Abstract said:Haha, Ken is in 3rd. Haven't heard that one before!
There's still 2 days left though...
I think everyone bet pretty conservatively in Final Jeopardy, but we'll see if that changes in the next 2 days.
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Ken Jennings can't lose on Jeopardy!!
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There's still 2 days left though...
I think everyone bet pretty conservatively in Final Jeopardy, but we'll see if that changes in the next 2 days.
I was surprised that Brad was so conservative with his Double Jeopardy! bets. Too soon to land a decisive blow?
I loved the way Ken got started. At one point the score was Jerome $0, Brad -$600, and Ken $2800. Those sound like scores from the Celebrity Jeopardy! skit on Saturday Night Live!
Brad is as good on the buzzer reflexes as Ken, so one of Ken's secret weapons was nullified, or at least equaled.
I thought it was unfair to have a biblical category since it plays into one of Ken's strong suits, but Brad snapped up plenty of those. But the answer about who designed the Difference Engine was totally Ken-centric. A programmer like Ken is sure to know it was Charles Baggage. (And I get a few points too for knowing the question to that one!)
Most impressive: Ken and Brad mastering those Before, During, and After answers before the rest of us could even think them through.
I loved the way Ken got started. At one point the score was Jerome $0, Brad -$600, and Ken $2800. Those sound like scores from the Celebrity Jeopardy! skit on Saturday Night Live!
Brad is as good on the buzzer reflexes as Ken, so one of Ken's secret weapons was nullified, or at least equaled.
I thought it was unfair to have a biblical category since it plays into one of Ken's strong suits, but Brad snapped up plenty of those. But the answer about who designed the Difference Engine was totally Ken-centric. A programmer like Ken is sure to know it was Charles Baggage. (And I get a few points too for knowing the question to that one!)
Most impressive: Ken and Brad mastering those Before, During, and After answers before the rest of us could even think them through.
Jeopardy!' Ace Ken Jennings Gets His Own Show
'Jeopardy!' Ace Ken Jennings Gets His Own Show
By DAVID BAUDER, AP
NEW YORK (May 24) - More than pride, a cottage industry may be at stake when "Jeopardy!" ace Ken Jennings takes on two challengers in the game show's $2 million challenge that airs this week.
Comedy Central said Monday it has signed Jennings to be the central figure in a new game show the channel is developing with Michael Davies, the producer behind "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
That goes along with the upcoming board game "Can You Beat Ken?" and the "Quizzology" CD trivia game that he's behind. Oh, and the book Jennings is writing that's due out next year.
So it would probably help if he keeps the mystique going this week.
"We're hoping that he does as well as he's done in the past," said Lauren Corrao, chief of development at Comedy Central.
'Jeopardy!' Ace Ken Jennings Gets His Own Show
By DAVID BAUDER, AP
NEW YORK (May 24) - More than pride, a cottage industry may be at stake when "Jeopardy!" ace Ken Jennings takes on two challengers in the game show's $2 million challenge that airs this week.
Comedy Central said Monday it has signed Jennings to be the central figure in a new game show the channel is developing with Michael Davies, the producer behind "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
That goes along with the upcoming board game "Can You Beat Ken?" and the "Quizzology" CD trivia game that he's behind. Oh, and the book Jennings is writing that's due out next year.
So it would probably help if he keeps the mystique going this week.
"We're hoping that he does as well as he's done in the past," said Lauren Corrao, chief of development at Comedy Central.
I hope Ken's show is as good as the Win Ben Stein's Money quiz show was. I liked that show, especially for its kooky style and silly categories. Ken knows lots of trivia, as Ben Stein did, but I can't quite imagine Ken being that entertaining.
MacNut said:
This will just be another one of those passing things. 5 Years from now no one will even remember who he is....
Remember who what is?~Shard~ said:This will just be another one of those passing things. 5 Years from now no one will even remember who he is....
Noce to see Ken completely smash any validity out of those idiotic "blonde" jokes.
