Ken Jennings Gets a New Challenge

insomniakxz writes "Producers of Jeopardy announced Tuesday a "Super Tournament," which will pit Jennings in a final match against two survivors of a competition between nearly 150 past five-time winners with a prize of $2 million. Host Alex Trebek called the tournament the "quest for Ken.""

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Foods that end in "amburger"

[UnCivil Liberty]

They went with the wrong theme, clearly they should pit Ken Jennings against Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds... er.. Turd Ferguson.

"I've gotta ask you about 'the Penis Mightier'"
"No, no, no, no, no, that is 'the Pen is Mightier'"

Re:Foods that end in "amburger"

[seanadams.com]

For laughs at work we'll occasionally shout things at each other including:

• A leather glove!
• I'll take the rapists for 200!
  
• I'm the cock of the walk!
  
• The day is mine!
  

lol.... best SNL skit ever.

Of course there's also "AFLAC!" followed by "AFLAC ACK!" followed by "AFLAC FIN ACK!" if you've got nothing else to say. We even have one of their stuffed ducks (but no supplemental insurance).

Calls not returned

[TheAdventurer]

Ken Jennings was not available for comment, as he was busy sorting his money by the years in which the individual bills were printed. He then went about adding another 1000 movies to his list of favorite movies.

Survivors?

[Nine Tenths of The W]

I know TV networks are always desperate for ratings, but isn't this going a bit far?

But we'll remember it as...

[Anonymous Coward]

Host Alex Trebek called the tournament the "quest for Ken."

But in the year 2020, people will look back upon the event and remember it as "the day of ownage by that young Mormon dude."

Re:But we'll remember it as...

[pjbusby]

Ken already rolled 75d20 and got 1500. Statistically, there is no reason why he can't do it again.

Ken -- The Cyborg!

[Albinofrenchy]

I'm fairly convinced the man is a cyborg with a constant uplink to google. One good way to test is to ask about french military victories, which would make Ken say "What is 'French military defeats.'" If you don't get that joke... It's not a hit on the french, just look it up.

Re:Ken -- The Cyborg!

[autocracy]

Of course it's a hit on the French. How many links do you have to have to that for it to be the top? We're talking about a country that should just remove the color from it's flag so it's already white. Saves them the trouble of ever having to raise something else!

Is he done with his current challenge?

[deft]

Getting a female to talk to him without looking at his wallet.

Re:Yays!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm spasming out of control as we speak!

It helps to think about baseball.

Re:This should be SUBSTANTIALLY more interesting..

[abh]

Ah, nothing quite like mocking the question and then spelling the correct answer... incorrectly.

Quest for Ken

[the lawn wrangler]

Will the Quest for Ken be anything at all like the Quest for Fire? Will there be more dialog?

Don't forget...

[vwjeff]

"An Album Cover"

Anal bum cover

And of course:

Alex Trebek: And finally, Sean Connery's also here let's move on to Double Jeopardy where the categories -

Sean Connery: Not so fast Trebek.

Alex Trebek: I really thought that was going to work.

Sean Connery: Well, you were wrong, you mountebank. I pose a conundrum to ya, I riddle if you will

Alex Trebek: I don't want to hear it.

Sean Connery: What's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? One's a sick duck and I can't remember how it ends, but your mother's a whore.

Re:Is it really that important?

[Fjornir]

Ok you slimy little piece of Troll-shit, listen up. This is News, because it's on /. Right? News for Nerds, pigfucker. It's news because /. says it is, dumbass. Our little Kenny is going on to bigger things than you will ever know AND WE SHOULD SUPPORT HIM!

Re:Ken is smart

[SEWilco]

busy working on cold fusion or causing world peace with his sheer brainpower?

You have to give him the answer rather than a question.

Re:he does have a disadvantage

[UnCivil Liberty]

Or does he ever miss? I've only heard about this guy through a friend.
Video clip of one of Ken's funnier misses.

Re:Ken Jennings is a...

[richie2000]

have him dress up in a monkey outfit and dance around on stage for a couple of hours.

Can't do that. Steve Ballmer's lawyers would be on him like flies on shit.

Re:Ken is smart

[JoshRosenbaum]

>>This sounds so stupid but, I am considered by everyone I know to be the "smartest" person they know.

Yes it does, especially since this is slashdot, and everyone you know probably amounts to about 3 people. ;)

-- Josh

Re:Ken is smart

[Anonymous Coward]

That's right Al! You lost! And Let me tell you what you didn't win...

Re:he does have a disadvantage

[Anonymous Coward]

Honestly, if I were put in the same shoes, I would've answered the same exact answer ;)

You would probably run away with the shoes.

Re:More importantly

[hashwolf]

"He can click the buzzer faster than any human mind could comprehend. He wins becuase no one else gets a chance to answer."

Maybe they should ask him 'How do you manage to beat your opponents?' as a quiz question.

If Google could exist in a human form

[samesong]

Ken Jennings would be the man.

Re:Ken is smart

[decaying]

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Re:This should be SUBSTANTIALLY more interesting..

[JustOK]

The first capital of California is "C".

What the hell?

[fritter]

What is news about Ken Jennings doing on a "News for Nerds" site?!?!?

Re:More importantly

[Anonymous Coward]

And our last category "Genius's at Jeapourdy"
Ken: I'll take Genius's at Jeapourdy for 2,000 Alec.
Alec: This man will win today.
*buzzzz*
Ken: Who am i?

--First unix command to enter jeapourdy.