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Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: THX on July 13, 2004, 02:57:00 AM
He\'s been the longest running contestant for a while now, no one can dethrone the guy.

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeopardy.com%2Fassets%2Fkenjennings.jpg&hash=1c32ee9de89aad4145c21b9b767695ea43b48d08)

Each show he wins an easy $25-50k and he\'s about to break the $1M mark.  Right now @ $972,960.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: GmanJoe on July 13, 2004, 03:41:08 AM
I bet he can\'t program his old VCR. But he\'s a hell of a lot richer than I am, that stupid STUPID man! :mad:
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Kurt Angle on July 13, 2004, 04:04:43 AM
He looks a bit of a geek. Good luck to him.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Living-In-Clip on July 13, 2004, 04:10:48 AM
He done an interview recently and said he wanted to spend every bit on DVD\'s...No joke.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: MPTheory on July 13, 2004, 04:40:34 AM
That doesnt sound like words of wisdom...  
I love DVD\'s top, but damn!  no new car?  No nice house?  NAAAHH DVD\'s are the way to go!  Thats a shit load of DVD\'s
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Bozco on July 13, 2004, 06:23:06 AM
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Originally posted by MPTheory
That doesnt sound like words of wisdom...  
I love DVD\'s top, but damn!  no new car?  No nice house?  NAAAHH DVD\'s are the way to go!  Thats a shit load of DVD\'s


Don\'t you think he\'s used his smarts to earn him some cash already?
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: SER on July 13, 2004, 06:25:58 AM
crazy....
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: L i L K u B B s on July 13, 2004, 07:29:33 AM
Wow I can\'t believe he is still going. I bet he walks into every show just after walking up from a night of partying w/ previous winnings, hits the buzzer a few times on the big questions and then laughs at the losing contestants when he wins.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: juslight on July 13, 2004, 08:18:22 AM
Nah, he\'s mormon.

He wakes up after a night of regular missionary position procreation with his wife, pat\'s his kids on the head and calculates the amount of tithe money he owes the church from his winnings.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: GmanJoe on July 13, 2004, 09:07:10 AM
I should play on Jeapordy just so I could get the lowest negative $ amount ever. :D Then I\'d blame it on the buzzer.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Titan on July 13, 2004, 01:51:20 PM
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
I should play on Jeapordy just so I could get the lowest negative $ amount ever. :D Then I\'d blame it on the buzzer.


Go for it. If you\'re in negative, do they make you pay?
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: (e) on July 13, 2004, 02:25:54 PM
Are you really that stupid?


Titan breaks record: all time human intelligence low.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Unicron! on July 13, 2004, 02:38:34 PM
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Originally posted by Bozco
Don\'t you think he\'s used his smarts to earn him some cash already?


There is a difference between super intelligent and super logical.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Living-In-Clip on July 13, 2004, 02:48:42 PM
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Originally posted by (e)
Are you really that stupid?


Titan breaks record: all time human intelligence low.


He\'s close, but actually that record is held by you.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Titan on July 13, 2004, 06:57:58 PM
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Originally posted by (e)
Are you really that stupid?


Titan breaks record: all time human intelligence low.


One dumb post as opposed to the many dumb posts you make. Apparently, you don\'t know the concept of sarcasm and a simple joke.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: THX on July 14, 2004, 05:41:16 AM
he broke a jillion
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: GmanJoe on July 14, 2004, 07:14:36 AM
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Originally posted by THX
he broke a jillion


How\'s that for a month\'s work? A million bux! I\'d have sex with him for $900,000 and pay someone to kill him afterwards.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Eiksirf on July 14, 2004, 06:06:47 PM
Did he win tonight? I sat down to check it out for the first time tonight and we lost the satellite signal to a rain storm. He was struggling to keep up leading to the first commercial break..

-Dan
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: videoholic on July 14, 2004, 06:33:56 PM
It\'s funny.  I was looking at articles and poeple were like, "What is Jeopardy going to do to stop this?"

DO they not realize that they give away about 30 grand every single day?

It doesn\'t matter that one guy is winning it.  It\'s going out anyway.

