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Prisoner of Trebekistan
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Well, damn.
I just realized that the swearing-in of a new Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, means that Prisoner of Trebekistan's goofy example of how to remember all of the Secretaries-General, in order (see pp. 96-98), is now obsolete.
Allow me to insert this addendum to the fifth full paragraph on page 97:
In celebration, the victorious dwarf then drops his pants and allows his girlfriend to play bongos on his naked butt. Thus, Bongo Moon.
You may have to read the book to understand how that fits.
And no disrespect meant whatsoever to the former South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade who speaks three languages and holds a Masters Degree from Harvard.
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I'll be unable to respond to (or probably even notice) most emails for the next
ten weeks while rushing frantically toward the deadline on the next
book.
If you enjoyed Prisoner of Trebekistan, feel like saying so, and really want to help out... don't tell me you liked it; instead, please just email this very page to your friends, family, co-workers, and any pets who enjoy a good story. With luck, they'll land here, check out both the book itself and Trebekistan.com, and they'll see why you sent them.
(And if you've just arrived this way, welcome! I hope you'll enjoy the goofy videos, the various extras to the book, the cheap and exotic air travel links, and whatever else you stumble across here. Thanks for coming. If you dig the stuff, pass it on!)
I'll still keep posting on the blog here as often as I can, even when it gets really nuts in a few weeks.
Thanks!
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Actually, I'm not sure if it only ran online or appeared in the print edition -- I haven't been out of the house yet to check -- but anyway, this USA Today writer put Prisoner of Trebekistan atop her list of recommended holiday gift books:
"... the perfect gift for any Jeopardy! fan... I was thoroughly entertained."
Neat!
I'll also repeat my recommendation of the "competing" title, Ken Jennings's Brainiac, as another great gift for fans of the show.
I'll have some other recommendations to list out when I get a sec. Unfortunately, my next book is due in ten weeks. Ten weeks! [Wilhelm scream!] In other words: I will have no life for a while.
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Another nice review:
"highly entertaining... laugh-out-loud, absurdist funny..."
A reminder, if you're looking: almost every physical bookstore I've visited has Trebekistan not under Humor, Autobiography, or TV, but under "Puzzles & Games."
Usually it's mixed in with the crosswords, Sudoku, and Texas Hold'em books.
As I've said, though, there's also something weirdly satisfying about seeing a book about your own life categorized under "Puzzles."
I mean, yes. Exactly.
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