Did Ken get screwed on a Jeopardy answer?

[Musicat]

@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?

[Mr.Blue_Sky]

@Musicat

And what, pray tell, would be some of those signs?

He’ll be a little bit slower ringing in?

[SkipMagic]

Musicat,

Missed it the first time around. Thanks!

[Liberal]

@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.

[Cisco]

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.