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The year is 1985. Brian Jackson, a working-class kid on full scholarship, has started his ?rst term at university. The usual freshman anxiety over ?tting in is compounded by the gap between his own humble origins and the privileged backgrounds of his better-off classmates.
Brian also has a dark secret--a long-held, burning ambition (stoked by his late father) to appear on the wildly popular TV quiz show University Challenge--and now,...
Brian also has a dark secret--a long-held, burning ambition (stoked by his late father) to appear on the wildly popular TV quiz show University Challenge--and now,...
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Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion? It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to...
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""So... Is that your final answer?" It's time to put your knowledge and reflection skills to the test in Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, the official game! Experience the suspenseful ambiance of the famous TV show as you work through the trick questions that face you. With 15 questions to answer, it will become harder and harder for you to increase the prize fund as you navigate through the 3,000-themed questions waiting to be answered - from geography,...
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"Game and quiz shows first started appearing on radio broadcasts in the 1930s, led by the CBS network's Professor Quiz, hosted by a man who was neither a professor nor even a college graduate, the first of several frauds that seemed to be endemic to the genre. Professor Quiz was followed by other such game shows as Uncle Jim's Question Bee and Ask It Basket, which in turn spawned successful box games for at-home play. The show Truth or Consequences...
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"In this moving graphic memoir, Eisner Award-winning writer and artist Michael Kupperman traces the life of his reclusive father--the once-world-famous Joel Kupperman, Quiz Kid. That his father is slipping into dementia--seems to embrace it, really--means that the past he would never talk about might be erased forever. Joel Kupperman became one of the most famous children in America during World War II as one of the young geniuses on the series Quiz...
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"Radio quiz show classics is an anthology featuring just some of the most interesting series from the 1940s and 1950s. This 8 CD audio collection features 16 episodes all digitally remastered and restored for your listening enjoyment. You'll join Ralph Edwards, Clifton Fadiman, Art Linkletter, Joe Kelly, Groucho Marx, Ken Roberts and Robert Trout as they host their shows"--Container.
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Every week on Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, a high point of the public radio news quiz is when a celebrity guest must answer questions on a topic totally outside his or her area of expertise...This collection includes some of the best brightest and most entertaining guests and wackiest topics from recent shows.
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Each week, nearly 2 million radio listeners test their knowledge against some of the best and the brightest in the news and entertainment world. They try to figure out "Who's Carl This Time?" They race against the clock on "Lightning Fill in the Blank." On the "Not My Job!" segment of the show, they listen to a celebrity guest answer questions on a topic totally outside his or her area of expertise. Panelists include author and humorist Roy Blount...
12) Wheel of fortune
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"Spin the wheel along with Pat Sajak and Vanna White on the virtual version of America's game!"--Amazon.com.
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Each week, nearly 2 million radio listeners test their knowledge against some of the best and the brightest in the news and entertainment world. They try to figure out "Who's Carl This Time?" They race against the clock on "Lightning Fill in the Blank." On the "Not My Job!" segment of the show, they listen to a celebrity guest answer questions on a topic totally outside his or her area of expertise. Panelists include author and humorist Roy Blount...
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Panelists Alonzo Bodden, Tom Bodett, Amy Dickinson, Adam Felber, P.J. O'Rourke, Paula Poundstone, Roxanne Roberts, Mo Rocca, and Faith Salie offer plenty of comic highlights as host Peter Sagal and 'official scorekeeper' Carl Kasell guide their esteemed guests through unpredictable moments under the intense heat of public radio's glorious spotlight. Featuring celebrity guests: Eryka Badu, Jeff Bridges, Tony Danza, Jeff Garlin, Melinda Gates, Al Gore,...