# Hey, 5-time-champ! Want to go up against Ken? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-5-time-champ-want-to-go-up-against-ken/282099 "2004-12-29T15:28:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-5-time-champ-want-to-go-up-against-ken/282099/1 "2004-12-29T15:28:20Z")
Well, [Here’s](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&e=3&u=/ap/20041229/ap_en_tv/people_jennings) your chance! Jeopardy will have a tournament of 150 past 5-time champions. The two top players from the tournament will go up against Ken for $2 million. Go get him! We’re all rooting for you. 🙂 Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-5-time-champ-want-to-go-up-against-ken/282099/2 "2004-12-29T15:50:24Z")
Go, Champ! Kick his tail for the greater glory of Cecil! ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-5-time-champ-want-to-go-up-against-ken/282099/3 "2004-12-30T15:38:53Z")
Thanks for the encouragement! About all I can say right now is that I have not received a formal invitation to appear in the Ultimate Jeopardy! Tournament, yet. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-5-time-champ-want-to-go-up-against-ken/282099/4 "2005-01-01T01:04:30Z")
If you do go on the tournament, you better slip in some Straight Dope reference like…“I just want to say ‘Hi Opal!’, ‘Hi Cecil!’, and hi to the rest of my ‘relatives’ in Chicago!” ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-5-time-champ-want-to-go-up-against-ken/282099/5 "2005-01-01T17:27:17Z")
A Flapper Zapper “What is a 1920’s Style ‘Death Ray’?” I’ll take “When Come Back…” for $1000, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-5-time-champ-want-to-go-up-against-ken/282099/6 "2005-01-01T17:36:13Z")
> [@5 time champ](#): > > Thanks for the encouragement! About all I can say right now is that I have not received a formal invitation to appear in the Ultimate Jeopardy! Tournament, yet. I know you were a five time winner. How did you fare in the TOC? Haj ---
**Author:** ![archmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/archmichael)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-5-time-champ-want-to-go-up-against-ken/282099/7 "2005-01-01T20:56:08Z")
**5 time champ** : What I am curious about is, have you seen him play? Do you think you could take him? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-5-time-champ-want-to-go-up-against-ken/282099/8 "2005-01-02T04:29:12Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > If you do go on the tournament, you better slip in some Straight Dope reference like…“I just want to say ‘Hi Opal!’, ‘Hi Cecil!’, and hi to the rest of my ‘relatives’ in Chicago!” Wouldn’t it be wonderful if one of the clues was. “This ‘Chicago Reader’ column has been fighting ignorance since 1973, and its companion website has been fighting ignorance since 1999.” **Five-Time Champ** If for some insane reason you don’t know the answer to the Final Jeopardy clue, just write "Hi Opal! 😉 "