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Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, A Professor Of Political Science At Rutgers University, Has Argued That Geography Seems Less Relevant Than Ever In A World Where Nonstate Actors -- Malleable Entities Like Ethnicities, For Example -- Are As Powerful And Important As The Ones With Governments And Borders. Where On A Map Can You Point To Al-qaeda? Or Google, Or Wal-mart? Everywhere And Nowhere.

If Youre A Vegan Who Ran A Marathon & Got Your Dogs From A Shelter, How Do You Decide Which Thing To Wedge Into The Conversation First?

You Watch An Old 'jeopardy!' And The Categories Alone Are Very Plain. 'poetry,' Or 'movies,' Or 'physics.' If You Watch It Now, Though, There'll Be A Theme Board Where The Categories Are All Hitchcock Movies. Lots More Jokes, Lots More High-concept Categories And Questions.

For Some Reason The Most Devoted Mapheads Seem To Be Kids.

As Jeopardy Devotees Know, If You're Trying To Win On The Show, The Buzzer Is All. On Any Given Night, Nearly All The Contestants Know Nearly All The Answers, So It's Just A Matter Of Who Masters Buzzer Rhythm The Best.