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Ken Jennings is new Jeopardy king with $500,000 plus in winnings on 16 shows

Friday, June 25 2004
Contributed by: norcalfella
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EntertainmentKen Jennings had to answer a whole lot of questions correctly and beat over 30 other contestants to win $512,959. Wouldn't it have been easier for him to just go on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

At any rate, it is unclear if his run (taped in February) is over because I don't watch the show but in game show history he has to go down as one of the all-time studs. I would say he is right there with Michael Larsen who cracked the code and won over $100,000 in a single episode of Press Your Luck. There is a movie in the works about Larsen, and it looks like it will finally be made now that Bill Murray is attached to star.
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Ken Jennings is new Jeopardy king
Authored by: norcalfella on Sunday, June 27 2004
Ken Jennings is still at it after 18 wins and $601,760. It is a far cry from the 43 wins a row registered by Thom McKee from 1979-1980 on Tic Tac Dough ($312,700 cash and 8 cars) but it is still pretty darn impressive. I wonder what Thom did with all of those cars ....

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that's my take

Ken Jennings is new Jeopardy king with $500,000 plus in winnings on 16 shows
Authored by: dbsmall on Monday, November 15 2004
Uh, yeah, but was he 1337? (Elite)
It's over
Authored by: dbsmall on Wednesday, December 01 2004
Ken Jennings is new Jeopardy king with $500,000 plus in winnings on 16 shows
Authored by: dbsmall on Thursday, July 27 2006
Mr. Jennings (no, not that one) has a blog, himself.  And he's, apparently, not only knowledgable but also intelligent.  Sadly, while he starts out with potential, his jabs at "Jeopardy" in this posting aren't that funny.