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mae
03-05-2013, 06:44 AM
http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2013/03/04/author-stephen-king-to-get-a-category-on-jeopardy-tv-game-show

Famed author Stephen King, who’s horror-filled erudite tomes such as Carrie, The Stand, The Shining, Salem’s Lot, and countless others, have been scaring the hell out of the world for almost 40 years now, is getting his own category on the popular long-running game show Jeopardy!, on an episode to be aired this Tuesday, March 5th.

The category follows in the footsteps of the success the program had when they did one for the Marvel Universe back in November of last year, which we covered here. That category had brain twisted comic book denizens from coast to coast. Now the same will be done with Mr. King, and viewers who tune in this Tuesday will be able to test their knowledge and see if they can run the category and answer all five questions or be stumped.


Either way, it should be a fun half hour for all as you’ll get to test your Stephen King acumen. A small treat is also in store for King fans, which we need to keep hush hush here, but it will be revealed on the program Tuesday, so tune in to Jeopardy! to find out. Check your local stations for air times.

Bev Vincent
03-05-2013, 07:00 AM
From the official site:
Tonight's episode of Jeopardy will feature a complete board of questions related to Stephen and his body of work. Be sure to tune in (check your local listings for the channel and time in your area) and visit our Multimedia section later this week.

Coulrophobia
03-05-2013, 07:12 AM
I for a second thought he was going to be a celebrity contestant. lol I need to read a little slower.

mae
03-05-2013, 07:14 AM
DVR all set! I don't normally watch the show. This sounds like fun.

Coulrophobia
03-05-2013, 07:19 AM
DVR all set! I don't normally watch the show. This sounds like fun.

i did the exact same thing. I am crossing my fingers they do the whole list in a row, and not bounce around the board for 15 min.

mae
03-05-2013, 07:25 AM
I'm not sure if it'll just be one category or if the whole episode will be devoted to questions about King.

Bev Vincent
03-05-2013, 07:42 AM
The announcement from the official MB makes it sound like the entire board for one half of the show is King-themed.

Coulrophobia
03-05-2013, 07:47 AM
Ok that will be interesting I wonder if he will do some of the Video questions.

Bev Vincent
03-06-2013, 03:11 AM
That was a little disappointing -- nothing special that I noticed. Sure, the board was loosely themed, but except for the dedicated category the rest were just headings.

mae
03-06-2013, 06:05 AM
For those that weren't able to watch:

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2013/03/05/JEOPARDY-STEPHEN-KING_510x317.jpg

jhanic
03-06-2013, 08:24 AM
I was also disappointed. At least the contestants got the Stephen King answers correct.

John

Bev Vincent
03-06-2013, 08:49 AM
Except for the Christine one -- the biggie.

jhanic
03-06-2013, 09:26 AM
True. I wasn't paying much attention by that time.

John

Roseannebarr
03-06-2013, 09:30 AM
i watched the episode of Jeopardy where Stephen King played for the second time on youtube today. it was fun!

herbertwest
03-06-2013, 01:27 PM
Let's remindthat King participated twice to Jeopardy : 1995 & 1998