Augie De Blieck Jr.
04-07-2005, 08:11 AM
From FOX News: (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,152660,00.html)
WAUSAU, Wis. — A millionaire game show whiz joins thousands of competitors this weekend at the 36th annual self-proclaimed world's largest trivia contest.
Ken Jennings. . . will visit the contest 30 miles south of here in Stevens Point to witness the competition in his research for a new book about trivia.
Will he want to play after getting caught up in the passion of the 54-hour marathon of the mind that begins Friday?
"My impression is to make the questions Google-proof, they have to be pretty obscure stuff, not the kind of general knowledge that "Jeopardy" tests, but really specialized kind of minutiae. And I have no way of knowing how I would do at that kind of stuff. I would probably get my butt kicked. I am just sort of interested in seeing what the vibe is like."
This year's trivia contest features the theme "Trivia 36: Keep on Trivia" in a tribute to Robert Crumb, a cartoonist famous for the comic book Zap Comix that introduced popular icons such as Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat and Mr. Snoid.
WAUSAU, Wis. — A millionaire game show whiz joins thousands of competitors this weekend at the 36th annual self-proclaimed world's largest trivia contest.
Ken Jennings. . . will visit the contest 30 miles south of here in Stevens Point to witness the competition in his research for a new book about trivia.
Will he want to play after getting caught up in the passion of the 54-hour marathon of the mind that begins Friday?
"My impression is to make the questions Google-proof, they have to be pretty obscure stuff, not the kind of general knowledge that "Jeopardy" tests, but really specialized kind of minutiae. And I have no way of knowing how I would do at that kind of stuff. I would probably get my butt kicked. I am just sort of interested in seeing what the vibe is like."
This year's trivia contest features the theme "Trivia 36: Keep on Trivia" in a tribute to Robert Crumb, a cartoonist famous for the comic book Zap Comix that introduced popular icons such as Mr. Natural, Fritz the Cat and Mr. Snoid.