Today's episode is an encore presentation of my conversation with Victoria Gross. It's part of an ongoing

series for playing some of my all-time favorite episodes. Victoria Gross is the world's greatest

trivia quizer. And she has having a year to remember. First she won the inaugural Jeopardy Invitational

Tournament, and that earned her a spot in the Jeopardy Masters Tournament, which she also won

collecting $500,000 in prize money. Not only that, she won the World Quizzing Championship, the

marquee competition for hardcore quizzes. After meeting Victoria, I was inspired

to try to get good at trivia myself using her learning strategies. I've been trying pretty hard

the last few years, even competing against her in a few competitions. And oh my God, it was so

humiliating. The gap between the top quizzesers and people like me is so big.

You can't believe it.

But still, even getting trounced by Victoria, it's impossible not to like her.

My guest today, Victoria Gross, is likely the world's greatest trivia quizer.

The very mention of her name sends waves of panic through her competitors.

She's not as high profile as past Jeopardy Champion and Jeopardy host Ken Jennings,

but like Ken, she's parlayed trivia greatness into her own TV gig on ABC's The Chase.

As far as I've concerned, I have the best job in trivia.

Welcome to people I mostly admire with Steve Levitt.

How does someone become world-class of trivia?

Or maybe a better question is,

why would someone want to become world-class at trivia?

And how can knitting be used as a form of intimidation?

Hopefully, I can get Victoria Gross, the queen of trivia,

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