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Tag Archives: Jeopardy!
Rediscovered: Jeopardy! Loves Hammett Trivia
Oh, yeah — on the episode of Jeopardy! broadcast on January 9, a category in the Double Jeopardy! round was titled Arlington National Cemetery. The $2000 clew (supposedly the most difficult) read: A veteran of both world wars, this creator … Continue reading
Tour: Sunday October 19
In the image above, the tour stops to gander the plaque marking 811 Geary Street, notable — per the plaque, and it is just true — as the building where Fritz Leiber wrote his novel Our Lady of Darkness. One … Continue reading
Rediscovered: Roger Craig vs. the Riddle of the Bejeweled Statue
Hammett and The Maltese Falcon have become quite the staples on Jeopardy! By no means do I report on each instance — most recent one I thought worth notice was when Hammett and 891 Post actually got mentioned on the show, and … Continue reading
Tour: And the Oscar Goes To
Per my norm of recent years, I hadn’t seen any of the films up for major awards — still haven’t caught up with Argo from last year — but as usual watched the Oscar ceremonies last night anyway. I guess I consider … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film, News, Tour
Tagged 12 Years a Slave, Argo, Danny Trejo, Extreme Prejudice, Firsts, George Pelecanos, Jeopardy!, John Ridley, Nick Nolte, Noir, NPR, Oliver Stone, Oscar, Powers Boothe, Sweet Smell of Success, The Raid 2: Berandal, U Turn
891 Post: Jeopardy!
Catching up on this past week’s file of Jeopardy! on the DVR, a surprise moment from the Double Jeopardy Round aired Thursday December 19: Category: Literary Landmarks. The $1200 slot. Statement: In the late 1920s Dashiell Hammett lived in an … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Frisco, News
Tagged 891 Post, Jeopardy!, literary homes, literary landmarks, Raymond Chandler
Rediscovered: Wouk, A Name Checked for Over Half a Century
You know how it is, you just sit around and try to mind your own business, and things start impinging on you. The other day I was watching Jeopardy! when a clew asked for the author of the 2012 novel The … Continue reading
News: December 2008
NOTHING EXTRA IN THE OLD STOCKING No extra walks have been set for December, and in fact Don got so buried in other stuff we didn’t even do News for October or November — still, we figured John’s Grill making … Continue reading
