Yeah, thats too bad...the poor guy only left with 2.5+ million dollars...
Computer Science Canada Jennings has fallen. |
| Author: | Delos [ Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:34 pm ] |
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Ken's out. |
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| Author: | Neo [ Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:43 pm ] |
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Yeah, thats too bad...the poor guy only left with 2.5+ million dollars... |
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| Author: | Tony [ Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:16 pm ] |
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Looks like he wanted out. He gave a ratarted answer: FedEx is not seasonal work.. Heck, even I knew that question  |
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| Author: | templest [ Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:56 pm ] |
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Play Jeopardy for a living... Leave wth $2-Million dollars... Play Jeopardy for a living... Leave wth $2-Million dollars... I know what I'd do... nothing beats roasting kittens for christmas. |
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| Author: | Delos [ Thu Dec 02, 2004 12:34 am ] |
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tony wrote: Looks like he wanted out. He gave a ratarted answer: FedEx is not seasonal work.. Heck, even I knew that question
One of my friends suggested that he was paid off to do so...but then, what exactly are they going to pay him? Anything he possibly couldn't make within a few days anyway? Hehe...I'm kinda wishing I'd had watched that ep...hmm...maybe BitTorrent... |
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| Author: | Mazer [ Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:32 am ] |
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Oh teh nos! Somebody on Jeopardy won and somebody else didn't?! This is huge, go tell everybody you know (internationally if possible)! |
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| Author: | Brightguy [ Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:12 am ] |
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It was kind of a fluke, he wagered about $5,000 on both Daily Doubles in the second half, and missed them both. Getting either one of them would have given him enough money so that Zerg wouldn't have been able to catch him at the end. And when he missed the final clue as well, it was game over. Also, Zerg messed up her wager at the end. The scores were $14,400 (Ken) to $10,000 (Nancy) and she wagered $4,401 to beat Ken by $1 if he didn't wager anything. But Ken has to assume that she's betting everything, and wager $5601 to cover her doubled score (which he did). So she wagered too much... if she had had gotten the final question wrong Ken would still be playing. Also, she came in last her very next game.
Congrats to Ken! He was an incredible player, with a simply amazing wealth of knowledge. |
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| Author: | Delos [ Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:55 am ] |
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Coutsos wrote: Oh teh nos! Somebody on Jeopardy won and somebody else didn't?! This is huge, go tell everybody you know (internationally if possible)!
Sensationalism strikes again...can't beat it now can we? |
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| Author: | Maverick [ Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:10 pm ] |
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Ya she was just a fluke winner |
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| Author: | Mensa_Dude [ Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:34 pm ] |
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we can all give the guy a break.....Jeopardy managed to succeed in beating Who Wants to be a millionaire's 2 million-dollar prize record...I think that was their goal since the get go...that plus they need ratings! Anyhow, i think the guy wanted to go back to his life! Shoot, I would after spending that many days in the Jeopardy studio!  |
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| Author: | templest [ Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:18 pm ] |
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Mensa_Dude wrote: we can all give the guy a break.....Jeopardy managed to succeed in beating Who Wants to be a millionaire's 2 million-dollar prize record...I think that was their goal since the get go...that plus they need ratings!
Anyhow, i think the guy wanted to go back to his life! Shoot, I would after spending that many days in the Jeopardy studio! A couple more days and a fcuk load more money... Go home now and enjoy what you have... A couple more days and a fcuk load more money... Go home now and enjoy what you have... That kitten is sounding more and more delicious. |
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| Author: | MihaiG [ Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:49 pm ] |
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the funniest one was when ...What is a long handled gardening tool and a immoral pleasure seeker......he said a hoe.the the audience burst out laughing...so does ALexthe correct answer was a rake?? |
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| Author: | Neo [ Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:46 pm ] |
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templest wrote: A couple more days and a fcuk load more money... Go home now and enjoy what you have... A couple more days and a fcuk load more money... Go home now and enjoy what you have... That kitten is sounding more and more delicious. You know that word is censored for a reason.  |
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| Author: | templest [ Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:02 pm ] |
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Neo wrote: templest wrote: A couple more days and a fcuk load more money... Go home now and enjoy what you have... A couple more days and a fcuk load more money... Go home now and enjoy what you have... That kitten is sounding more and more delicious. You know that word is censored for a reason.  |
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| Author: | Neo [ Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:06 pm ] |
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templest wrote: You know that word is censored for a reason. I think people have slowly come to realize that there are infinite ways of spelling it. The greatest dictionary-censor in the world can't stop them all. You'd need some hardcore AI in order to stop me! Now there's a good final project idea.  |
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| Author: | jonos [ Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:19 pm ] |
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Now you all get to listen to my reasons I think he lost. They are as follows: <b>What Happened?</b> He lost on purpose <b>Why?</b> American taxes on gameshow winnings are ridiculous. <b>Why? some more</b> Jennings, who is kind of smart  , realized that for him to make the most money he would have to quit at some point so that the taxes did not take him below what he could make by quitting at the point when he could make the most (or something like that). I'll even draw an ascii graph:
| (.) | . . money | . . made* | . . | . . | . . |_______________________________________ #of episodes on * (money made is affected by taxes) So there you have it. The bracketed period (other than looking like a female ascii-breast) is the point at which he can make the most money. If he wanted to make more money he would have to go on more shows, but he would probably be bored of it by then and would have to go on for more seasons. Or I could be horribly wrong and have a distorted view of everything concerning this issue. I've never even seen the guy on Jeopardy - only on Wikipedia! |
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