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Thad Winzenz demonstrates a yo-yo trick in front of a 256-pound wooden specimen at the National Yo-Yo Museum in Chico.

In tonight's episode, Terrill entered Final Jeopardy! in second place. The category: Ancient Quotations.A The clue: "When ByzantineA Emperor Justinian completed Hagia Sophia heA declared,A thisA king, 'I have surpassed thee.' " The correctA response was Solomon.

Daniel Hodge, right, poses with "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek. Hodge appeared on the show Jan.

The 9/11 effect There's no denying that our country changed on September 11, 2001 and while some prefer to not remember, other's go out of their way to.

When not running a business building high-performance racing engines, Carl Hansen likes to kick back in front of the TV.

Published in The Daily Journal Jan. 25, 2012 It's the type of place where a frosted mug of Budweiser costs $1.25 and the regulars at the bar talk to the television, particularly at Alex Trebek whenever "Jeopardy!" is on.

APPLETON - An Appleton teacher's game-show dreams were realized last week after traveling to Los Angeles to compete on "Jeopardy!" Elissa Hoffman, a biology teacher at Appleton East High School for more than 13 years, returned last week after filming 'Jeopardy!'s' Teachers Tournament, which focuses on teachers of kindergarten through 12th-grade.

The contestants on Thursday night's "Jeopardy" are clearly not Rachel Maddow fans, because none of them could identify her in a picture.

Pat Sajak has hosted "Wheel of Fortune" drunk. In the early days, he would have a few drinks with Vanna White across the street before a taping, Sajak revealed in a recent interview.

There is a movement afoot - there have been small meetings in New York and San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, among others - a growing group of people who do something called self-tracking. The way financial analysts data-mine stock histories or Bill James divined baseball statistics, self-trackers plumb their own lives, creating something they ... (more)

University of North Texas student and recent Jeopardy! contestant Monica Thieu was most surprised by the size of quiz show's set.

Lynn Hammerlund, of Lake in the Hills, is pictured with "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek.