ken jennings final lost

http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=174659&GT1=5843

Dude, that guy looked like a ****ing robot. Im glad to see that he's actually human.

Jeopardy's going to get like no viewers now...what, are people going to tune in and see a bunch of idiots who aren't Ken Jennings giving tons of wrong answers and walking away with five hundred bucks?

I hope no one is upset by his defeat.

Why see him pile $30,000 here, $30,000 there, on top of 2.5 million....when you get to see others enhance their lives with ONE winning ?

Great run....now the guy will make even more $$$$, telling his story.

I hope no one is upset by his defeat.

Why see him pile $30,000 here, $30,000 there, on top of 2.5 million....when you get to see others enhance their lives with ONE winning ?

Great run....now the guy will make even more $$$$, telling his story.

Stfu, you ruined it...

Oh yeah, Yesterday they interviewed Alex Trebek and he said he almost cried when he had to say goodbye to Ken Jennings...

I read somewhere in the National Inquirer that they're lovers

I already told the board about Ken Jennings. And I agree, what the **** is the point of ever watching Jeopardy again (other than seeing how far Nancy Zerg goes)?

Nancy Zerg is the linear champ..

well considering he made about 2.5million dollars
i wouldnt say Ken Jennings finally lost
more like he just stopped winning

well considering he made about 2.5million dollars
i wouldnt say Ken Jennings finally lost
more like he just stopped winning

He missed alot of questions in the last game so I don't think he was really beat and he was still leading going into Final Jeopardy. The lady who beat him already lost actually she got her ass kicked.

He missed an easy assed question in Final Jeopardy .....something about what major firm has 32,000 employees that only work three months a year. Obviously IRS related, it was H.& R. Block.
He answered with one of the truck shipping companys like UPS or something if I'm not mistaken. Seemed like he was just throwing the game.

He missed an easy assed question in Final Jeopardy .....something about what major firm has 32,000 employees that only work three months a year. Obviously IRS related, it was H.& R. Block.
He answered with one of the truck shipping companys like UPS or something if I'm not mistaken. Seemed like he was just throwing the game.

It must have been his time to take the dive. The gimmick was over. It's not like his run was legit, anyway...

He missed an easy assed question in Final Jeopardy .....something about what major firm has 32,000 employees that only work three months a year. Obviously IRS related, it was H.& R. Block.
He answered with one of the truck shipping companys like UPS or something if I'm not mistaken. Seemed like he was just throwing the game.

It must have been his time to take the dive. The gimmick was over. It's not like his run was legit, anyway...

leave it to boxing fans to start the he took a dive talk

holy **** man I didn't believe that guy. What was with him? Did he have a photogenic memory (I think that's the word for it where you read and remember everything you read?)

He ****in blew me away. Of course, he was a mormon

leave it to boxing fans to start the he took a dive talk


Go back to the earlier threads - we discussed how many game shows are and have been proven to be fixed.

Jeopardy relaxed their week-long limit once ratings hit a low point that freaked them out.

Enter the handsome, well-spoken, clean-cut, religious white smart guy.

50% ratings increase.

Quiz Show 2, anyone?

holy **** man I didn't believe that guy. What was with him? Did he have a photogenic memory (I think that's the word for it where you read and remember everything you read?)

He ****in blew me away. Of course, he was a mormon

He was likely fed the questions beforehand.

yea that's what I was just about to say. Ratings skyrocketed with Jennings and Jeopordy was constantly all over the news. I've thought it was fixed from the first time I saw it. You never know though, he could have just been really ****in odd

the other thing though, there isn't any legal obligation for the show to have a legit game is there? It wouldnt be illegal for them to do it would it?

yea that's what I was just about to say. Ratings skyrocketed with Jennings and Jeopordy was constantly all over the news. I've thought it was fixed from the first time I saw it. You never know though, he could have just been really ****in odd

the other thing though, there isn't any legal obligation for the show to have a legit game is there? It wouldnt be illegal for them to do it would it?


