Last Night
Last Night: Watching Jeopardy in the Basement of Elliott Bay Books
Seattlest has the latest on "Ballard man" Tom Nissley, who won his sixth straight game of Jeopardy last night. He's at $184,203.
Tom wasn't actually on Jeopardy last night, though, as the shows are pre-recorded. He was holding a viewing party for his friends and family downstairs at Elliott Bay Books, which is appropriate because Tom is the number one BookNerd in the nation, and ironic because he's the editor of Amazon's blog, Omnivoracious.
First, Tom cued up his Friday and Monday wins, which we all watched over lasagna and beer before cheering him on during last night's episode as he went up against a guy with an odd amount of nautical knowledge.
In between the games, Nissley gave away prizes (books, of course), first doing a round of Jeopardy-style questions for the kids, who knew a lot about sharks and modern art, and then a round for the adults who knew a lot about cephalopods and movies—and not a lot about Native Americans.
Asking us to name the first person to translate the dictionary, or maybe the Bible, into Cherokee, we came up short. Someone did shout out a reasonable guess, though: Who is Tom Nissley?
Tom wasn't actually on Jeopardy last night, though, as the shows are pre-recorded. He was holding a viewing party for his friends and family downstairs at Elliott Bay Books, which is appropriate because Tom is the number one BookNerd in the nation, and ironic because he's the editor of Amazon's blog, Omnivoracious.
First, Tom cued up his Friday and Monday wins, which we all watched over lasagna and beer before cheering him on during last night's episode as he went up against a guy with an odd amount of nautical knowledge.
In between the games, Nissley gave away prizes (books, of course), first doing a round of Jeopardy-style questions for the kids, who knew a lot about sharks and modern art, and then a round for the adults who knew a lot about cephalopods and movies—and not a lot about Native Americans.
Asking us to name the first person to translate the dictionary, or maybe the Bible, into Cherokee, we came up short. Someone did shout out a reasonable guess, though: Who is Tom Nissley?
