Ken from Jeopardy

[BrianM84]

Is anybody paying attention here...?

If you haven't heard of Ken Jennings by now, you are nuts. He's now won twenty-six consecutive games on Jeopardy and has earned a total around $828,000.

He is the ultimate genius. Ever since Jeopardy got rid of the five day max rule players are now able to stay on until they lose.

Ken hasen't lost yet. It looks like he never will either.

 

[mnmcandiez]

Yep Ive been watchin it almost a million dollars

 

[gvsuman]

yeah thats insane. It'll be interesting to see if he just stops at $1,000,000 to let some other people have a shot. that would be kinda cool

 

[AngelAmidala]

My mom's been really following his progress.

I left work early yesterday due to a massive migraine so was home when Jeopardy was on. I started to get on the computer and my mom was like, "You gotta watch the champion and let me know how he does!!!"

It's definitely crazy.

 

[LadyDJ]

I've been following it since I came across it while flipping channels...I hadn't realized they had changed the rules and he was already up to a 16 day streak when I finally heard about it.

 

[lucypevensie]

He's STILL on? WOW. I better watch today!

 

[krstlros]

It's almost become a "must see" in my house.

I'm the resident Jeopordy fan in my family. But ever since Ken has been on, my Mom has been keeping tabs on his progress.

Today, I think it will be day 26 or 27 for him.

 

[AngelAmidala]

LOL...after thinking how insane my mom was for following this guy's progress....

I came home from work around 8pm last night and first thing I asked my sister, "Did the champion win again?" Now I'm addicted!

 

[krstlros]

Mom was talking to our neighbor during yesterday's program, and the first thing she asked was "Did he win?", which of course he did. Then she asked, how much? When I said $40,000 her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Me, I'm just trying to see whether I get the questions right.

 

[MsAnne]

I've always enjoyed Jeopardy (one of the few shows with a brain), but now I'm kind of addicted because of Ken.

 

[krstlros]

I've watched Jeopordy since I was a kid. Which is probably why I do so well at Triva Pursut. (I always get picked first for two team challanges.)

 

[GL2814]

He is going to make that show file for bankrupcy.

 

[Wonky]

He won again...I think now he has 920k, or something around there.

Sheesh, that's a lot of money. I'd say he's going to break a million...

What happens with the consecutive wins if they go into a special edition Jeopardy, like college week or celeb. jeopardy or something? Does it just get carried over until the original starts again?

 

[krstlros]

He tied the one day total of $52,000 today.

What happens with the consecutive wins if they go into a special edition Jeopardy, like college week or celeb. jeopardy or something? Does it just get carried over until the original starts again?

They continue on from where he left off after all the specials are don.

BTW, have you noticed there hasn't been a "Tournament Of Champions" lately? Wonder if it's because the champions can play on and on until they loose.

 

[ElElohe]

Jeopardy was always better than Who Wants to be a Millionare,

but now it's a true rival! It really is the best trivia type game I've every come across.

 

[Mooch]

I've been watching this lately as well, I don't see how anybody can know that much.

 

[Redeemed 39]

Yeah, I've been watching him almost everyday...that guy is a human encyclopedia!

 

[eutychus]

The guy is pretty smart, but he doesn't take risks, which I think is boring. Friday night was the first night he actually made a semi-large wager, and that was only 13,000.

 

[Twirlgirl4God]

It is awesome. The man is insanely smart. I only hope that it gets more people to watch the show, it deserves this kind of attention. It has always been my favorite game show.

 

[tams67]

I can't wait until tomorrow to see if he continues his winning streak. Tams