Freaking doofuses.  Plus, 90% of America probably didn\'t even realize Jeopardy was still on.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: THX on July 14, 2004, 06:43:37 PM
Turd Ferguson.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: IronFist on July 14, 2004, 10:45:30 PM
I usually hate watching Jeopardy, but now I watch it every chance I get just to see this guy wail(sp?) on his competition. :)  It\'s funny how this is the first season where contestants get to play until they lose (before they had a 5 day limit for how long you could stay).

videoholic, I really don\'t think they give away 30 thousand a day usually.  You really have to kick your competitions\' butts, and make sure you don\'t miss a lot of questions to get that high, something that usually doesn\'t happen.  But I\'m sure Jeoperdy doesn\'t mind -- their ratings are probably much much higher than before.  (I jokingly told my family that Jeoperdy was probably giving this guy the answers just to get the ratings up. :))

And I think it\'s funny how he has had the chance to break the record for most money won in a day, but on two different occasions he chose to tie it instead ($52,000 I think).  He\'s just playing with us!!!  Can\'t he just bet one more dollar?
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: (e) on July 15, 2004, 12:40:13 AM
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Originally posted by Titan
Apparently, you don\'t know the concept of sarcasm and a simple joke.


Dont try pulling that shit.

You had no ****ing idea.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: theomen on July 15, 2004, 12:45:17 AM
Watch out, that mohawk has made spudz into a hardcore badass

*runs away from the Alaskan ASSasin
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: (e) on July 15, 2004, 01:00:41 AM
I\'m stupid.

I could care less, too.

:o
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: PSX_J on July 15, 2004, 10:59:53 PM
Spuds, e...whatever.  Dude, you live on the edge of the freaking universe.  The toughest bastards you have there are rabid  Eskimos.  Seriously man, you have no idea what the real world is like.  You think your tough but you can pick any city in the mainland and pull that b.s. in the getto.  I guarantee you wont last a day.  I\'ve looked through some old posts to and came across a picture of you....:laughing:   Quit your macho crap, it doesnt impress anybody...just makes you flaim bait.  If your having resentment because mommy or daddy raped you as a child then go get help...but your such a joke.   I must be kidding myself, this post was useless.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: theomen on July 15, 2004, 11:16:56 PM
Oh snap, you got served yo
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: videoholic on July 16, 2004, 03:28:24 AM
I watched it last night.  THe guy pretty much cruised right on through.   I wonder how far ahead they tape these things.  I wonder how far he ends up going.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Zolar on July 16, 2004, 03:36:42 PM
In the States you gotta pay taxes for lottery and gameshow winnings right?  So how much does he take home so far?
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: videoholic on July 16, 2004, 04:49:58 PM
It\'s income.  He will be taxed at a very high rate.  He still has about 500 grand though take home.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: DeDanna on July 17, 2004, 06:15:28 PM
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Originally posted by videoholic
Plus, 90% of America probably didn\'t even realize Jeopardy was still on.



I didn\'t, and I used to watch it a lot.  What channel or network does it come on?

DeAnna
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Jar O Pickles on July 17, 2004, 06:27:35 PM
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Originally posted by THX
Turd Ferguson.


I dont remember the rest of the joke but it ends with your mom\'s a dirty whore
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Eiksirf on July 19, 2004, 09:16:27 AM
ABC at 7pm. Wheel of Fortune follows at 7:30...

-Dan
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: QuDDus on July 19, 2004, 03:38:25 PM
I am watching it now. 33 days it\'s pre-taped so I assume the guy won since there was know news of him losing.

While I wonder how long he can go on.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: IronFist on July 21, 2004, 11:34:29 PM
I heard that the end of this season is this Friday.  Is this true?  I haven\'t been able to watch all week, so I have no idea.  Apparently he\'ll get to continue playing when the new season starts in October...
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: videoholic on July 23, 2004, 03:04:08 AM
Yeah, Tribek said that last night.  One more show.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Eiksirf on July 23, 2004, 03:30:34 PM
Ken capped off the season by obliterating the one-day winnings record. Going into the final question he was only $600 from the $52,000 record which he\'s already tied thre or four times.

Instead of tying it up, he walked away with another $75,000.

