Alex Trebek, teacher's pet

The college students on Jeopardy got a lot of coverage in Google news. But they went almost unnoticed compared to the teachers currently battling it out in their own Jeopardy tournament.

There are stories about California's Jessican Dell'Era, Nebraska's Brooks Humphreys, Illinois' Steve Evenhouse, Missouri's Patrick Quinn, Wisconsin's Elissa Hoffman, Massachusetts' Lisa Johnston, Texas' Catherine Whitten, and Minnesota's Kathryn Wendling. Some of these folks get more than one story. Hey, some Kardashians don't get this much coverage (slight exaggeration).

The stories often feature the obligatory photo with Alex, plus memories of watching Jeopardy (and wanting to be a contestant) for a long time. Nobody, not even grumpy me, will begrudge the teachers their chance. And the last educator standing gets a hundred grand for correctly questioning all those answers.

You might say that Jeopardy is the ultimate teachers' game. At least all that book learning comes in a lot more handy on the venerable quizzer than on, say, Wipeout.