# Jeopardy!: Long winning streak in progress

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-long-winning-streak-in-progress/253934>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 7, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-long-winning-streak-in-progress/253934 "2004-07-07T12:25:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_from\_the\_Bronx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@Jimmy\_from\_the\_Bronx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_from_the_Bronx)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-long-winning-streak-in-progress/253934/1 "2004-07-07T12:25:58Z")

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No thread about this?

[http://www.jeopardy.com/gena.pjw?cont=\_kenjennings&cat=contestant](http://www.jeopardy.com/gena.pjw?cont=_kenjennings&cat=contestant)

This Ken Jennings dude is still playing after nearly a month of being on the show and he’s still a defending champion and has been for 25 days and counting, after his easy win yesterday. He is just destroying all his competition and leaving them in tears.

Last night, he went into Final Jeopardy with $22,000 while the second best contestant had $400 and the third one had $0 (and thus didn’t participate in the final round.) Through 25 days, this guy’s total stands at $788,960. That’s insane.

Interestingly enough, the next highest total ever, according to **[this](http://www.jeopardy.com/winners.pjw?cat=contestant&show_winners=winners_subbut2)** is about 4 times less, some other dude who only got to $184,900.

This guy is “rewriting the record books” so to speak and it’s not nearly over yet.

Is no one following this?

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-long-winning-streak-in-progress/253934/2 "2004-07-07T12:32:28Z")

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> [@Jimmy from the Bronx](#):
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> No thread about this?

[Huge long thread about this.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=256896) You’ve missed nigh on two months of discussion.

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**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-long-winning-streak-in-progress/253934/3 "2004-07-07T12:33:24Z")

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One thing to keep in mind about the guy with the record before him, He did it before the show doubled all their values as I recall.

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-long-winning-streak-in-progress/253934/4 "2004-07-07T12:53:30Z")

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That plus before there was a five day limit. Let me at this guy, I’d take him out of that champion podium!

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-long-winning-streak-in-progress/253934/5 "2004-07-07T14:13:08Z")

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Not to piss on Ken’s parade, but I’ve beat him from my couch several times, including last night.

Of course, I’ve never been on the show so he’d probably beat me to the buzzer everytime.