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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 24 June 2004 18:17 (nineteen years ago) link

its not on here for another hour and a half

― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 24 June 2004 18:56 (nineteen years ago) link

(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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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

Satan wins.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 24 June 2004 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

(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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 26 June 2004 00:30 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

how would you do that?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 28 June 2004 15:25 (nineteen years ago) link

not use a question mark for a start

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 28 June 2004 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link

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

― oops (Oops), Monday, 28 June 2004 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link

Did he win again?

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 02:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Dunno, didn't see it.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 02:42 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

in front of everyone?!

xpost

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 03:01 (nineteen years ago) link

dash it, they have a victorian orientalist on.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 05:07 (nineteen years ago) link

I had a dream last night that he lost.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 11:44 (nineteen years ago) link

"what is papism?"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 12:31 (nineteen years ago) link

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

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 19:57 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

one of us need to go and challenge that mothafuckah

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 08:25 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Sunday, 25 July 2004 16:21 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

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 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

New episode today?

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 6 September 2004 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link

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

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 6 September 2004 21:00 (nineteen years ago) link

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Jeopardy!'s official Facebook account posted a response (which they even formatted like one of their answer screens) that explained Bialik is only out as a syndicated host, reasoning that they wanted more consistency or continuity next season, and said they hope she will be back as a prime-time special host. (Also I guess they consider the exclamation point in their show's name to be mandatory, leading to some awkward looking punctuation in their response.)

Possible Jarmusch deleted that post simply because he found out she wasn't actually out of the show altogether.

― birdistheword, Sunday, 17 December 2023 01:48 (four months ago) link

FWIW, here's the Facebook post.

― birdistheword, Sunday, 17 December 2023 01:50 (four months ago) link

two months pass...

Ike Barinholtz on today's Champ tourney installment

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 4 March 2024 17:34 (one month ago) link

one month passes...

*SPOILER ALERT*

Plain vanilla Jeopardy finally returns tomorrow.

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 17:01 (one week ago) link

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