Ken Jennings loses Jeopardy

Calavera · Post by **Calavera** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:12 pm

He was a 74-day champion with over 2.5mil, and he has lost. A sad day...

Post by **Roofus** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:22 pm

Link? Source? Anything?

Post by **Roofus** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:33 pm

Never mnind. Here's a link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6620424/

Calavera · Post by **Calavera** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:41 pm

http://slashdot.org/articles/04/12/01/0 ... d=98&tid=1

"The Toronto Star is reporting that the episode of Jeopardy where Ken Jennings (a.k.a. 'The Jeopardy Guy') finally loses aired this evening. It came down to a 2-person finish (3rd had -2600 at the end of Double Jeopardy, and was eliminated) between Ken and opponent Nancy Zerg, with the final category being Business & Industry. Ken answered 'Fed Ex' to the question 'Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year,' when the correct answer was 'H&R Block.' Ken finished his record-streak with just over $2.5 Million."

Covar · Post by **Covar** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:44 pm

that sucks. i don't know if i'll watch it now.

Calavera · Post by **Calavera** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:50 pm

They'll probably see a SEVERE decrease in ratings.

Post by **|darc|** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:52 pm

I dunno, but it kinda seems obvious that it isn't Fed Ex...

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:53 pm

The funny thing is, this was the first time my family watched him play, and he lost. My dad was saying the whole time that the guy would lose because this was the first time we were watching.

Post by **Roofus** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:00 pm

You can count on Weird Al to have a song for anyone in any situation

Weird Al wrote:I was there to match my intellect on national tv
Against a plumber, oh, and an architect, both with a phd
I was tense, I was nervous, I guess it just wasn?t my night
Art fleming gave the answers
Oh, but I couldn?t get the questions right, -ight, -ight

I lost on jeopardy, baby (oooh)
I lost on jeopardy, baby (oooh)

Well, I knew I was in trouble now
My hope of winning sank
Oh, ?cause I got the daily double now
And then my mind went blank
I took potpourri for one hundred
And then my head started to spin
Well, I?m givin? up don pardo
Just tell me now what I didn?t win, yeah, yeah

I lost on jeopardy, baby (oooh)
I lost on jeopardy, baby (oooh)

That?s right, al--you lost. and let me tell you what you didn?t win: a twenty colume set of the encyclopedia international, a case of turtle wax, and a yeard?s supply of rice-a-roni, the san fra
O treat. but that?s not all. you also made yourself look like a jerk in front of millions of people. you brought shame and disgrace to your family name for generations to come. you don?t get to
Back tomorrow. you don?t even get a lousy copy of our home game. you?re a complete loser!

Don?t know what I was thinkin? of
I guess I just wasn?t too bright
Well, I sure hope I do better
Next weekend on the price is right, -ight, -ight

I lost on jeopardy, baby (oooh)
I lost on jeopardy, baby (oooh)
I lost on jeopardy, baby

weeperofsouls · Post by **weeperofsouls** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:05 pm

the guy broke every game show record in existance. it was bound to happen eventually. gotta respect someone who made that much money on an intelligence based show like jeopardy.

Wagh · Post by **Wagh** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:07 pm

uh.. he lost a LONG time ago. the show is just now being aired.

Calavera · Post by **Calavera** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:20 pm

Random_Troll wrote:uh.. he lost a LONG time ago. the show is just now being aired.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/0 ... =129&tid=1

Posted by michael on Thu Sep 09, '04 07:55 AM
from the fall-of-a-champion dept.
kwings writes "SF Gate (via the AP) is reporting that your pal, Ken Jennings has been beaten after his 75th(!) game. I fully expect Mr. Trebek to hold a wake, or to keep calling the champion 'Ken' for the rest of the season. Since they're only up to airing game 41, it will be an interesting few months (or 34 shows)."

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:23 pm

weeperofsouls wrote:the guy broke every game show record in existance. it was bound to happen eventually. gotta respect someone who made that much money on an intelligence based show like jeopardy.

Based on trivia.
Big difference. There is no problem solving or higher cognitive thinking involved in Jeopardy. Just knowledge of facts and figures.
Not to bring the guy down though. Higher retention usually means higher intelligence as well.

Ex-Cyber · Post by **Ex-Cyber** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:48 pm

There is no problem solving or higher cognitive thinking involved in Jeopardy.

It's not the primary basis of the show, but there are categories like anagrams and some other wordplay stuff that is common knowledge (to the degree that anything on Jeopardy is) but you have to decode the question.

Post by **pixel** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:57 pm

Calavera wrote:http://slashdot.org/articles/04/12/01/0 ... d=98&tid=1

"The Toronto Star is reporting that the episode of Jeopardy where Ken Jennings (a.k.a. 'The Jeopardy Guy') finally loses aired this evening. It came down to a 2-person finish (3rd had -2600 at the end of Double Jeopardy, and was eliminated) between Ken and opponent Nancy Zerg, with the final category being Business & Industry. Ken answered 'Fed Ex' to the question 'Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year,' when the correct answer was 'H&R Block.' Ken finished his record-streak with just over $2.5 Million."

OMG THE ZERG ARE TAKING OVER

Wagh · Post by **Wagh** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:03 pm

pixel wrote:
Calavera wrote:http://slashdot.org/articles/04/12/01/0 ... d=98&tid=1

"The Toronto Star is reporting that the episode of Jeopardy where Ken Jennings (a.k.a. 'The Jeopardy Guy') finally loses aired this evening. It came down to a 2-person finish (3rd had -2600 at the end of Double Jeopardy, and was eliminated) between Ken and opponent Nancy Zerg, with the final category being Business & Industry. Ken answered 'Fed Ex' to the question 'Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year,' when the correct answer was 'H&R Block.' Ken finished his record-streak with just over $2.5 Million."

OMG THE ZERG ARE TAKING OVER

Some would say she zerg rushed him

megaman8x · Post by **megaman8x** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:46 pm

only old people watch jeperdy, you guys should be having sex :p

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:18 pm

megaman8x wrote:only old people watch jeperdy, you guys should be having sex :p

Sad thing is, I've probably had more sex than you.

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 1:40 am

I used to watch Jeopardy when I was bored to hell. I used to try some times to attempt the problems but sometimes I was just way off. Except when it came to the cars and some actors

weeperofsouls · Post by **weeperofsouls** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:29 am

toastman wrote: Based on trivia.
Big difference. There is no problem solving or higher cognitive thinking involved in Jeopardy. Just knowledge of facts and figures.
Not to bring the guy down though. Higher retention usually means higher intelligence as well.

well, winning big on jeopardy takes more brainpower then winning on say, wheel of fortune. or family feud. man the people on those two shows are braindead.