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Four inches taller and 20 pounds heavier than Boulerice, Marques Redd appeared a daunting adversary. The two met in the arm-wrestling arena (a wooden picnic table on The Crimson’s roof) and immediately began criticizing the setup. “This table is at a weird angle!” “There’s too much sliding action.” Elevation, stress, anxiety—whatever the cause, Boulerice started to doubt his abilities. “I don’t even know how to arm-wrestle,” he whispered...
...beginning of the first round, Redd and Boulerice were at a standstill. A large, unsightly vein protruded from Boulerice’s neck as he complained, “What is the point of this?” At the three-minute mark, however, Boulerice began to take over. Redd’s head shook so much the other competitors feared it might roll off. Redd seemed to share their fear, suddenly giving up. Perhaps remembering his elimination from the “Jeopardy!” College Tournament last year, he bowed his head, looking up only...
Smith and Redd both know disappointment. Smith reports that Bob Barker is far from the hot elderly man his TV appearances might suggest. Instead, she claims, he is “a little on the deathly pale side.” Redd encountered a similar problem with Alex Trebek. “Trebek is a dirty old man! He flirted a little with one of the girls competing and told a lot of jokes about his ex-wife,” he says...
Intent on avoiding a second defeat, Smith removed her sweatshirt. With more arm flexibility, Alyssa’s energy perked up. Suddenly she had stamina, and Redd had to pump his arm hard. Alas, not even her boost of energy could save her. Thirteen seconds later Redd had Smith pinned...
After arriving 40 minutes late to the arena, Wendy Guey—the 1996 National Spelling Bee Champion—posed the word “lisle” to Redd. “Could I have a definition please?” he asked, not recognizing the word as a small, tightly twisted thread usually made of long-staple cotton (duh). “L-I-E-L-E,” he guessed. “Actually,” Guey said, “that’s not right. But close...