I sometimes watch the German version of "The Chase" [0]. I am often completely flabbergasted by the quiz competency of the Chaser. They regularly know the answe

I sometimes watch the German version of "The Chase" [0]. I am often completely flabbergasted by the quiz competency of the Chaser. They regularly know the answer to questions which are so outlandish that there is no way you can explain their success only with intelligence or talent. Even if you had absolute memory or an IQ of > 200, there is just no way you would've ever been exposed to the correct answer of some of these questions. So paragraphs like these come as a relieve to me: > Gibson has built himself software into which he keys facts that he comes across; on some days, he will add as many as 100 facts to his database, culled from books, TV or his perusal of The Times over breakfast. If he is driving and he hears something compelling on the radio, he will pull over and scribble it down in the notebook he always carries with him. He sets time aside for revision. He may decide, next week, that it’s been too long since he brushed up on the Vietnam war, so he will call up the file and study it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(British_game_show) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chase_(British_game_show)