Anticipation...
Andy here with a recap of Monday's game! It's been awhile...For those of your who wished Jason Keller had competed in the Battle of the Decades and were wondering what he'd been up to, he was a...
View ArticleBetter Late Than Never?
Andy here with a slightly delayed and slightly shorter recap! This one's of Tuesday's game. I'd like to apologize for the technical difficulties I had with getting this recap up! Jeanie really wants to...
View Article...is makin' me wait
This is a reference to our title of "Anticipation..." earlier in the week. So as I think you know this week's episodes were taped the same week I was in L.A. for the 80s piece of the Battle of...
View ArticleGee Whizzer White
Care to find out if Sandie Baker wins a second time?Sandie BakerJessica GuardBruce Leaman I'm not sure if I got it from the studio audience, but I knew this triple-stumper today in The 5...
View ArticleThis Post Shall Remain Nameless
Andy here with a quick recap of Friday's episode!Today's contestants:J! Round categories:SHAKESPEARE WITH SPOILER ALERTSFASHION ABBREV.BACK TO BASEBALLU.S. PLACE NAMESKNOW YOUR CARCHECK YOUR...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Alex's Mother!
Hello! Andy here with a recap from Monday's game!Today's contestants:Will Sandie win her fourth?Alex took the time to wish his mother a happy 93rd birthday!J! round categories:CROQUET, MONSIEURGOOD...
View ArticleDouble Trouble
Andy here with two recaps in one!I realized that on Monday, I didn't post contestant names for the week! Here they are:Devin Baker - Cincinnati, OH (WXIX)Sandie Baker - Eastpointe, MI (WDIV)Jake...
View ArticleGoing Up The Hard Way
Andy here with a recap of Sandie Baker going for Win #7!Today's contestants:It's always great to see a Canadian on the show!J! round categories:REJECTED SUPERVILLAIN NAMESTHE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY...
View ArticleWrong of the South
I've resisted revealing this pic long enough: There is much more where that came from, but I want to do that night justice with a post all its own (though I did refer to it in a comment on...
View ArticleThis one time at O'Brien's
So of course I have a lot I can't wait to tell you about my week in Los Angeles watching the Battle of the Decades finals. I don't have to wait to tell you about this: the O'Brien's pub quiz!...
View ArticlePhotobomb
That is, there are more than usual in this post! I've been wanting this for a while, but I'm giving you the option of following by e-mail, on the right. Ideally this will go under the...
View ArticleChicago Fun Times
Reminder: There's a new follow-by-email widget on the right. Someday it will go where it belongs, under the "subscribe" tab. If you know how to make that happen, let me know. So this morning I...
View ArticleThe Carolinas
Andy here with a no-pictures recap!Brad Wright and Zia Jones are the challengers today to Julia Collins, who has won $36,605 over her two wins thus far!J! round categories:TECH EDUCATIONGEOGRAPHER'S...
View ArticleGoing For Four
Good morning! Andy with another recap! No pictures again, though...Today's contestants: Grace Riley and James Behrens challenging Julia Collins, who has won $53,105 over her first three games!I...
View ArticleAbort, retry, fail
Remember how I wished I had two of the questions from the last O'Brien's pub quiz I went to? Well co-host Dileep Rao graciously e-mailed them to me, and I've added them to that post. Thanks,...
View ArticleWill The Streak Get Cracked?
I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only person who's shocked that there have been so many five-time-plus champions since the last Tournament of Champions!In any case, it's Andy here starting off another...
View ArticleThe Hagiographer Appears Again
Andy here as Julia Collins goes for Win #7!Today's contestants:J! round categories:THE NEW YORK TIMES: YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRSTARMY BRATSIT'S THE END "FER" YOU!THE TV CHESSBOARDDAM LIESSTATISTICSDAM...
View ArticlePolitics as usual
No, you're not missing anything. We are. We've skipped yesterday's episode, which is kinda too bad because I had stuff I planned to say in a comment. But not enough so that I'd do episodes in one...
View ArticleBook 'em
I had today's title picked out as the contestants were being introduced: a children's book author and a library assistant...? So yesterday Julia Collins won her 9th episode. Trebek reminded us...
View ArticleNo milquetoast, that Roger
I don't know about you, but these Battle of the Decades finals have sure snuck up on me. Before we get into it, my Coryat for the weekend rerun was 26200 (30400 without negs). The episode...
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