― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 6 September 2004 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 6 September 2004 21:00 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/09/08/entertainment2352EDT0227.DTL
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 September 2004 12:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 9 September 2004 13:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 9 September 2004 13:10 (nineteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Jennings
I found this because Alex Trebek asked him tonight if he'd ever googled himself, so of course I had to do it.
He's at $2 247 000 now.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 5 November 2004 00:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 21:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 22:33 (nineteen years ago) link
What's odd is that Nancy won with merely just over $14,000 or so. Ken shot himself in the foot with all the questions/answers that required him to make wagers. It seemed like he was towards the bottom end of every $5,000 bracket (he always bets up to 5, 10, 15, 20, and so on), and, worse, he got them wrong. Nancy doesn't strike me as someone who'll carry the baton of the slayer. She was merely the competent player in the right place at the right time.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― ke[hm, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 23:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 23:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 23:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 00:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― ke[hm, Wednesday, 1 December 2004 00:23 (nineteen years ago) link
i haven't watched any of this at all, but I heard quite a long time ago (popbitch maybe?) that this was ovah. they film a bunch of episodes at a time a long time in advance, so it's not like ppl are going back to burbank every day to play again.
I assumed he would just quit voluntarily, all his laurels meaningless, and wander the earth like a trivia miyamoto musashi.
― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 02:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 02:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 02:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― ke[hm, Wednesday, 1 December 2004 02:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― It's hard to kill a horse with a flute (AaronHz), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 04:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 05:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 05:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 05:11 (nineteen years ago) link
That Trebek scares me, I'm sure he killed the Kennedys.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 16:15 (nineteen years ago) link
They didn't. It leaked onto the web almost immediately.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 16:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 16:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― The boobs previously known as Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 16:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link
But in the end, Ken did more to lose than she did to win, although Ken -- characteristically -- won't admit that when asked in interviews.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 18:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 19:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Carl Simon, Wednesday, 1 December 2004 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link
"Oh my, I won?"
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
"Hell, no - I threw that shit!"
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 22:45 (nineteen years ago) link
Apparently he losthttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/09/08/entertainment2352EDT0227.DTL
-- Ed (dal...) (webmail), September 9th, 2004 8:36 AM. (dali) (link)
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yup, it'll air in october -- cinniblount
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 23:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 2 December 2004 03:53 (nineteen years ago) link
I was happy to see Brad and Jerome in the final. I remember Jerome very well from his initial run -- he was one of the most dominant players I ever saw.
Brad was a more than deserving winner. He crushed his competition in the semifinal, and cruised in the third day of the final. Ken and Jerome actually looked lost out there.
As discussed upthread, "Jeopardy" could learn a thing or two about fanfare. Alex was like "we'll be back tomorrow with regular games". Brad won the match and he reacted like he'd just been congratulated on his tie. DUDE, YOU JUST BEAT LIKE 150 PEOPLE AND WON TWO MILLION DOLLARS. BE HAPPY.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 02:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 May 2005 04:46 (eighteen years ago) link
Jerome would have dominated for a while as well. He won $96K during his five days on the show (when the $ totals were half of what they are now) and all five of them were typical Ken wins -- complete dominance. He'd go on long rolls and answer questions all over the board while his opponents just stood there. He finished all his games with 20K to everyone else's 4K and was never seriously tested. When tested, however, in the Tournament of Champions, he made far too many mistakes against quality opponents, fell behind early in the final and couldn't catch up. And that's exactly what happened to him in this tournament (what's more, he was extremely lucky to get out of his quarterfinal match).
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 05:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― ()ops (()()ps), Thursday, 26 May 2005 05:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 05:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 05:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 May 2005 12:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Ken: $3,020,700Brad: $3,255,102.
So, yes, Ken can pass Brad again if he wins the TOC.
The Wikipedia page here will tell you everything you every wanted to know about the UTOC.
Also, Brad was a five-time champion, won the TOC, and the Million Dollar Masters all within a twelve month span or thereabouts ... so he certainly was a favourite to win the MDM. This all happened so quickly that I guess I was taken by surprise when he won it.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 26 May 2005 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 26 May 2005 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link
On a question that was almost COMPLETELY freakin' impossible! Lucretia?!?! WHO KNOWS THAT?!?
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 May 2005 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link
I think he still is (or was until very recently anyway). He was probably better than the guy who beat him in the semi-finals (Jerome) but he missed the final question (which was pretty damn hard.) Not that it would have made much of a difference.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 26 May 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 13 March 2006 16:11 (eighteen years ago) link