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Top Chef

Gaming TELEVISION

Who Will Win Top Chef Season 20?

March 16, 2023March 20, 2023 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments Top Chef, Top Chef World All Stars

We lay the odds: World All-Stars edition

TikTok Trivia

The Living Hell That Was TikTok Trivia

February 28, 2023March 2, 2023 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments Byte Dance, HQ, James Henry, TikTok Trivia, TopBuzz

Like the golden age of online trivia gaming, but way dumber

Meyer

Gaming TELEVISION

(Almost) Clash of the Trivia Titans

January 23, 2023January 31, 2023 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments Jeopardy!, Troy Meyer, Yogesh Raut

Jeopardy! fans just missed out on a regular-season game for the ages

Random

Life’s a Gamble

October 11, 2022October 25, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Donald Trump, Penn Jillette, Random, Teller

In ‘Random,’ the second novel from celebrity magician Penn Jillette, everything rests on a roll of the dice

Sporclecon

What I Did at Sporclecon

September 29, 2022October 3, 2022 Neal Pollack 0 Comments BP Titans, Caribbean Spleen, Crauley, Croughley, Crowley, Emergencia, Learned League, Neal Pollack, Pork’s Bowling Hall, Roger Craig, Severance, SikTh, Sporcle, Sporclecon, Victoria Groce, Vodka’s Village

Confessions of a Quad-A trivia player

Wordle

Slave to Wordle

February 17, 2022February 24, 2022 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Lewdle, Slave, The New York Times, Wench, Wordle

The New York Times plays language police with its fun new toy

The Chase

Gaming TELEVISION

I Fought ‘The Chase’ and ‘The Chase’ Won

January 6, 2022February 18, 2022 Neal Pollack 11 Comments Brad Rutter, James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings, Mark Labett, Neal Pollack, Nellie Kuh, The Chase

I almost won a lot of money on TV’s toughest quiz show

Gaming TELEVISION

The Year in Jeopardy!

December 30, 2021January 3, 2022 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments Alex Trebek, Amy Schneider, Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings, Matt Amodio, Mayim Bialdik, Mike Richards

Remembering the craziest era of the storied game show’s history

Fortnite

Fortnite meets MLK

September 6, 2021September 9, 2021 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Dr. Martin Luther King, Fornite, March Through Time, MLK, Time Magazine

Learning about civil-rights history from the game that teaches you to “aim for the head”

Neal Pollack Jeopardy

Gaming TELEVISION

I Should Be the Host of ‘Jeopardy!’

August 24, 2021March 29, 2022 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Buzzy Cohen, Charles Barkley, Dennis Miller, Dr. Oz, Greg Gutfeld, Jeopardy!, Johnny Rotten, Ken Jennings, LeVar Burton, Mike Richards, Neal Pollack, Robert Davi, Virginia Postrel

The choice is obvious

Mike Richards

Gaming TELEVISION

Mike Richards: Timeline of a Jeopardy! Fiasco

August 23, 2021September 2, 2021 Jake Harris 0 Comments

Becoming a game-show host is an inside job

LeVar Burton

Gaming TELEVISION

The Rise of Matt Amodio

August 2, 2021March 16, 2022 Daniel Cohen 3 Comments Dr. Oz, Jeopardy!, Katie Couric, LeVar Burton, Matt Amodio

LeVar Burton had a surprisingly lousy week as the host of ‘Jeopardy!’, drawing focus from one of the best players in the show’s history

Top Chef

Gaming TELEVISION

Who Will Win Pandemic ‘Top Chef’?

April 15, 2021April 19, 2021 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments Avishar Barua, Byron Gomez, Chris Viaud, Dawn Burrell, Gabe Erales, Gabriel Pascuzzi, Jamie Tran, Kiki Louya, Maria Mazon, Nelson German, Sara Hauman, Sasha Grumman, Shota Nakajima, Top Chef

We lay the odds

Jeopardy!

Gaming TELEVISION

Who Will Be the Permanent Host of ‘Jeopardy!’?

April 14, 2021March 15, 2022 Daniel Cohen 28 Comments A Coney Island of the Mind, Aaron Rodgers, Alexander Nanau, Bill Whitaker, Brockmire, Dr. Oz, Hank Azaria, Jeopardy!, Katie Couric, Ken Jennings, LeVar Burton, Mayim Bialik, Sanjay Gupta, Savannah Guthrie, Tom Brady

Hint: Dr. Oz is a big longshot

Ken Jennings

Gaming Politics TELEVISION

The People Vs. Ken Jennings

January 5, 2021January 13, 2021 Jake Harris 0 Comments Alex Trebek, Bean Dad, James Holzhauer, John Roderick, Ken Jennings

What is: Never Tweet?

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