Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

Grant interviews Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings about the grueling nature of TV quiz shows, the fine art of writing trivia questions, the special challenges of competing in European quiz contests, and how it feels to answer incorrectly.

Released January 12, 2010.

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You can hear Ken try to puzzle out the answer to our slang quiz in this episode.

Find out more about Ken here.

Photo by Steve Jurvetson. Used under a Creative Commons license.