I guess I’m dumb; I don’t get why that’s funny.
During his run of wins, there was a clue about a garden instrument that was also an immoral pleasure seeker.
The correct response was “What is a rake?” but Ken buzzed in and said “What is a hoe?”, causing Trebeck to give several “woahs!” in reply.
What about the “Big Piles” reference?
I only remember the rake thing after it was explained.
Brian
Just a run-of-the-mill hemorrhoid joke.
Piles are another word for hemmerhoids.
Ken Jennings appeared to be, or presented as an innocent clean-cut Mormon boy, so some were surprised by this guess or by him doing well on Potent Potable categories.
I’ve read all of his books and he presents no facade of clean-cut innocence. BTW his books are delightful, intelligent, and FUNNY.
The 9/11/2025 show had a category; PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT
The clue was
“You’re holding 3 of a kind, but you know your opponent has a flush; your odds of drawing a pair for this winning poker hand? Not great”
The contestant answered: “What is a Full House” which is correct.
I think “Four of a Kind” is also a correct.
Three of a kind plus a pair is a full house. Four of a kind is wrong. There are only four cards of each suit. You can’t draw a pair and have four of the same.
Unless there are wildcards?
I don’t think normal poker uses wildcards but even so then you’d have 5. The way the question is written, Four of a Kind is simply wrong.
In Texas Hold’em, if you have pair of Jacks in Holdem and the flop
is J 9 5 and the turn is a 4 and the River is a J, the board pairs and you would have 4 of a kind (or quads).
Oh my we have a new son of Amodio. What’s…Steven is annoying AF. Must you pause every time?
Man, I kicked ass today! (The show that aired yesterday, we watch it at lunch.) So Ken was setting them up and I was knocking them down like Amy Schneider. Getting cocky, too. Then the final Jeopardy category: Children’s Books! It couldn’t have been more up my alley if I’d chosen it myself. I bet all my imaginary money. And promptly lost it. It was cold comfort that the TV contestants didn’t know it either. The answer:
Realizing he couldn’t draw horses, the man behind this 1963 book drew the title characters purely from his imagination.
Did y’all get it?
My wife got it. I drew a blank.
Still haven’t got it. (haven’t seen the episode yet: missed it in real time for 2001 in the theater)
It’s a good one, got me stumped so far.
Beats me. 
Does it, though? 
You guys are too smugly coy. Do I need to go look this one up on J! Archive?
Where The Wild Things Are.
I’d never have come up with it in a million years.