First, I’m sure Andy won’t mind me telling you his birthday is tomorrow (Wednesday). I encourage you to tweet him or leave a comment below one of our posts. 😉
So according to this, the next Tournament of Champions will be in February 2013, and there’s going to be another Teachers Tournament before that in November. Since Beau Henson is at the bottom of the Tournament of Champions list right now, this drops him right off. This is really sad, but probably not quite as harsh as if a regular contestant were to pass Beau on the list.
Here are the people I’m watching, from first place to last this round, in the Summer Hiatus Challenge on the Jeopardy message boards:
Julie Bratvold Ghanbari
Ryan Chaffee
Stefan Goodreau (Do you like his new ‘do? Here’s another view – and a couple more familiar faces. Here’s what Hans is doing in southern California.)
Alison Stone Roberg
Joon Pahk
Me
Vito Cortese
Robert By the way, Robert tells me Mr. Trebek is hosting Jeopardy! now thru 2016. So those of us that wouldn’t mind a second chance will have to wait a while. (I know, maybe forever.)
Andy
And the clues, written by Dad of Twins:
Parallel Lives
2: This Macedonian king and conqueror is paired with Julius Caesar, who conquered Gaul. Ryan, Alison, Stefan, Joon, Robert, Julie, Jeanie, Vito, Andy
4: Dion of Syracuse is compared with this Roman senator and assassin who committed suicide at the Battle of Philippi. Ryan, Alison, Stefan, Joon, Robert, Julie, Jeanie, Vito, Andy
6: Fabius Maximus, one of the Roman commanders during the Second Punic War, is paired with this “first citizen of Athens” who led Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Ryan, Alison, Stefan, Joon, Robert, Julie, Jeanie, Vito, Andy
8: Demosthenes, who improved his diction by talking with pebbles in his mouth, is paired with this Roman orator and enemy of Marc Antony. Ryan, Alison, Stefan, Joon, Robert, Julie, Jeanie, Vito, Andy
10: Alcibiades, who defected first to Sparta then to Persia, is paired with this fifth century BC Roman general at the center of a Shakespearean tragedy. Ryan, Alison, Stefan, Joon, Robert, Julie, Jeanie, Vito, Andy
TED Talks
3: This theoretical physicist, after whom the hypothetical radiation emitted by black holes is named, spoke with the aid of a computer at TED 2008. Ryan, Alison, Stefan, Joon, Robert, Julie, Jeanie, Vito, Andy
6: Burt Rutan, who won this alphabetic award for spaceship design, gave a 2006 TED talk on “the future of space.” Ryan, Alison, Stefan, Joon, Robert, Julie, Jeanie, Vito, Andy
9: This historian and author of “Team of Rivals” spoke in 2008 about events in the lives of Lyndon Johnson and Abraham Lincoln. Ryan, Alison, Stefan, Joon, Robert, Julie, Jeanie, Vito, Andy
12: This Pritzker Prize winning architect who designed Seattle’s Experience Music Project asked “Then What?” in 2002. Ryan, Alison, Stefan, Joon, Robert, Julie, Jeanie, Vito, Andy
15: In 2009, this inventor of the Segway demonstrated a brain-operated prosthetic arm he developed for the U. S. military. Ryan, Alison, Stefan, Joon, Robert, Julie, Jeanie, Vito, Andy