He\'s well over $1.2 million and he\'ll be back in six weeks to sweep an entire season of Jeopardy. :)

-Dan
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: QuDDus on July 23, 2004, 03:36:22 PM
While this guy is really building up the ratings for the show.

Before this I thought tribek had died.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Coredweller on September 05, 2004, 10:41:55 AM
Jeopardy returns from hiatus this Monday, and Ken Jennings will resume kicking ass.  :)  I guess I\'ll start watching.  Is it true that he owns his opponents with his quick buzzer style?  I usually find that I know about 60% - 70% of the answers on Jeopardy, but I would probably go down in flames for not being able to hit the buzzer quickly enough.

Two weeks of new episodes, and then another hiatus for a special tournament.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040905/ap_on_en_tv/tv_jennings_returns
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: IronFist on September 05, 2004, 01:36:52 PM
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Originally posted by Coredweller Is it true that he owns his opponents with his quick buzzer style?  I usually find that I know about 60% - 70% of the answers on Jeopardy, but I would probably go down in flames for not being able to hit the buzzer quickly enough.

Yeah, a lot of times you see other people pressing the buzzer, but they\'re always too slow.  The problem is that Ken Jennings has been on the show for so long that he doesn\'t get the jitters newcomers most likely get.  And he has the timing for the buzzer down perfectly.  He gets nearly every question right, so his main concern is beating his apponents to the buzzer.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Cyrus on September 07, 2004, 02:48:52 PM
It was on last night and he won again..

Ken Jennings kicked off season 21 of Jeopardy! with another impressive win. During the exciting first episode, Ken managed his 39th win, bringing in $10,001. His total earnings now stand at $1,331,661!
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Coredweller on September 07, 2004, 02:58:24 PM
Thanks, I already read that in a wire service story, Mr. Copy-and-Paste.  :p
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Cyrus on September 07, 2004, 02:59:58 PM
wire service????

I went to the source:

http://www.jeopardy.com/gena.pjw?cont=_kenjennings&cat=contestant
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: ßëñ on September 07, 2004, 09:37:17 PM
I won $60 dollars playing in a \'Guess Who\' tourney once.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Coredweller on September 07, 2004, 09:40:10 PM
Final Jeopardy was so easy today.  I knew the answer, and I can\'t believe Ken blew it on that one.  If the other dude had built up enough cash to challenge in Final Jeopardy, he could have whipped him on that question.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on September 07, 2004, 10:30:14 PM
What was the question?
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: ßëñ on September 07, 2004, 11:05:28 PM
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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
What was the question?


Q: Why is Bob such a whore?

A: Because he can\'t get it up anymore. Than that makes him so angry that he must go tell me to \'shut the **** up\' on the central forums. He goes out and people take pity on his limp dick.

Sry Bobbo.

You know they do have medication for your ......... "Problem".
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on September 07, 2004, 11:35:30 PM
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Originally posted by ßëñ†
A: Because he can\'t get it up anymore. Than that makes him so angry that he must go tell me to \'shut the **** up\' on the central forums. He goes out and people take pity on his limp dick.  


Sorry, I\'m going to need that in the form of a question.
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Coredweller on September 08, 2004, 06:01:10 AM
The final jeopardy question yesterday was something like:

SUBJECT:  War Movies

"A famous 1979 film set in the Vietnam war was based on this author\'s 1902 novel."
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Luke on September 08, 2004, 06:42:34 AM
What is Apocolapse Now?
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Coredweller on September 08, 2004, 08:02:25 AM
"this author\'s 1902 novel..."
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: Bobs_Hardware on September 08, 2004, 06:58:08 PM
Joseph Conrad,  Heart of Darkness.

Never read it, though. Just learned about it in my high school film class. :)
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: ßëñ on September 08, 2004, 11:02:23 PM
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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware
Sorry, I\'m going to need that in the form of a question.


Aww shoot. You win again. I\'ll get you Bobbo, just you wait....

:evil:

Received any mail lately from somebody you dunno?
Title: Jeopardy contestant breaks record
Post by: videoholic on October 11, 2004, 03:39:59 PM
Dude is still playing.  He\'s over 1.8 million.  Actually he might be at 1.9 now.  I didn\'t see last night.