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Ken Jennings Gets a New Challenge

Posted by samzenpus on from the ken-tv dept.

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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  1. Who Wants to be a Millionaire mistake by macdaddy · · Score: 4, Informative

    I was watching a WWTBAM episode back when that was happening. It was a celebrity show that night. I remember they asked a Fastest Finger question where they screwed up the answer. Basically it was 'put these movie titles in chronological order based on the day of the week mentioned in their title.' One of the choices was "Any Given Sunday". I don't recall the rest. When the answers were tallied that movie however was listed last in the answer (ie, they said the week started on Monday instead of Sunday). A "week" is defined in the Gregorian calendar system as "a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday." And of course the Gregorian calendar is used throughout most of the modern world. Opps. A small mistake on their part. I'm actually quite surprised that simple of a mistake got through their editors and research dept. I've never seen a mistake quite so simple on Jeopardy before. They probably put out a lot more effort than WWTBAM did.

  2. Anybody get the pun? by proggoddess · · Score: 5, Informative

    "The quest for Ken" is a bit of a word-play. According to the online Merriam Webster dictionary, ken is "the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge."

    Ha ha ha! Alex Trebek kills me!

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    --The Programming goddess from Gorflaz
  3. Re:Ken Jennings is a... by Hangtime · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ben Stein Bio:
    Undergrad in Econ from Columbia - Honors
    Yale Law School - Valedictorian
    Speech Writer and Lawyer for Nixon
    Columnist and Editorial Writer for the WSJ
    Written seven novels and nine non-fiction books
    Commercial, TV, and Movie actor

    And in Ferris Bueller's Day Off that is him just a lecture from one of his classes, none of it was scripted

    Answering your question, yes he is that bright. :)

    http://www.benstein.com/bio.html