Ken Jennings was the MAN. I've been a Jeopardy fan since 13. Never saw so many people interested in the show until Jennings went on his run.

Foot,
There is a sports version of this guy.Stump the Schwab was a show that aired with people (even sports journalists) competing against this guy in sports trivia. Howard Schwab was amazing.


AG,

"Nerd" culture became "cool" around the time that the modern superhero films became blockbuster. People used to laugh at guys who collected comic books then, now mainstream audiences know who Wolverine,Havoc,Jean Grey are.

Some smart TV exec. needs to cash in and run old episodes of Square Pegs and Head of the Class.

*Shame that we live in a world where weirdos would attend conventions to target kids, but the security presence at the show you mentioned was high because of past incidents.