Maybe in America, but remember that someone won the £1 million prize (no, not Charles Ingram – before that), and even at a conservative exchange rate you’re looking at over $1.5 million.
Anyone else suspect a “Quiz Show” style scam to boost ratings? Maybe his little sideways nods mean he’s got a hidden earpiece?
Brainfart:
Please insert “…on the British version of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’…” into the first sentence of my previous post.
:smack:
In order to win the biggest prize given away on an American game show, he would have to win more than $2.18 million- the amount won by Dr. Kevin Olmstead on the 4/10/2001 edition of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”
He wins AGAIN! This time with $31,601. Fourteen day total: $471,759. This is nuts.
Anyone know what happens if two contestants are negative at the end of the second round?
IIRC, if two contestants are in the hole, the winner still plays Final Jeopardy! to increase his/her winnings.
Brian
On the other hand…
I just saw today’s game.
As awesome as Ken is, I had to root for Matt Ottinger, seeing that I actually know the guy. I wasn’t surprised at his performance, either. Matt is the host of QuizBusters, a local trivia show for high school quiz bowl teams. (I competed on that show several years back, and was on the team that won the tournament, in my junior year.) He’s been doing that for 15 years now, so I’d expect his knowledge to be pretty extensive.
Even though Ken won, I think that was the first time that I’ve seen that he hasn’t been unbeatable going into Final Jeopardy. Go Matt!
Another Matt Ottinger fan here. Great going Matt! Damn Katzenjammer Kids. But Matt made us proud. I know him from Quizbusters plus some other local TV appearances plus he does a lot of work taping events for our local school cable channel.
It would appear Ken makes it through the week unscathed. Click on this week’s contestants and the minimum number needed for a week where one person win’s all 5 games are what is shown.
But they need the same number of new people for the next show (two) no matter who wins.
Thanks Mullinator for putting that in a Spoiler box. And damn that VB software for sending out e-mails with Spoiler-boxed text in the clear!
The seventh post of this thread has a hint of how long Ken Jenning’s streak might last.
Yes, I saw this happen once, years ago. The only difference is that in that case, they reveal the amount of the wager first, then the contestant’s answer.
Zev Steinhardt
Well, not sure if it’s aired in the States yet (we get the shows at 5PM CET, 6 hours ahead of Eastern.) But:
Ken wins again…16 Day champ, and he breaks the $500,000 barrier!! Will he ever lose?
Have you ever been to a high school athletic event where one team just destroys the other team? So the score is 54 to 0 at the end of the first half, or 27 to 0 at the end of the 2nd inning? And then they go out still with their first team players and continue to rack up the points even though they could play the third string players and still win?
I hate those kind of games, and that’s kind of the feeling I’m getting here. I wish Ken was more likeable. I find myself wanting him to ease off, to let the others get some questions (not to put him in danger of losing necessarily, but just so their time isn’t wasted). I know that’s ridiculous, why should he limit the money he can make just to make the game appear to be a bit more even? Now I’m watching mainly to see if he gets beat, or if he just steps down–can he do tht, or does he have to play until someone beats him?
Yes, but
He got the Final Jeopardy answer wrong.
It’s been mentioned in another thread that he will go on to win for 25 days
At least that many days.
Link?
That’s neither particularly sportsmanlike*, nor a good idea for someone not planning to completely throw the match. If you let the match seem even, there’s a very good chance you’ll never be able to regain the lead.