Nearly every time I go to the barber, I'm advised to try out for Jeopardy.  (I still haven't done so, and, despite the success of RIF, don't think I'm in the "competitive class" for the show.  And no, I don't know him.  He attended Mudd after I did.  Long before him, a West Dorm resident lost on the Wheel of Fortune, not knowing the phrase "Out Of Line".)   Karl Coryat has written about how to get on Jeopardy (and how to win, once you're there.)  And he'd know.  He's been on.  He's won.  (By contrast, I was turned away from the Concentration College Bowl, because I scored too high on the sample test, and would therefore alienate their target demographic.)