i started noticing that i was getting clues that the contestants weren't getting. And as i started getting better and better, ii had the thought that i could probably be good enough to pass the test and be a contestant. So on the one hand, i felt like my knowledge base was there. But the the flip side of that is being someone who comes people's living rooms and being having somewhat of a personality,. i didn't know if i was, if i was there, and i didn'tknow if i had that to offer necessarily.
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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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