Jennings loses on "Jeopardy"

[Kodratos]

Ken Jennings lost today. It was sad.

[MHS2002]

Ken Jennings lost today. It was sad.

That it was. 74 in a row and 2.5 million is pretty impressive though.

[Alcon]

It was getting a bit old, as much as he had growned on me. He showed me that Mormons are not always as crazy as I assumed.

But they still can't drink Coke.

[12th Doctor]

They payed him to take a fall.  He went down like a b***h, no offense to anyone.  I was pissed.  >(

[David S]

Ken Jennings lost today. It was sad.

That it was. 74 in a row and 2.5 million is pretty impressive though.

Somehow I don't feel all that sorry for him.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

What happened was that he managed to miss both daily doubles in the Double Jeopardy round and the Final Jeopardy round.  He does miss those questions sometimes and he had the bad luck to miss all three in a row today.  With his usual wagering style, had he managed to get any one of those three questions right, he would have won.  In a real sense therefore, the first of those missed wagers, "What was Bastogne?" turned out to be Ken's Waterloo.

As it is, the gal who won bet too much in Final Jeopardy.  If she had missed the question as well, she would have lost, but given that it was a certainty that Jennings was going to wager $5601, had she wagered no more than $1,200, she still would have won had she missed the question and Ken missed the question as well.

[John Dibble]

I saw him on Thanksgiving. It kinda pissed me off that such a knowledgeable man would miss a question that the obvious answer to was 'Marbury vs Madison'.

[Storebought]

I saw him on Thanksgiving. It kinda pissed me off that such a knowledgeable man would miss a question that the obvious answer to was 'Marbury vs Madison'.

Sad fact: Not even a majority of college kids could tell you one thing about 'Marbury vs Madison'

[PBrunsel]

I am so sad.

I wanted him to stay on much longer. I am a HUGE Jeopardy fan, and he added to the show a great deal.

[ilikeverin]

Marbury vs Madison?  *blank look*

[John Dibble]

Marbury vs Madison?  *blank look*

*WHACK* Shame on you.

[DaleC76]

What was the final question?

...er, I mean answer?

[Alcon]

Marbury vs Madison?  *blank look*

*WHACK* Shame on you.

The case that established judicial review being a court ability per the Constitution! Do I win?

[John Dibble]

Marbury vs Madison?  *blank look*

*WHACK* Shame on you.

The case that established judicial review being a court ability per the Constitution! Do I win?

Yes. You win. Your prize - I won't smack you.

[Keystone Phil]

I didn't watch Jeopardy that much but this Jennings guy got me interested. I wasn't able to see the show tonight and I don't think I would want to watch it if I had the chance. I don't care if you hated watching him win everyday, it's still sad to see someone who had such a great winning streak lose.

[GoldenSt8r]

What was the final question?

...er, I mean answer?

"Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year."


The answer was H & R Block.  He said Fed Ex.  Hmmm

[Platypus]

white collar and fed ex don't mix

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Fed Ex does hire a bunch of seasonal workers to handle the holiday shipping rush, so I wouldn't judge Ken too harshly.  After all, nobody's perfect, and as a straight-laced Mormon who doesn't try to game the tax code, he probably doesn't have experience with H&R Block.

[??????????]

I found out about this a day before it happened. They played a "leaked" sound clip Monday in the early afternoon.

[Bugs]

I found out about this a day before it happened. They played a "leaked" sound clip Monday in the early afternoon.

This kind of thing is probably a major headache for game shows.  I know a guy who was on Regis' Millionaire show. The show aired six months after he was actually there, and he couldn't talk about how much he won. 

[J-Mann]

Ken Jennings was damn impressive to watch.  He easily bested every challenger for 73 episodes...sometimes embarrassingly so.  Still, he reminds me of the smartest kid in the class: his knowledge level was impressive for a few days, but before long you were rooting against him, hoping that he'd be intellectually one-upped.

[12th Doctor]

Ken Jennings was damn impressive to watch.  He easily bested every challenger for 73 episodes...sometimes embarrassingly so.  Still, he reminds me of the smartest kid in the class: his knowledge level was impressive for a few days, but before long you were rooting against him, hoping that he'd be intellectually one-upped.

Which is why I think they paid him to take a fall... or otherwise rigged it against him.

Especially the "Bastogne" question.  He should have known that.

[12th Doctor]

Evidence:

The first question that Trebeck asked Jenning:

"Do you still have your day job"?

[Bugs]

Evidence:

The first question that Trebeck asked Jenning:

"Do you still have your day job"?

I myself have wondered if they would have to eventually do something to get Jennings to move along.  I wonder now if they will put the win limit back on.

[12th Doctor]

Evidence:

The first question that Trebeck asked Jenning:

"Do you still have your day job"?

I myself have wondered if they would have to eventually do something to get Jennings to move along.  I wonder now if they will put the win limit back on.

Probably, except for the devouted Ken Jennings fans, such as myself (I tuned in everynight to watch him), they lost a lot of ground in ratings.