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Jeopardy Ken!

Pax Salam
25-06-2004, 06:17
Anyone been watching?
Cold Hard Bitch
25-06-2004, 06:21
Whats that?
Pax Salam
25-06-2004, 06:29
He's this guy who's won Jeopardy 17 times in a row and has totaled 550,000 dollars or something like that.

Here's an article:
http://www.courier-journal.com/features/2004/06/24/jeopardy.html

He won today's 40,000 to 4,000 to 2,000 or something like that. He's amazing.
Avia
25-06-2004, 06:33
wow, that is incredible... i thought it was going to be something about barbie or something, i don't know.

ken

wow

he is one smart guy
Lenbonia
25-06-2004, 08:18
Yeah, I've been watching him play--amazing. I've onl seem him come close to losing once, but by close I mean he didn't develop a 2x lead until the very end :). My mom, who is extremely good at Jeopardy (and IMO should try to go on it some day), is nothing compared to this guy. I'm thinking his secret is his reflexes, actually. He seems to always be able to ring in before everyone else. He has the buzzer timed perfectly. And I'm sure it also helps to almost never be wrong, too :D
Unterwasserseestaat
26-06-2004, 05:20
Ken used to play Quiz Bowl for Brigham Young, and he writes questions alot like the Jeopardy ones for high-school QB tournaments (about the same difficulty stuff). It's no coincidence he knows the answer all the time.