A Look at Jennings' 'Jeopardy!' Streak

Mon Nov 1, 8:57 PM ET

By The Associated Press

Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, has shattered records on the TV game show "Jeopardy!" His run began June 2 (interrupted by several special theme weeks). A look at Jennings' streak:

Consecutive shows as winner: 64.

Money won on show aired Monday: $26,600.

Money won so far: $2,151,901.

Perspective: At the start of its 20th season last fall, "Jeopardy!" changed its longtime rule that said a champion must leave after five straight wins. Now a player stays until losing. Jennings now has the longest winning streak in game show history.

Winning Streak: "Jeopardy!" no longer says at the beginning of each show how many games Jennings has won — maybe because it was getting too overwhelming for opponents.

Final Jeopardy: The category was "Semiannual Publications." The clue: "It began in 1886 as an extension of an upper crust family's list of whose house they'd visit and who they'd receive." Jennings was close — he answered "the registry" — but the correct answer was "the Social Register."

Yahoo! News/AP-November 2, 2004




In the third paragraph in the article, that said it all regarding how many appearances Ken's been on.

I know, they favor him soooo bad. He's srtill really hot, though.

Julie, he is not! He looks like an owl!
(we're sisters, don't worry)

Arielle......anyhow, how would you like me to tell the whole sitcom board that you, Arielle Elizabeth Cogan-Reynolds, have a MAJOR crush on Taylor Jardin and you've been dating like crazy and making out? Oops, guess I just did! :mad:

JULIE! That's so unfair! No one even knows Taylor! With Jennings you couldn't possibly do anything but with Taylor it's different, and I don't want you telling people! It's enough mentioning it without saying what we do! Jeez!

Anyway, Julia Elizabeth Cogan-Reynolds has had IT with two guys: Alex Marashi and Simon Reymsic.

And you know what I mean by it!

GOTCHA, JULIE!

Hey! Arielle, that's totally personal! And it doesn't even count with Simon because we had our clothes on! I didn't get into the details! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Sorry, my tounge - er - fingers slipped. :p I was just getting back at you!

Oh, and Julie has also had IT with a guy she hardly knew!

So not true! I knew him for eight years! And we didn't have IT, we just kissed! Now shut up before I report you!:mad:

sheesh! ok, ok! you started it, anyway!

Originally posted by bossradio93


Winning Streak: "Jeopardy!" no longer says at the beginning of each show how many games Jennings has won — maybe because it was getting too overwhelming for opponents.





When I went to a Jeopardy taping in August (don't worry, the episodes I saw then have aired now), Johnny Gilbert announced the number of shows he was on. They must have edited it in post-production.