Double Jeopardy
The category: Brit Pics.
The answer: Something we didn’t catch about a British author, accompanied by the image in this post.
The reaction at AustenBlog World Headquarters: Much w00ting, Dorothy dispatched to fetch bottle of Tullamore Dew for celebratory tot.
The question, which the returning champion got correct: Who is Jane Austen?
The credit at the end of the show, reproduced as it appeared: Image of Jane Austin courtesy of…
The reaction at AustenBlog World Headquarters: We shall leave it to yourselves to determine.
May 4th, 2006 at 9:06 am
Are we missing a critical link in your post, dearie? Too much of the Tullamore Dew?
May 4th, 2006 at 9:11 am
No link. I was already planning to share that Jane was on Jeopardy, and then I noticed the credit and my head exploded. Took some time to clean up.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:24 am
“The credit at the end of the show, reproduced as it appeared: Image of Jane Austin courtesy of… “
OK, I get it now. I assumed the commotion was over “courtesy of …”, as in perhaps “Austenblog” mentioned on national prime time telly. Then I cleaned off the ole bifocals and squinted … and said “wOOt?!?!?!?!?”
May 4th, 2006 at 10:41 am
Celebrated that Jane was on Jeopardy. Said “D’OH!” to the credit.
It was an emotional rollercoaster, lemme tell ya.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:23 am
Oh! Jane Austin looks very much like Jane Austen!
What a coincidence!
May 7th, 2006 at 9:38 pm
this was the only 5 minutes i watched of that episode of jeopardy, and the first time i’ve watched it for half a year…it must be fate…