Where Did My Brain Go?

I was so excited after Thursday’s game, that I wrote about it — my first post in almost two weeks. It was also the first time I had written about Jeopardy! Unfortunately, it was not very good.

I did not list the winner’s name, or link to his bio. However, the worst part, is where I opined that Thursday’s game is the toughest (what is a better adjective?) Jeopardy! game I have ever seen, without presenting any proof. Two marriages have taught me what my opinion is worth, so I have returned to set everything straight, or as one wife used to say, “Put it in writing.”

Thursday Redux

Christian Haines won Thursday’s semifinal game, of the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. I thought it was the toughest Jeopardy! game I have ever seen, and I have been watching this show for over twenty years.

I am not as sharp as I was back then, and there are plenty of times, I think, “I used to know that,” and the answer jogs a distant memory. Other times, it might be a noun (thing) that you cannot describe, but you have heard the word. Occasionally, the response will be a word that you are hearing for the first time in your life.

This game featured a few questions that I barely understood. Several responses were new words to me, more than ever in a game. Some of the questions that I did understand, were about subjects that I have never learned.

I could not blame it on a generation gap either, because I watched it with my twenty–year–old daughter, Audrey, and she was baffled most of time too.

Christian Haines, will play a semi–final game, on Tuesday, November 13^th.
I hope he wins again!

I have no idea, how he managed to acquire, much less absorb, some of the facts he spewed during this quarterfinal game. However, Haines obviously spent many hours learning all of it, and he deserves another chance to use it.

The Most Challenging Game Of Jeopardy! of All Time

Check out: http://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2163
What do you think?