Will that guy on Jeopardy ever lose?

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a kid I knew in high school (went to a rival quiz bowl school) blew an answer on Teen Jeopardy whose question was "What is the Kentucky Derby?" I mocked him relentlessly after that, tho he did win big.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Today's anecdote: "What I'm going to do with all that money."
(Answer: 10% tithe and a European vacation.)

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 24 June 2004 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)

10% tithe TO SATAN???!!!@??!@?!@?!

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 18:17 (twenty-two years ago)

its not on here for another hour and a half

― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 24 June 2004 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

(so I will avoid this thread in case of spoilers even though hes going to win again)

― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 24 June 2004 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

massive xpost:

did they double the dollar-values and eliminate the five-day rule at the same time they surgical removed Alex (Canadian) Trebek's moustache?

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Thursday, 24 June 2004 19:04 (twenty-two years ago)

T/S: Tithing to Satan v. Tithing to the Latter-Day Saints.

Satan wins.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 24 June 2004 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Alex started the interview today with "we have not talked about your wife", implying that they have basically talked about everything else.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 24 June 2004 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

well if he's LDS they're not much to talk about, wife-wise (ie. seen but not heard). And if he's Fundamentalist LDS, they gotta talk about his wives.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)

OMG it isn't on until 7:30 here! I should get you to tell me the answers to shit and scam my dad for a shit ton of money!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 24 June 2004 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

(I'm making a big assumption about him being Mormon, but white bread+Utah+big tithe screams Son of Brigham Young to me)

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 24 June 2004 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

OMG it isn't on until 7:30 here! I should get you to tell me the answers to shit and scam my dad for a shit ton of money!

= Possibly the greatest thing about the internet

― martin m. (mushrush), Thursday, 24 June 2004 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah Milo I think you're right, but I'm really hoping he's fundie so those earnings will go towards his 17 14 year-old wives.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Some of the wacko fundies are invading West Texas. They bought a former resort/compound near the Rio Grande.

It's high entertainment, as the main opposition to them are other Xtian fundies, doing "SATAN IS HERE" protests.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 24 June 2004 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Today's revelation: he's a software engineer now, but he wouldn't mind changing careers and becoming a caricaturist.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 25 June 2004 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

He's been on so long, I think the Jeopardy writers are just making shit up for him.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 25 June 2004 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Was this the closest game he's had since he's been on?

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 26 June 2004 00:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, the guy playing really seemed to GRASP that you had to go for everything to beat him (even though he then made a stupid bet in Final Jeopardy.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Saturday, 26 June 2004 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

It didn't matter come final Jeopardy, because the supergenius was already ahead. Then, if he gets the question correct, there's nothing anyone can do (since he will obviously bet enough to win).

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 26 June 2004 04:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Jeopardy is out and Wimbledon is in in my town, probably all week. Ken Jennings updates, please! (Later in the day is OK to avoid spoilers.)

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 28 June 2004 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

this thread is great! jeopardy is my favourite show but i don't get it on my measly 4 stations! i didn't even know about this guy

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 28 June 2004 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Will that guy on Jeopardy ever lose?

dude, ask the question in the form of an answer pls.

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 28 June 2004 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

how would you do that?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 28 June 2004 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

not use a question mark for a start

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 28 June 2004 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't, I used a question mark for an ending.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 28 June 2004 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Did he win again?

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 02:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Dunno, didn't see it.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 02:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I read some guy say that episodes are taped way, way in advance and that he had just gone to a recent one and the winning guy won again so supposedly he's going to win like dozens more episodes yet.

― Dan I., Tuesday, 29 June 2004 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

but they try to act like it's taped that day, ie references to current holidays. and I assume they tape a few episodes each day, so when they say "he'll have the weekend to rest and be back on Monday" does he really? or is taping monday's episode directly after Friday's?

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I went to a filming and they filmed two episodes.. they made the contestants change clothes between them

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 02:58 (twenty-one years ago)

ALEX TREBEK NEEDS TO GROW HIS MOUSTACHE BACK WTF I'M NOT WATCHING IT UNTIL HE DOES

also: someone answered, "What is Mohammedism?" and they counted it RIGHT WTH

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 29 June 2004 03:00 (twenty-one years ago)

in front of everyone?!

xpost

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 03:01 (twenty-one years ago)

dash it, they have a victorian orientalist on.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 05:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I had a dream last night that he lost.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 11:44 (twenty-one years ago)

"what is papism?"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

He racked up 40K today, bringing is total to over 660K.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)

ha ha my dad just bet me $5 today was gonna be the day he lost. I am evil. Thank you internet.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

they tape a whole week in one day if I'm not mistaken. or at least they used to according to a guy who was on it who used to work with my dad.

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

shit. i already forgot the correct response to final jeopardy, otherwise i'd tell you to go double or nothing and give me a cut.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

omgwtf... That's going to be one hell of a 1040 he'll be filing next year. 33 days and no signs of running out of steam. I mean, he outlasted the ILX outage fer crissakes. He's toying with the hopefuls like Bowie's hand model toyed with the ball in Labyrinth.

― Dr. Annabel Lies (Michael Kelly), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 08:00 (twenty-one years ago)

one of us need to go and challenge that mothafuckah

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 08:25 (twenty-one years ago)

This is really impressive. Except for recent music, the guy knows practically everything. The guy answers 40-45 questions right a SHOW! I will bored for the next six weeks at 7pm :(

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Sunday, 25 July 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I heard about it on the radio, and am assuming he weara white lab coat and you can see his brain through his skull.

― David Allen (David Allen), Sunday, 25 July 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

He's actually surprising normal (excepting the Mormonism.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Sunday, 25 July 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

thinks he's sooooo hot, does he?. Let's see if he's this good when they put him on the new season of Running Man. Captain Freedom will school his ass.

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Sunday, 25 July 2004 17:00 (twenty-one years ago)

On Leno the other night Jennings said he doesn't know much about cars. I expect there will be a car category on the first show of the new season. You know, they might already have taped the beginning of the new season -- the shows in June and July were taped in March.

This was the first time in at least 10 years that I'd watched Leno attempt to interview someone -- he has to be the biggest dumbass on TV.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 25 July 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I've watched a few episodes in this run, and from what I can tell Jennings wins so much because he has such a superior understanding of the subtleties of the game. He wagers conservatively, rarely buzzs in unless he knows the answer, and appears calm and above all prepared. Another thing is at this stage his success probably psychs out his opponents, planting seeds of doubt in their own abilities and slowing their neurological impulse to push the button when they do know the answer. For the apparent finer points of "Jeopardy" it's a bit of a perfect storm.

― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Sunday, 25 July 2004 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&e=16&u=/nm/television_jeopardy_dc

ratings are up up UP

― Kingfish von Bandersnatch (Kingfish), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:03 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

New episode today?

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 6 September 2004 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Ooh. He only won with just over ten grand. Must hurt.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 6 September 2004 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

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wildly impressive for someone to beat him in that fashion

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 28 April 2026 19:54 (two months ago)

i got too deep into jeopardy subculture but apparently that guy (and the guy who played a really close game last week) are both members of an online trivia game called learnedleague (invite only)

― 龜, Tuesday, 28 April 2026 20:05 (two months ago)

the other crazy thing about the guy who beat him, greg shahade, is that jamie used a clue-hunting strategy he called "knight moves" -- after the chess piece -- and greg is a professional chess player. you couldn't script that any better.

― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 29 April 2026 17:25 (one month ago)

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