November 30, 2004
Well, for the first time since last June, Ken Jennings is NOT the reigning Jeopardy champion.
While most people will say that he lost it on the final question answer: "Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year," I say he really lost it on the two double jeopardies he missed in the second round. Had he bet zero on those two questions, he would have had over $20000 going into final Jeopardy, which would have been more than twice his competitor. But hindsight is 20/20.
I would feel bad for him, but he won $2,522,700 over 74 games (not including the loss). So I don't.
Posted by rhode at November 30, 2004 08:15 PM