Curtains for Kara

The faux tweets have followed Chicago Sun-Times reporter Kara Spak as she dodged and weaved through Jeopardy's Tournament of Champions. Sadly, the saga has ended.

Kara bombed out in her semifinal game when she had no clue on "Hollywood History" in Final Jeopardy. In the story on her downfall, Kara admits she never heard of Joan Fontaine. Guess I really am getting old. I remember watching Joan Fontaine on TV.

Kara did create a bit of Jeopardy history with her "threesome" answer in her quarter-final game. As she sort of brags in her final story, the clip has piled up a ton of views on YouTube. Alex Trebek's Sahara-dry comeback - "Kara has obviously had much more experience...than I" - helped ensure the answer's fame.

At least it was nice that a newspaper reporter got into the tournament. Kara really brought the games alive in a series of Sun-Times stories. And she goes out on a classy note, wishing the best to engineer Buddy Wright, who beat her in the semifinal.