Jennings comes back on Wednesday, which is exciting! I have a few questions though:
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[li]I know there’s a board game called Can You Beat Ken Jennings with all his Jeopardy knowledge in it, correct? Is there a place where you can see a list of all the different categories and number of questions right per one Jennings answered correctly?[/li][li]Once Jennings knew about the Ultimate Tournament of Champions, I would have thought that he would have left his job and studied harder this past year than ever before, but he didn’t, did he? I know, he would’ve lost the job prob., but there’s another 2 million at stake, he could have his wife get books from the library for him (b/c he’s a celeb now), and I’m sure there’s plenty of firms in Salt Lake looking for a genius to program stuff.[/li][li]I’m not watching right now or tomorrow night. Do the final competitors look at all like they might even stand a chance against Jennings? :eek: [/li][li]If Jennings wins this, he will have SHATTERED the amount of winnings that anyone has ever gotten from a game show! How do you think game shows are gonna change post-Jennings? Obviously, I mean, bigger payouts! The idea of winning a million by living on some island for a month just doesn’t hold the same zazzle it used to, does it? :D[/li][/ul]
He did not win tonight! Brad did, but it was a close game. Jerome started slow and Ken was leading by a decent margin at the start of Double Jeopardy, but Jerome perked up and Brad hit both Daily Doubles. They were very close before Final Jeopardy, and they all got it right without betting much. Brad won by $1400 maybe? Don’t recall the final scores, but they were close.
I thought it was (and will be) a great match. I don’t recall any pissed off look, though. I still think Brad is going to be hurt by his DD skittishness. Ken’s going to bet the farm on a DD and sail out ahead. I noticed that Brad bets to lose as little as possible, while Ken bets to win as much as possible.
But as Alex always says “the player in distant third often ends up being the winner.” So don’t discount Jerome, although last night he was having problems ringing in (does the buzzer lock out if you repeatedly press it?) and looked veryvery nervous. I of course was yelling at the screen when nobody got some of the “easier” questions. And why does Ken get a fake puzzled look and hesitate when he rings in? I was never a Ken fan and didn’t watch his 70 plus appearances. Does he ring in even if he doesn’t know the answer? Anyhoo, I hope Brad or Jerome wins. Although Frank will always be my true Jeopardy! hero.
Yes, that’s one of his frequent strategies. He’ll ring in because he’s pretty sure he knows it (or can make an intelligent guess), then uses the “countdown” time for recall.
The Ultimate Tournament has seen some of the best Jeopardy! games of all time. I’ve enjoyed the hell out of it, and it’s been the coming-out party for my DVR. No way would I have seen it without one, even though I have owned a VCR for a long time.
The bets on day one of the championship match were conservative, and smartly so IMHO. Nobody wants to fall too far behind this early in the match. It won’t be until day three that we see the big bets when all three players have to go balls-out for the title. I predict that the scores will be just as close after game 2 as they were after game 1. I think the tournament produced good results–these players are very evenly matched.
Lib, I disagree that Brad will be hurt by his DD strategy. Ken was always quite conservative with his bets during his run, only going for big money when he was so far out ahead that it didn’t matter. Ken’s a streak hitter and a conservative bettor. In game one we saw that Brad and Jerome could both break Ken’s streaks. The next two days are going to be very interesting indeed.
I’m using my free bump to draw attention to my op questions
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[li]I know there’s a board game called Can You Beat Ken Jennings with all his Jeopardy knowledge in it, correct? Is there a place where you can see a list of all the different categories and number of questions right per one Jennings answered correctly?[/li]
[li]Once Jennings knew about the Ultimate Tournament of Champions, I would have thought that he would have left his job and studied harder this past year than ever before, but he didn’t, did he?[/li] If Jennings wins this, he will have SHATTERED the amount of winnings that anyone has ever gotten from a game show! How do you think game shows are gonna change post-Jennings? Obviously, I mean, bigger payouts! The idea of winning a million by living on some island for a month just doesn’t hold the same zazzle it used to, does it?[/ul]
I wonder if there is a rule for multi-day matches stating what happens if a player goes into Final Jeopardy with a negative amount of money. Is that subtracted from the next day’s amount? (On the regular show, you are not allowed to compete in FJ if you don’t have at least $1).
I would guess this has never happened, nor will it in the UTC.
Do you think Jeopardy! has changed the rules regarding long winning streaks? I think another long streak by a contestant would decrease ratings.
Some people certainly think so- but I sure hope not! The more an environment like Jeopardy is open, the more chance that an incredible persona will emerge again into the spotlight! Thomas Carlyle would see the stage set for more great men… I don’t believe in great men, though, so disregard that rhetoric.
Of course, Jeopardy is not meant to be a talent search; it wasn’t intended for what Jennings did with it, but I’m still happy about it. Some people look at it as ‘you’ve created a monster’ by getting rid of limits on returns- but I figure so few people are capable of what he did that we needn’t worry yet.
On that show, however, such a winning streak apparently was not as unusual, as you can read about the other two? guys who did well also. 100% ain’t no Jeopardy, in other words! So that helps explain their actions. Either that, or England really is superior (in intelligence) to us. Darn. :dubious:
[/li][li]If Jennings wins this, he will have SHATTERED the amount of winnings that anyone has ever gotten from a game show! How do you think game shows are gonna change post-Jennings? Obviously, I mean, bigger payouts! The idea of winning a million by living on some island for a month just doesn’t hold the same zazzle it used to, does it? :D[/li][/ul]
