Interviews

• the CEO of QuizUp talks about why you got hooked on his app
• the TV Geek from Beat the Geeks talks about the show, life after the show and the state of TV trivia.
• Former Jeopardy contestant coordinator Mark Edwards offers tips from his game show school on how to get on and win game shows
• Who Wants to be a Millionaire contestants
  • John Carpenter was the first person ever to win the million
  • Kevin Olmstead talks about winning $2.1 million on Millionaire
  • Ed Toutant talks about his second shot at $1.86 million
  • Dan Avila played boldly and took home $100,000
  • David Fialkoff talks about being one of the first contestants
• Jeopardy contestants and staff
  • Arthur Chu and he got so famous, so fast (plus the usual stuff about his strategy) 
  • Ken Jennings takes us backstage at Jeopardy, revealing how the show dealt with his streak and what being famous was like 
  • Brad Rutter talks about beating Ken! 
  • Roger Craig discusses breaking the one day record, his famous Daily Doubles and the app that helped him prepare 
  • Brian Weikle was Jeopardy's top player ... until Ken came along
  • Jerome Vered held the one-day record on Jeopardy for 10 years, then worked Ben Stein
  • Burns Cameron: the Art Fleming era "Ken Jennings"
  • Laura Paquet's experiences on Jeopardy (not an interview, but she is my wife and all!) This site also links to our advice to future contestants.
  • Matt Ottinger talks about nearly beating Ken
  • Million Dollar Masters contestant Bob Harris laughs its up
  • Leszek Pawlowicz is known as the "Michael Jordan of game shows." Find out why!
  • Ben Tritle went from Twenty-One and Jeopardy to a quiz show job. Find out how.
  • Former Jeopardy contestant coordinator Mark Edwards offers tips from his game show school on how to get on and win game shows
• Million Second Quiz contestants
  • Andrew Kravis talks aboutwinning the show everybody hated!
• Win Ben Stein’s Money contestants and staff
  • Leszek Pawlowicz is known as the "Michael Jordan of game shows." Find out why!
  • Jerome Vered held the one-day record on Jeopardy for 10 years, then worked Ben Stein
  • Rick Rosner talks about writing for Ben Stein 
• Greed contestants
  • Nobody won the top prize. But gutsy Dan Avila came closest.
• Twenty-One contestants
  • Dave Legler briefly held the record as the greatest game show winner of all time. 
  • Ben Tritle went from Twenty-One and Jeopardy to a quiz show job. Find out how.
• Tic-Tac-Dough contestants
  • Thom McKee held a collection of quiz show records for some 20 years "
• Rick Rosner talks about writing for Ben Stein 
• Ever wondered how people with great game show ideas get them on air?
• Trivia writers and authors talk shop
  • NEW! Fred L. Worth talks about his Trivia Encyclopedia and the Trivial Pursuit lawsuit
  • NEW! David Wallechinsky talks about writing the groundbreaking Peoples Almanac and the Book of Lists, in a pre-Internet era
  • Rick Rosner talks about writing for TV quiz shows 
  • The author of the best-selling The Know It All talks about reading the Britannica
  • The founder of Mental Floss shares the secrets of the magazine's success, while head writer and researcher Sandy Wood talks about writing the questions. 
  • Stanley Newman talks about how crossword puzzles prepared for the 10,000 Answers Trivia Encyclopedia.
  • Losing quiz show contestant David Fialkoff writes a winning quiz show book!
  • Jim "Oz" Oliva talks about the WWSP trivia contest in Stevens Point, the world's largest radio contest 
  • Ex New York Times quizmaster Ray Hamel crosses over from crosswords
  • Leslie Gilbert Elman discusses the writing of The Ladies Room Reader Quiz Book.
  • Matt Ottinger hosts a Michigan PBS quiz show.
• Many of these players, the top players in game show history, competed against each other for the first time at SmartyPants 2004.
• Trivia contests and competitions
  • Toronto's pubs compete in a trivia league of their own.
  • Jim "Oz" Oliva talks about the WWSP trivia contest in Stevens Point, the world's largest radio contest 
• Toronto's pubs compete in a trivia league of their own.
• The founder of Mental Floss shares the secrets of the magazine's success