# Did Ken get screwed on a Jeopardy answer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ken-get-screwed-on-a-jeopardy-answer/268359 "2004-10-09T13:20:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ken-get-screwed-on-a-jeopardy-answer/268359/21 "2004-10-09T21:40:53Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > As for “pleasure-seeker”: was that part of the answer? If so, then I agree with you that “rake” qualifies much more so. Otherwise, I was just working off of **Annie-Xmas** ’ OP and her recollection of the answer. > [@Musicat](#): > > The exact clue was > > > [@](#): > > > > This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure-seeker. > [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > Come on, now, be honest. Did anybody read that question and not say, “What is a ho(e)?” My immediate response was “rake.” > [@Liberal](#): > > I agree that Ken paid $600 to tell a funny joke. I also think that he’s growing tired of the game just a bit. On the day he’s ousted (generously assuming that the rumor is true), I’m going to watch for tell-tale signs of his throwing the game. And what, pray tell, would be some of those signs? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ken-get-screwed-on-a-jeopardy-answer/268359/22 "2004-10-09T21:42:59Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > And what, pray tell, would be some of those signs? He’ll be a little bit slower ringing in? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ken-get-screwed-on-a-jeopardy-answer/268359/23 "2004-10-09T21:47:02Z")
**Musicat** , Missed it the first time around. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ken-get-screwed-on-a-jeopardy-answer/268359/24 "2004-10-09T21:56:55Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I just remembered another question from the same show. The clue was asking for the name of a musical piece named after two 19th-century European rulers. The correct response was Johann Strauss Jr.'s Emperor Waltz. The guy next to Ken answered “Emperors” Waltz, plural (or possessive). I have never heard that waltz as anything but the Emperor. Alex gave it to him since it involved two emporers. This is the type of error that normally disqualifies a response. Yes! That one pissed me off. Especially in double jeopardy, titles have always been exact or else no dice. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2004, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ken-get-screwed-on-a-jeopardy-answer/268359/25 "2004-10-10T06:57:53Z")
I don’t think he was trying to be funny. “Hoe” is what immediately came to my mind as well, but before the laughing ensued I thought “wait a second, it’s a RAKE!” And I think I scared my girlfriend a bit when I yelled it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ken-get-screwed-on-a-jeopardy-answer/268359.md?page=1)