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Saturday, November 14, 2015

Illuminatus! on Jeopardy quiz show



Eric Wagner, who trained for the Jeopardy quiz show by becoming an expert on Robert Anton Wilson. 



Illuminatus! question on Jeopardy. "Pyramid," of course. 

Illuminatus! was involved in the answer to a question on the Jeopardy! quiz show in the U.S., on a show that aired on Thursday.  (Under "Literary Structure." Hold your cursor over the prize amount to see the answer.)

Hat tips, Bobby Campbell (who kindly made the graphic that I used to illustrate this blog post) and Michael Johnson.

Speaking of Jeopardy!, I can now offer definitive evidence that reading the works of Robert Anton Wilson makes you smart. How smart? Smart enough to win a quiz show!

We know Jeopardy champ Eric Wagner as the author of An Insider's Guide to Robert Anton Wilson, but he's also a guy who walked away with $12,001 as a Jeopardy champion. The Jeopardy archive identifies Eric as "a high school English teacher from Corona, California." Eric won on Nov. 30, 1999, but lost on the next show, probably to another RAW fan.  I wish I could see the shows.

9 comments:

Eric Wagner said...

I got to talk on air about E-Prime and Aleister Crowley.

PQ said...

Video please!!!

Anonymous said...

Christopher Jordan has some theories on pyramid power that Ben Carson should read about before he is sworn in as president. I am reading DuQuette on the Thoth Tarot right now. E-Prime and Crowley, good stuff. Was it with Alex Trebek

Bobby Campbell said...

That's amazing!! Jeopardy was my Granny's fav show, to the point of obsession, and so I grew up w/ an inflated sense of its importance. Eric seems even more the hero now! Also, 11/30/1999 was my 19th birthday :)

Anonymous said...

$200
In 1902 the Egyptian Museum moved from this "pyramid" city to nearby Cairo
(K: What is Gaza?)
Giza


Another pyramid question....answer....whatever.
I never realized all the games were online like this...cool.

$400
(D: What is "The Hounds of Baskerville?")
(C: What is "The Hound of the Baskerville?")

"The Hound of the Baskervilles"


$800
1667:
Pandemonium
(C: What is Voltaire?)
(E: What is "Pilgrims Progress?")
(D: What is "Gulliver's Travels?")

"Paradise Lost"

Chris Eric Delori


What is Voltaire...CandideÈ
my keyboard is stuck on french mode...
i wouldnèt get past the buzzer training!

Anonymous said...

#4109, aired 2002-06-13 "ALL" WE KNOW $2000: Representing God, it's the Masonic symbol that tops the pyramid on the back of the U.S. one dollar bill

http://www.j-archive.com/search.php?search=pyramid&submit=Search

Anonymous said...

http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-11-01_DJ_05.jpg
sorry, last one

Anonymous said...

http://www.j-archive.com/search.php?search=Mumbo+Jumbo&submit=Search
Ok, last one.

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