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06-23-2004, 08:23 PM
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Anybody been watching Jeopardy? This guy is on the verge of winning $500.000. Maybe tonight. It is incredible. The guy's name is Ken, and he is un-stop-able. No one has been able to beat him in something like 2 weeks.
The contestants stay on until they lose. He is a young guy, and incredibly intelligent.
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Last edited by thinkerlady; 06-23-2004 at 08:28 PM.
Reason: Edited to add that he won again $512,000, is his new total.
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06-24-2004, 11:33 AM
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I've heard about him, but I haven't seen it.
Do they not have a limitation on how long a guest can stay?
Given how much he's won, he probably doesn't have to worry about hurrying back to his job.
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06-24-2004, 11:47 AM
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No limitations anymore. They stay until they lose. Looks like he'll be around for a while. It is fascinating to watch him think. Sometimes I think he is starting to bore, so he is trying to lose. No one seems to be able to match him, tho. The guy is incredible.
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07-08-2004, 03:31 PM
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This guy is still going isn't he?
Last I heard he won almost $750,000 and had won like 24 times?
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07-09-2004, 08:23 AM
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He's up well over 800k now. He is still going--haven't ever seen anything like it. He can't be beat unless he's been cloned which makes me wonder how long Jeopardy will let it go on...
He's got incredible reflexes, a encyclopedia brain, and tends to beep in whether or not he knows the answer. I just feel bad for his competitors.
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07-09-2004, 09:22 AM
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Last night was something well over $875.000. It has been 28 days. Alex said that the longest record of a person on a game show is 47 days. Alex repeats every night that he stays until he loses.
This guy is incredible. At times a bit cocky, but incredible. Said last night he grew up watching game shows.
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07-09-2004, 09:36 AM
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I got to sort of see him last week. I was comforting a crying baby for the whole show so I can't claim that I got to watch very closely.
He blew his competition out of the water.
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07-10-2004, 08:06 PM
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too bad he didn't get on Super Millionaire - he'd get a lot more money a lot more quickly on that show...but this month long run is far more impressive, and he's pretty close to a million anyway. Maybe he's been caught in a sort of month-long "Groundhog Day" or something...  |
07-11-2004, 12:24 AM
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Weren't these actually taped some time ago? So have there been any leaks about how long he's held on?
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07-11-2004, 12:41 AM
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From the Jeopardy website: Quote: |
On the Friday, July 9TH edition of JEOPARDY! Ken Jennings tied the highest one-day winnings record of $52,000 set on April 14, 2003 by Brian Weikle of Minneapolis, MN. Ken's total now stands at $920,960.
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