# Ken Jennings dethroned!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-jennings-dethroned/277422>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 1, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-jennings-dethroned/277422 "2004-12-01T00:57:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-jennings-dethroned/277422/61 "2004-12-03T00:51:59Z")

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I agree with **Chronos**. I just watched the match (I loooove DVR!), and he just had a bad day. What did him in were the two Daily Doubles he didn’t know.

I watched today, and I really think Alex is glad to be rid of him.

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**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:** [December 4, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-jennings-dethroned/277422/62 "2004-12-04T21:49:54Z")

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> [@vibrotronica](#):
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> I watched today, and I really think Alex is glad to be rid of him.

That’s funny. I watched yesterday, and I really think Alex missed him.

Just goes to show how wrong one of us can be. 🙂

BTW, did anyone see the full-page ad in Friday’s (12/03/04) USA Today? It was a pic of Ken’s last few moments on show #75, with $8,799 on his bet board, and “what is fedex” as his question. Below the pic it says,

> [@](#):
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> There’s only one time FedEx has ever been the wrong answer.
> 
> Congratulations Ken Jennings on your amazing Jeopardy! winning streak.
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> And thanks for mentioning our name. Even if it was the one time you shouldn’t have.
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> For all the right answers to your shipping needs, go to [fedex.com](http://fedex.com).
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> –Fedex

Obviously Fedex’s PR dept is on the ball. Has anyone seen any ads of this ilk by H&R Block?

And I wonder if Fedex had to get permission from Jeopardy and/or Ken, and/or pay either/both for the use of their name/likeness?

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**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-jennings-dethroned/277422/63 "2004-12-04T22:01:17Z")

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Fedex has the best marketing division. They are always taking advantage of good opportunities.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-jennings-dethroned/277422/64 "2004-12-04T22:11:55Z")

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Darn, this guy is class.

> [@](#):
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> The most rewarding part of his experience, Jennings said, is the number of times he’s been approached by young children.
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> “Maybe it’s because they’re most awed by disposable celebrity,” he said. “But I think there are some kids who got the idea that it may be a little cooler to know stuff and to read and to learn. If watching me on TV convinces some kid that they’ve got some future in knowledge, that would be very rewarding to me.”

Kind of the right thing to take the NBA riot taste out of the public’s mouth.

Regards,  
Shodan

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