29 consecutive appearances on Jeopardy

[BebeAphrodite]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/12/jeopardy.winner.ap/

wow!

[ryder_23]

When i went to visit my grandparents, which was 2-3 weeks ago, they were saying hes the longest contestant on, and he was only on day 10 if that...thats pretty amazing...good for him :thumbsup:

to bad the us will jack 1/2 of his money in taxes :thumbsdow

oh and since hes mormon, he hasta give 10% to the church i think :rofl:

[JordanLotoski]

Originally posted by ryder_23
When i went to visit my grandparents, which was 2-3 weeks ago, they were saying hes the longest contestant on, and he was only on day 10 if that...thats pretty amazing...good for him :thumbsup:

to bad the us will jack 1/2 of his money in taxes :thumbsdow

oh and since hes mormon, he hasta give 10% to the church i think :rofl:


yeah so true....i mean why do they have who wants to be a millionair anyways its really who wants to be a 550 thouandair.

[lam-boy]

haha I watch this guy everyday I come home from work. :bigpimp:

[benyl]

Who cares... it is still more money than some people will see in their life time.

Wonder if he can make it to 2 million...

[OK_Computer]

lol..

[D'z Nutz]

Yeah, I've been watching this guy for the last little while. I think I caught him back on his 7th win or something, and watched every now and then to see if he was still around. Even though he's Mormon, he still manages to nail quite a bit of alcohol related topics!

And that news article is a day behind. Today was his 30th victory and his current winnings are at $1,004,960.

Interestingly enough, the shows we're watching right now were filmed back in February/March with 5 games a day. He's back home in Utah right now and can't talk about the games until they've aired. This can mean that he's either been beaten or that the season's taping has run out before he's had a chance to lose and he would return next season. Prior to this, I believe the record holder for longest running wins was 7 or 8. The highest amount for a daily win was $52,000, which he's tied twice already. I think the most amount of returns anyone's had in any game was 42. it'll be interesting to see if Ken beats that.

[BebeAphrodite]

http://www.canoe.ca/Television/jul14_win-sun.html

[turbo_equiped]

woah!!!
thats insane!!!!

[Strider]

I've watched this guy a few times as well... he's pretty intense

but i thought they usually cut people off after 5 wins...

must suck for the people who jump through all kinds of hoops to get onto jeopardy, only to play against him

[CKY]

i don't think he'll lose, the only reason he'll stop is proberly if the crowd is tired of him or they've lost enough money to this geek they're banning him from jeopardy

[lam-boy]

Originally posted by Strider
I've watched this guy a few times as well... he's pretty intense

but i thought they usually cut people off after 5 wins...

must suck for the people who jump through all kinds of hoops to get onto jeopardy, only to play against him

Jeopardy had a rule of 3 days or something, but the new season they decided to throw that rule, and what better time than to have someone named Ken come on.

[Dj_Stylz]

Thats guys real crazy i think he can make it to Maybe more the 2 Million

[QuasarCav]

Originally posted by lam-boy


Jeopardy had a rule of 3 days or something, but the new season they decided to throw that rule, and what better time than to have someone named Ken come on.


5 days and then they gave you a new sports-car.

This guy is amazing, the scores after the first round are like 10000,0,100

Must suck for the soccer moms.

[benyl]

somebody will beat him sooner or later.

[cman]

:eek: wtf that guy is amazing, i hope he keeps winning and winning

[MenteL]

what tiem and channel is jeapordy on

[QuasarCav]

8:00 on 16 and some other time on channel 3.

I think 7:30


Grow the moustache back Alex!

[VWhooligan]

there are rumours of him losing in game #39

[sputnik]

jeopardy ratings are probably the highest in ten years now... this guy is making them some serious money.

[/////AMG]

Saw him on Regis & Kelly, smart guy.

[Cyruss12]

He's really impresive to watch, he'll run like 2 or 3 categories in a row, and finish the 2 rounds with like 30,000$ and the other 2 people will have like 400$ each.

[max_boost]

Astonishing!:eek: I didn't think such a streak was even possible! It must suck for the other contestants because they have virtually no hope! :rofl:

[GTS Jeff]

if the guy doesnt get beat, he will probably quit when ppl get sick of his face.

[B17a]

Nobody's even come close to him. I've been watching since about his 10th consecutive win and each time it seem as though he can blow $15K on final Jeopardy and still win.

[Cyruss12]

Im watching it now, and he went in the negative, and now only has a few hundred...maybe tonites his last night

[girlRACER]

hehe...the new record is 31-day Champion

Winnings: $1,022,460!

[legendboy]

This guys is incredible. He knows almost everything. I think he only got 1 wrong tonight.

[no_joke]

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[cman]

Originally posted by no_joke
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haha :werd: it sure seems like it

[Hardy_Boy]

Originally posted by /////AMG
Saw him on Regis & Kelly, smart guy.

he's probobly looking forward to 7th grade :thumbsup: (best commercial ever)

[crazyning]

I would think that if anybody beats him, that person would go on to have a crazy streak as well, unless that particular person is having an amazingly lucky day, while Mr. Ken Jennings has an amazingly unlucky day at the same time.

I can seriously see this happening, or the competition could get tougher, as the people with photographic memories, and people with PhDs start appearing to make a quick buck. Even though the people with photographic memories and/or PhDs are comfortably rich, they'll still go on, just to break the record.

I'm stereotyping people with photographic memories, and PhDs; they aren't all rich.

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by crazyning
I would think that if anybody beats him, that person would go on to have a crazy streak as well, unless that particular person is having an amazingly lucky day, while Mr. Ken Jennings has an amazingly unlucky day at the same time.

I can seriously see this happening, or the competition could get tougher, as the people with photographic memories, and people with PhDs start appearing to make a quick buck. Even though the people with photographic memories and/or PhDs are comfortably rich, they'll still go on, just to break the record.

I'm stereotyping people with photographic memories, and PhDs; they aren't all rich. most ppl who are devoted enough to their studies to have a phd usually end up as profs making barely enough to sustain their subsistence bachelor existance.

[googe]

Originally posted by MIWYFSHOT



yeah so true....i mean why do they have who wants to be a millionair anyways its really who wants to be a 550 thouandair.

actually most of them now have insurance companies that cover the tax portion or something. i know on who wants to be a millionare, they said the winners take home the amount on the cheque, and the taxes are covered.

[hondarunner]

Its kinda funny cuz ever since i finished school i started to watch the show, and i have seen this guy go ever since day 1.
I wonder how far the person who beats him will go??

[huss]

i think the person who beats him will win because he has an off day or sumthin....

AMAZING!