Bob

Presenter, TLC's "Mostly True Stories," 2003-04. Radio: syndicated AP award-winning humorist, 80+ U.S. stations plus 140 countries 4 times daily via Armed Forces Network, 1997-2002. Stand-up comedy: 200+ colleges and 250+ nightclubs nationwide, 1987-2000. Improv training: Second City, ImprovOlympic. Quiz show appearances: Jeopardy, Greed, Smush (all wins, total of over $300,000 in cash and prizes). Most recent appearance, 2005. Voiceover: numerous film, TV, cartoon, audiobook jobs.

Yes

It's not one event, but many — I've traveled to more than 50 countries on 6 continents, circumnavigating the globe twice. Now I feel connected to pretty much the whole planet. Eventually I landed a gig as a travel writer for Forbes Traveler, which was great, and that led to a deal with Bloomsbury for my next book.

My memoir of ten years of Jeopardy! appearances, Prisoner of Trebekistan (Random House, 2006), was picked up by Paramount and is currently in feature film development with an A-list star (whom I cannot name here) signed to play me.

My eyes. Very blue.

I have an affection for tiny, vulnerable animals like pudu, dik-diks, chevrotains, etc. If you don't know what these are, use the Google and prepare to share my affection.

I'm super-hard-working, funny, kind, and kinda bright. I'm massively well-traveled, confident, and able to pick up new skills very quickly. Plus, I have the strength of ten men. Granted, six of them are sick, two are very old, and one is a conscientious objector. So it's not much help, really.

Curiosity. So far I've been to more than 50 countries all over the world, and I never tire of seeing new places, meeting new people, and trying new things. I also have enough of a sense of humor to have made a living making people laugh for over 20 years.

I've also written episodes of Bones and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; created puzzles for the New York Times op-ed section; and appeared as a talking head on CNN. Hablo español casi con fluidez, et je parle français bien assez. I can also transliterate anything in Cyrillic (Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, etc.) or Arabic scripts (Farsi, Pashto, Urdu, etc.) This makes getting lost rather difficult.