Ken Jennings On Jeopardy

[Maureen]

I'm surprised no one here has mentioned him yet since he's Mormon and lives in Utah. Jeopardy used to have a 5 day limit but not anymore. I can't remember how many days its been but this guy has already won over $400,000.00 dollars and he's still going. He's a genius and that's an understatement. My daughter and I have been watching him, we're in Awwwweeeee!!!!

Here's an excerpt from a SL Tribune article:

Spend 30 minutes with this genial whiz kid and you can see why challengers should be running for their almanacs.

His machine-gun-like delivery reinforces what's going on in his head -- a furious thought process that can analyze and formulate answers with blazing speed. It's his forté. Well, that and a quick thumb on the buzzer button (about his ability to buzz in first, he says it's all about rhythm, "like a batter or a golfer").

"You have to read the clues as fast as you can. You've got to process it," he said. "You get an answer ready to go. Maybe you don't know it yet, but you know that you know it. You know that within five seconds maybe you can dredge it up."

http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Jun/06162004/ut...utah/175928.asp

M.

[Snow]

Yeah, I saw him for the first half of Jeopardy tonight. Typical Mormon guy though a bit brighter than most eh?

Can't remember the question but I got one right he missed. He got the 1000 dollar question on the Women of Greek Mythology and I missed that one - Electra, not Carmen.

[Guest TheProudDuck]

My brother was on the BYU College Bowl team with that guy.

[Snow]

Originally posted by TheProudDuck@Jun 19 2004, 12:19 AM

My brother was on the BYU College Bowl team with that guy.

Oh yeah? Well my brother was on the BYU Bowling team and dated Marie Osmond and invented butter and won a Grammy - I mean if I had a brother he could have.

[Guest TheProudDuck]

Originally posted by Snow+Jun 19 2004, 09:56 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Snow @ Jun 19 2004, 09:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--TheProudDuck@Jun 19 2004, 12:19 AM

My brother was on the BYU College Bowl team with that guy.

Oh yeah? Well my brother was on the BYU Bowling team and dated Marie Osmond and invented butter and won a Grammy - I mean if I had a brother he could have.

Said brother tried out for Jeopardy himself a couple of years ago, and was apparently accepted -- but never called up to be on the actual show. Too bad; he would have cleaned up.

[Snow]

Is he still winning?

[srm]

He's my new hero. I've not seen all the episodes but of the ones' I've seen he's only been in jeopardy once (where it would have been possible for him to lose in final jeopardy). The clasic moment was when in final jeopardy, another participant wrote as her final jeopardy answer..."what is, the same as Ken's answer?"

[Guest Starsky]

I can only imagine the meeting the 'staff' are having on how to come up with the unanswerable question....LOL

[Faerie]

I bet whomever changed the rule about not coming back after 5 wins is REALLY kicking themselves in the pants!! ROFL!!

[Snow]

... and yes, he is still winning as of the first round tonight.

[Guest enlightenme]

He did win tonight, he is over $512000 now. And of course will be back tomorrow night :) Wasn't even close tonight....

[srm]

Originally posted by Faerie@Jun 23 2004, 08:39 AM

I bet whomever changed the rule about not coming back after 5 wins is REALLY kicking themselves in the pants!! ROFL!!

I dunno, there are probably more people watching just to see how much he's gonna win. It may help ratings

[Snow]

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentSe...&tacodalogin=no