The Man Who Knew Too Much

theodp writes "For thrilling competition, Slate says the Tour de France pales next to the 25-game reign of Jeopardy! supercontestant Ken Jennings. The 30-year-old software engineer has won a total of $788,960, beating the previous record-holder by a margin of over $600,000. Watching KenJen play is like witnessing any great athlete in top form: He's the Michael Jordan of trivia, the Seabiscuit of geekdom, and his antics have once again made Jeopardy! required viewing. (Update: 26 wins and $828,960: 'When Jennings ran the Marvel comics category during the second round, host Alex Trebek asked: Have you done anything besides read comics? It pays to be a nerd, Jennings responded.')"

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He also masturbates like a champ

[Anonymous Coward]

Like most Slashdot geeks, he is a world class beat off artist.

That's an easy one, Alec -- Who is Onan?

Re:Pales?

[Noryungi]

My reaction to your post:

Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Would you like a more detailed answer? Here we go:

Yesterday was the time trials, and the US Postal team finished first with an average speed of 33 MPH, 53 KPH. That's amazing... and they'll keep doing it

Question: have you ever heard of the doping practices in the cycling world? Hint: they are all on drugs.

At least the tour isn't fake, and everyone is at the same level, going for the same goal.

The 'Tour' isn't fake. Riiiiiiiiight. I suppose you also believe that WWF fights aren't staged?

And, oh, the fact that Lance Armstrong had testicular cancer has nothing to do with doping, EPO, and some other nasty drugs, right? Or has this little, er... 'doping possibility' been unreported by US Media, like many other things?

Jeopardy may, or may not, be fake. I don't care one way or another, as I hate stupid TV games.

But to call the 'Tour de France' not fake is so wrong it's not even funny anymore.