants, but it doesn’t have to be. Here is a 10-minute film that gives you a unique overview of some of the...

Jeopardy Triple Stumpers

These 7 triple stumpers come from the match on Friday May 30th (recap here). The categories they were in are: Round 1: The Roaring 20s, Talk Cleanly to Me, What...

Memorizing the English Monarchs

We don’t know how much this song would help Jeopardy players in getting the English kings straight, but it certainly is entertaining. Probably a better method is to go by...

Jeopardy Season 30

Final Jeopardy: Fruits (5-29-14)

The Final Jeopardy question (5/29/2014), in the category “Fruits” was: It’s the only commercially important edible fruit of the bromeliad family. 18x champ Julia Collins is going for a record-making...

Jeopardy Season 30

Final Jeopardy: Opera (5-28-14)

The Final Jeopardy question (5/28/2014), in the category “Opera” was: In a bit of foreshadowing, the title character’s dad has committed suicide before the action in this 1904 opera. 17x...

Oprah Eulogizes Maya Angelou on Instagram

Maya Angelou, poet, author, actress, activist, has passed away at her home in Winston-Salem, NC, at the age of 86. No cause of death was immediately given; however, Dr. Angelou...