No, I'm not a blonde, but who doesn't love 'em?
No, I'm not a blonde, but who doesn't love 'em?
Ah, but today I think we saw one of Ken's weaknesses exposed, as Brad swept through "Guns n' Ammo" with wild abandon as Ken looked on, wondering what hit himDoctor Q said:
Jerome would appear to now be out of contention, but tomorrow's finale should be a classic matchup, we'll see what Ken can do with his back against the wall..
Doctor Q said:
What really made that was Ben's dry dead pan style combined with Jimmy Kimmel being outrageously rude. Ken's funny and cute but you can't really play raunch against it.
shambolic said:Ah, but today I think we saw one of Ken's weaknesses exposed, as Brad swept through "Guns n' Ammo" with wild abandon as Ken looked on, wondering what hit him
Jerome would appear to now be out of contention, but tomorrow's finale should be a classic matchup, we'll see what Ken can do with his back against the wall..
Yes, I too am looking forward to tomorrow's finale!
The Jeopardy finale episode just aired here. I am not sure if I should post the result yet. So if you haven't seen it stop reading. highlight here *Ken doesn't win!* to see
Kmacripple said:
That wasn't exactly the most effective Spoiler alert - at least put something like that in white text next time, so people can highlight it if they want to read it. Hitting Enter 3 times isn't exactly a good way to keep people from reading things, intentionally or inadvertantly.
I think you are wrong, Doctor Q. Oh wait, that's me. This time, Ken didn't get the question to the answer about the alphabetically last apostle. On the other hand, I had the feeling he knew a lot of the answers but that Brad is winning based on athletic skill - the ability to hit the buzzer before Ken does.Doctor Q said:
The answers did seem harder than average. A few had everyone stumped. My wife gets the points this time, for knowing the question "what is greenstick?" when none of the three contestants did. I think Alex said he hadn't known that one either.
Best moment: Watching the gears in Ken's brain spin as he produced the correct question "troglodyte" in the Crossword 'T' category.
I was feeling a bit sorry for Jerome, since he seems to be watching the others zip by him, but then I remembered that he's already won lots of money and will win at least $250,000 tonite, even if he just stands there and whistles until it's over. Not a bad day's pay.
Well, it's over, and Brad Rutter has proven why he was the previous high money winner and why he will continue to be until another Ken Jennings comes along. Good job, Brad! Better luck next time, Ken. Jerome, I don't think you ever had a shot.
It was good to see that this was not another Ken Jennings run-away, and that Brad gave him some great competition. Brad deserved to win in my books - and now, ironically, he has ousted Ken from holding the record of biggest winner on a game show!
I assume that they set the dollar amounts with that in mind.~Shard~ said:
I admire Brad. He knew fact after fact after fact, never lost his poise, and showed good humor (unlike Jerome, who seemed to get a little less personable as his chances faded). Ken had his chances when Brad didn't buzz in, but wasn't up to the task.
Now that computer-programmer-hero Ken has missed his chance to be The Greatest, I can no longer claim that we programmers are a superior lifeform. I'll guess I'll just crawl back in my hole now.
Doctor Q said:I can no longer claim that we programmers are a superior lifeform. I'll guess I'll just crawl back in my hole now.
If it makes you feel any better, I think programmers are a superor life form, and I say that as a lowly copy editor.
MongoTheGeek said:
At that point he knew he was beaten, and he was simply being gracious in defeat. Better than being a sore loser.
Lacero said:
You say that as if the...shoot, how many shows did he win? He beat over 100 other Jeopardy Competitors, and Jeopardy doesn't put idiots on the show. Don't tell me he didn't play "real trivia champions" for his long run on the show.
wheezy said:
He played real trivia champions on the show, sure, and countless times as you point out - however he obviously never played the best real trivia champions...
~Shard~ said:He played real trivia champions on the show, sure, and countless times as you point out - however he obviously never played the best real trivia champions...
Not necessarily True. He just obviously never beat the best real trivia champion (no plural)