# Jeopardy!: $2 Million Dollars+ Winner - Ken Jennings! **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [June 23, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343 "2004-06-23T03:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/1 "2004-06-23T03:58:26Z")
Hey everyone, I’m not sure how many of you watch Jeopardy!, but for the past 28 (probably more…too many to count!) appearances, contestant Ken Jennings has **won every day!** What makes it so impressive is that he usually manages to accumulate so much money, by the time the final round comes around, his contestants have no chance of catching up to him even if they double their current winnings. He made the cover of this site: [http://www.TVGameShows.net](http://www.tvgameshows.net/) and there a few news articles on him on Google News! I’ve been watching Jeopardy since I was a kid…well, smaller kid…and I have never seen anybody like him. Just thought I’d share in on the excitement 😛 Cheers! Kirupa :ub: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/2 "2004-07-02T21:49:55Z")
lol thoriphes. I gotta check this guy out. _setting mental alarm clock…loading…still loading…POP! done._ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/3 "2004-07-03T00:02:17Z")
Think you just missed him CG, you were playing Ethan’s “guess who I am game”…I just finished watching what might have been his 23rd win…I won’t spoil it, 'cause I know people are in different time zones 😉 Adam ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/4 "2004-07-07T02:37:34Z")
How many days now? My brother was giving me a play by play on the phone, and apparently it was almost such that both other players weren’t qualified for Final Jeopardy. That would have been awesome. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/5 "2004-07-07T10:38:42Z")
yeah, i was hoping that would happen. the guy answered the last question correctly which was enough to bring him over the top. i’m still convinced this guy’s cheating somehow. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/6 "2004-07-07T15:10:57Z")
I think Ken let that guy have the last question, just so he could go to Final Jeopardy and have a shot at the most-one-day-winnings record. 😉 If he is cheating, I’d rather not know. Ignorance is bliss after all. 😛 Oh and CG - your mental alarm clock is very… microwavelike. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/7 "2004-07-07T15:16:03Z")
…but truth is benign. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/8 "2004-07-07T15:21:16Z")
_You’re_ benign! Ⓜ Hehe just kidding. :beam: [size=1][EDIT] That didn’t really make sense…[/size] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/9 "2004-07-13T01:21:43Z")
Wow - he destroyed his opponents today also and tied the all-time money earned per episode of $52,000. That’s his second time for tying the record. I think in a few more episodes he will cross the $1 million dollar mark 😛 I think Alex Trebek found his replacement hehe. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/10 "2004-07-13T01:44:03Z")
Trebek doesn’t know his arse from a hole in the ground. This Ken guy sure in the heck does though. Wow. He might be the smartest person on the entire planet. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/11 "2004-07-13T01:51:42Z")
> [@SureShot](#): > > Trebek doesn’t know his arse from a hole in the ground. Did you see the SNL Jeopardy with Will Farrel? LMAO. (If you haven’t, that’s just plain ironic lol). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/12 "2004-07-13T02:13:11Z")
Crap! My mental alarm clock has failed me. \< sad smiley \> I still haven’t seen this dude in action! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/13 "2004-07-13T03:07:06Z")
\*\*\*\*, I’ve watched him twice now - he and trebek are getting to be good buddies. That’s really impressive, it’s like questionanswerclappingquestionanswerclapquestionanswerclquestionanswer-nextcatagory!questionanswer…oh, it that it over already? my. I seem to have collected more or less the entire board now. oh well - double jeopardy! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/14 "2004-07-13T03:23:35Z")
I’ve yet to see this guy. Does he ever get questions wrong or does he just know like everything ever? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/15 "2004-07-13T04:20:40Z")
He’s being pretty fair in tying the record twice, you can’t say he did that on accident. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/16 "2004-07-15T06:38:04Z")
> [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4] **Unstoppable Jeopardy Contestant Passes $1 Million Mark** [/size][/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=2] **Ken Jennings, a computer software engineer from Utah has now won 30 straight games on the long running game show Jeopardy. His latest win has brought his total winnings up to $1,004,960, versus the previous 7 day record of $184,900.** [/size][/font] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=2] **During his 30 day run he has also tied the single day winning of $52,000 twice. Jennings has answered over 1000 correct responses and has seemingly few gaps in knowledge.** [/size][/font] Ok this guy may be just dam good… Ok could he be cheating ? It wouldn’t be the first time someone has cheated on this show… How could he be cheating ? Well given his job I would say he is tech savy. One university made a mobile phone that fits into a tooth, the phone vibrates your tooth and jaw bone so that only you can hear sound. There are lots of ways he could be doing it… Question is do you think he is ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/17 "2004-07-15T06:40:42Z")
hm… I honestly have no idea, it’d be hard for him to, but it’s very well possible… I hate to say yeah he’s cheating, but I think I’m gonna have to, he has one almost 10 times the previous total ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/18 "2004-07-15T11:11:31Z")
Whats something suss a code word for? As for cheating how could he unless he’s wearing some sort of nanochip in his head. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/19 "2004-07-15T12:47:20Z")
Actually he has about 300 grand more than the previous total, considering the old one was for 7 days, and his is 30 days. Multiplying the old one by (30/7) you get 700 grand and then some. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343/20 "2004-07-15T12:56:37Z")
Can’t this guy just be really, really good at this? Doesn’t he edit test questions or something too? I hear these episodes were filmed in Feb/March, so he’s already home by now. I wonder when he’ll lose his spot. [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/jeopardy-2-million-dollars-winner-ken-jennings/55343.md?page=2)