Actor, Reading Rainbow host, and spaceship engineer Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr., better known as Levar Burton, will finally get his turn to host Jeopardy! beginning tonight. Burton will host Jeopardy! every night this week, from Monday, July 26-Friday, July 30, in his tryout to be Alex Trebek’s permanent replacement.

Full disclosure:  I was on the quiz bowl team in high school.  Actually, I was captain of the quiz bowl team.  For four years.  Now that’s a Code Red Nerd Alert if I’ve ever seen one.  That being said, I have a soft spot for trivia, or any kind of