"There's very little gray area. Whether budapest is the capital of hungary, that's just right or wrong," he says. "i think i'm the type of person that that would appeal to ... There's something comforting about that."
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Scott Menke never thought he had a particularly compelling personality, but he did feel he stood out in at least one way: he had a natural ability to learn and remember interesting facts. He put that knowledge to the ultimate test as a contestant on the TV trivia game show Jeopardy! Scott was surprised when viewers responded not just to his performance but to who he was as a person.
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