adventures in the curious, competitive, compulsive world of trivia buffs
Jennings, Ken
2006
Ken Jennings chronicles his rise from anonymous computer programmer to record-winning "Jeopardy!" champion, describing how he learned the trivia needed to win the game and the impact his legendary run on the show has had on his life.
After winning India's biggest quiz show, Ram Mohammad Thomas is put in jail as authorities question how a poor orphan who has never gone to school could win such a contest.
Brian Jackson, on scholarship at a British university in 1985, struggles with issues of class, acne, and love in his quest to win a spot on the popular television quiz show "University Challenge" and to raise himself above his humble beginnings.
After winning India's biggest quiz show, Ram Mohammad Thomas is put in jail as authorities question how a poor orphan who has never gone to school could win such a contest.
