Jeopardy! Chronicles:

Last year‘s tournament of champions was a big deal. We had a lot of super champions participating this time. For the next few weeks, we’re going to talk all about it. We start today with the first of the quarterfinals, which was an extremely close game.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

The contestant interviews are a large part of being on jeopardy. They will ask you a few initial questions in the beginning to get some stories from you, but once those run out as they will, if you pull a Ken Jennings, you’re going to need more material. That’s what we’re talking about today. I’ll give you some ideas on how to come up with material that gives the viewer a glimpse into your persona...

One of the most common questions I get asked when I tell people I want to be on jeopardy is have they ever had a blind contestant before? The answer is yes. Actually, they’ve had two. We’re going to talk about one of them.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See...

We’ve made it to the end of the first ever second chance tournament. Who got the all important spot in the tournament of champions? I’m not going to tell you. You’ll just have to tune in and find out.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Here we are. We’ve reached the penultimate game of the second chance tournament. Who will end up with that last empty spot in the tournament of champions? We don’t know yet, but we’re about to find out.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

We’re getting down to the wire. Second chance is nearly over. Today we meet the final group of contestants for this particular tournament. It’s about time to find out who will win that last empty spot in the tournament of champions.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on A...

We’re getting down to the wire with a second chance tournament. Join me as we talk about the seventh game and watch me stray off-topic several times.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’ve reached the second week of our first ever second chance tournament. Who will fill that last spot in the tournament of champions? Why don’t we start finding out?--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When making your wagers for daily doubles and final jeopardy, there are things you absolutely should not do. There are also things that you should do. I’m not a wagering strategy expert by any chance, but I can at least give you the basic dos and don’ts.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Several of the strongest jeopardy players have been defeated on a Monday in a phenomenon that has been dubbed the Monday curse. Who has fallen to the Monday curse? Tune in and find out. Disclaimer, I may have missed some people. It is not intentional, but my brain does not do math.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See a...

Tonight‘s game will decide the outcome of this week of the second chance tournament. Who will win? I suppose the better question would be who did win because this is a rerun, but at any rate, you’ll have to tune in to find out.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast....

We’re into the first of two finals in this rerun of our second chance tournament. Who is going to win it? You’ll have to tune in and find out.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here we see the last of this weeks semifinal games in the first ever second chance tournament. The game turned out rather unfortunately for one of the players, but I’m not going to spoil anything here in the notes. You’ll just have to tune in and find out what happened.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

As the reruns continue, we see three very good players, who had unfortunate run ins with super champions during their first appearances. I do apologize for not always knowing who each player lost to. I’m going to try to get a list.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Ac...

This season is over in the reruns are here, but so are we. Today, and for the next several weeks, we will be covering important tournaments that happened last season before the podcast was officially a thing. Today, game one of the second chance tournament.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

A big part of practicing for anything, not just being a jeopardy contestant, is knowing your limits of what you can do at any given time. Equally important is not trying to push yourself past those limits. Today I’ll give you a few pointers on dealing with situations like that.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Who do we think of when we think about the greatest Jeopardy players ever? Ken Jennings? Brad Rutter? How about James Holzhauer. James was definitely a very memorable player, but he first made his appearance on the trivia scene several years before jeopardy. We’ll cover all of that and more here today.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message H...

Well, we are here. Last game of the season, and it was a nailbiter. I’ll also share with you my thoughts on the season in general and an update on our schedule for the next several weeks.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Not only are we going to cover a game that could’ve had several possible outcomes, but you’ll also find out the schedule for the next few weeks. Be sure you tune into the end to catch that.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

We’re getting down to the wire in terms of the end of the season. Today’s game was the very definition of the word unexpected. That’s all I’m going to give you here in the show Notes. If you want more, you’ll just have to tune in and find out.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Highlights of today’s game include an incredible, bounce back after a very painful daily double miss and come from behind win. If you want to know more, you’ll just have to tune in. Speaking of tuning in, yours truly was interviewed on the Life’s Checkmark podcast. I would highly advise you to go check out that particular podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lifes-checkmark/id1655532499?...

Our returning champion grabbed a hold of this game and ran like a maniac with it. That essentially sums it up. Tune in or catch the podcast for more details.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having quite a bit of knowledge on various subjects is very important to be a successful Jeopardy contestant. However, not all of us learn in the same way. In this episode, I’ll give you advice on finding the studying method that works best for you.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

The entire Jeopardy community is in agreement that Alex Trebek will never be replaced. In a lot of ways, Alex was jeopardy. What better way to celebrate what would have been his 83rd birthday then to share some of my favorite stories both from watching him on TV and from things I read from his book.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Host...

I am very disappointed in this game. It had nothing to do with the contestants, but those producers were seriously throwing tournament of champions, or even masters level material at these poor first time players. That’s not OK.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeopardychronicles/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast...