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| Hank and Jeff Kiney |
Anyway, I have new respect for anyone who wins anything on Jeopardy! Friday night I played a special game of Jeopardy in a tournament of An Unlikely Story Bookstore in Plainville Massachusetts--one of my fave bookstores on the planet.
It's owned by Jeff Kinney, who wrote the Wimpy Kids books, and he is the best person in the world.
He organized this truly authentically amazing Jeopardy tournament this Independent Bookstore Appreciation Day weekend to benefit the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit that helps booksellers in need.
SO--I was on the author team with New York Times bestselling authors Cassandra Clare (Darkhunters!), Holly Black (Spiderwick Chronicles)!, and Raul The Third (Low Riders in Space! Sponge Bob!). We were SO ready, and when we saw the categories, I knew we had it nailed. I knew every answer to the crime fiction category and first lines, and Cassie and Holly had horror and music down pat, and Raul had illustrators and children's lit..
SADLY we could not make the buzzers work.
See how crazed I am?
We really tried, and we were way too competitive, but, apparently, we just did not have good buzzer skills. So bottom, line were were, um, skunked. It was TRAGIC! But off-the-charts fun. Amazing. And Jeff Kinney was a terrific and charming and witty Alex Trebeck.
We won the consolation round, which is little consolation, but you know authors. We'll take every win we can get.
And here we are afterward, with our score posted. (That's Raul the fourth in the photo, too.
And we demand--I mean, we'd be delighted--to come back next year and regain the crown.
A million years ago, I did a series on "How to get on a game show" for Channel 7, and took the Jeopardy test and passed! (It was very difficult, but my head is full of unnecessary stuff.) I could have been on the show! (But conflict of interest kept me off, of course.) But Meg Gardiner won Jeopardy, did you know that? And Brendan DuBois? And Laura Di Silverio was a contestant.
Do you watch Jeopardy? Do you love it?
