ISBN: 0307351505 9780307351500

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs

Page count: 352

<b>Welcome to the world of <i>Jeopardy!</i> where obscure information is crucial to survival, vast sums of cash are at stake, and milliseconds can change not just a game but the course of your entire life.</b> <br><br> <i>Prisoner of Trebekistan</i> is Bob Harris’s hilarious, insightful account of one man’s unlikely epic journey through<i> Jeopardy!</i>, gleefully exploring triumph and failure, the nature of memory, and how knowledge itself can transform you in unpredictable ways—all against the backdrop of the most popular quiz show in history. Bob chronicles his transformation from a struggling stand-up comic who repeatedly fails the <i>Jeopardy!</i> audition test into an elite player competing against the show’s most powerful brains. To get there, he embarks on a series of intense study sessions, using his sense of humor to transform conventional memory skills into a refreshingly playful approach to learning that’s as amusing as it is powerful.<br><br> What follows is not only a captivating series of high-stakes wins and losses on<i> Jeopardy!</i>, but also a growing appreciation of a borderless world that Bob calls Trebekistan, where a love of learning reigns and the smarter you get the more you realize how much you don’t yet know. <br><br> Filled with secrets that only a veteran contestant could share—from counterintuitive game strategies to Jedi-like tactics with the <i>Jeopardy!</i> signaling device—<i>Prisoner of Trebekistan</i> also gives you the chance to play along with the actual clues that led to victory or defeat in high-level tournaments, plus candid, moving reflections on how the games affected Bob’s offstage life—and vice versa. <br><br> Not only an irresistible treat for <i>Jeopardy!</i> fans, <i>Prisoner of Trebekistan</i> is a delight for anyone who loves a rollicking tale that celebrates the unpredictability of life and the sneaky way it has of teaching us the things that really matter.