Yes, it's illegal. Go rent Quiz Show (1994). You can probably get it for a buck. There was a scandal back in the 1950s that culminated in legal proceedings.

wow. I still think this thing was fixed though. How much could they stand to loose? I would guess they'd just get fined by the FCC or somethin, who would even find out anyway? Jeopardy got ten times as popular with that guy. who knows either way I was a sucker for it I watched a few games :cool:

I wonder if we'll ever see him on the Who Wants to be a Millionaire show. Do they still show that?

wow. I still think this thing was fixed though. How much could they stand to loose? I would guess they'd just get fined by the FCC or somethin, who would even find out anyway? Jeopardy got ten times as popular with that guy. who knows either way I was a sucker for it I watched a few games :cool:


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Quiz show scandals
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The American quiz show scandals of the 1950s were the result of the revelation that contestants of several popular television quiz shows were secretly given assistance by the producers to arrange the outcome of a supposed competition.

This interference included choosing topics that the contestants were good at, answers to upcoming questions, and even stage directions of how to act on camera. In the 1950s, it was common practice for game shows and other shows to be sponsored solely by one company; so much so to even have the company's name in the title of the show. Examples included Sylvania's "Beat the Clock," or Geritol's "Twenty-One." It was empirically determined by these companies and the networks that fixing the outcome of a game show made it more likely to be watched for its dramatic value, thus increasing the advertising a sponsored company received on every show.

The most notorious participants in this deception were Charles Van Doren and Herb Stempel who were leading competitors on the show, Twenty-One. Both were heavily coached by the show's producers, but Stempel blew the whistle when he was pressured to deliberately lose in favor of Van Doren. This scandal is dramatized in the feature film Quiz Show directed by Robert Redford.

Small deceptions were employed as well; for example, on "The Sixty-Four Thousand Dollar Question," contestants were placed in an "isolation booth" when answering questions, presumably to prevent them from receiving any help from the audience. To heighten the drama, the ventilating fans in the isolation booth were turned off after the question was asked. Under the hot lights then required for television broadcasting, the temperature rose quickly, causing the contestant to sweat visibly. Frequently contestants would mop their brow before answering the question.

The impact of this scandal led to a specific federal law prohibiting fixing quiz shows. Contestants like Van Doren found their reputations were ruined and quiz shows like The 64,000 Dollar Question and Dotto lost much of their remaining presence on prime time American television for decades. In addition, the major television networks took a greater hand in creative production to avoid similar problems in the future. This even extended so far as to demand changes to unrelated television series like demanding that the premise of the dramatic series Mr. Lucky be changed from a riverboat casino to a restaurant to avoid the idea of games on prime time TV. The scandal also marked an end to widespread naming of television shows by their sponsors. Future game shows like The Price is Right or Let's Make a Deal were not sponsored by any one company.

The public impact of the scandal was immense. The size of the prizes seemed almost unbelievable, and gave the shows an aura of significance that went beyond entertainment. Prior to "The Sixty-Four Thousand Dollar Question," typical quiz show prizes were a few hundred dollars. There was no gradual escalation; "The Sixty-Four Thousand Dollar Question" burst on the scene with a top prize a hundred times bigger than the shows that had gone before. Note too that a $64,000 prize in 1955 is the equivalent of about $400,000 in 2004 dollars, while the $252,000 won by Teddy Nadler is the equivalent of about $1.6 million today. The spectacle of people apparently achieving huge financial success through the exercise of brain power was rivetting. Many people felt that the shows glorified intellectualism and set a good example for youth. And certainly viewers believed that what they were seeing was real. If this seems naïve today, it is because of the effect that the scandal had in fostering public cynicism about television.

In an episode of the British Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? show recorded on September 10, 2001, Major Charles Ingram won the £1,000,000 prize. Following subsequent analysis of the tape, it became apparent Ingram was being helped to select the correct answers by a person coughing. The prize was not awarded and Ingram and accomplices were taken to court. The story in detail is at Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?.

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I wonder if we'll ever see him on the Who Wants to be a Millionaire show. Do they still show that?

yes in syndication with a woman host

I wonder if we'll ever see him on the Who Wants to be a Millionaire show. Do they still show that?

I don't know but if I were as smart as him I'd of gone on that and one a million in one night instead of stayin on Jeopardy all summer.

It's not like he had a fun summer to look forward to...he's a mormon..

It's not like he had a fun summer to look forward to...he's a mormon..

:D truer words were never spoken