This guy is gonna bankrupt my show!
I'm begining to doubt if anyone will be able to dethrone him.
We are actually in one of many parallel universes.
All the Pierre Jennings are, well, triple unsmart. College dropouts and worse.
But, since it is a zero-sum game, Ken Jennings is the grandslam
winner, with the triple spatial-integral of all Jennings' intellects.
I like the show but havent watched it in a long time. The girl in the dorm room next to me my freshman year of college loved the show too and we would compete against each other. We would leave our doors open and shout out the answers. I beat her every day, and by a huge margin. Unbenounced to her, I was watching the show on a Canadian station, which was about 5 seconds ahead of the American channel. So I always knew the answer prior to her hearing the whole question! After a while I finally broke down and told her what I was doing.
Oh good. I used to tutor Ken. Glad to hear he's made something of himself.
Being as Jennings is a software engineer, my wife was musing as to whether he might have hacked Jeopardy's computer. Cheating would be an ironic replay of the movie 'Quiz Show'. I like the guy, actually, even though I keep automatically deducting 10% from his winnings (tithing).
He's first on the buzzer so many times it almost looks like they have it rigged so he gets in.
Still, he's super smart. (lucky too. he's had some lucky guesses)
Just watching the program for the first time and I am in awe of his confidence and answers. Even his guesses are correct......
FWIW, I definitely think this guy is a plant and the program is rigged to boost ratings.......
Hey, it got me to watch this program the first time in over a decade.......
bttt
Here's some trivia: My mom, apparently, lives on the same street as Jennings. (she had no idea). She got a call from a reporter at the Washington Post wanting to find out some "personal stories" about Jennings. My mom said she didn't know him but that she has been watching and cheering him on. We hope he wins a million!
I know some people have been angered by his politics here, but the guy is amazing to watch. Amazing. I can't imagine who can beat him. I mean, it's not just that he wins every day, it's he averages 30 - 40K, which is unbelievable. I love watching him.
They screwed up on a question today and cheated Ken out of some money.
Answer: Sadly, in a Chinese pharmacy, this bile-producing organ from a brown bear can fetch as much as $150.
Ken's question: What is the liver?
Michael's followup question: What is the gall bladder?
The only problem is that the liver is the organ which produces bile. The gall bladder just stores it. Give Ken an extra $1200.
A long time ago, way before computers became commonplace I began to memorize important and interesting things and arranged them mentally in boxes, placing them according to importance in accessible areas; now, some 60 years later, most of the boxes are filled, new boxes are smaller with each passing day and names still escape me - I love this man. My name is Ken, too.
There is a rumor that the end Jennings' run has already happened and the shows now being broadcast are on tape. Does anyone know anything about it?
This guy is gonna bankrupt my show!
cool..I'm gonna watch tonight.
Someone told me that they did an internet search and Ken had won 48 straight shows before they stopped taping for the summer.
He's in control of the board. Of course he's going to land on the doubles. Duh.