Final Jeopardy

Ken Jennings lost today in his 75th game on the TV quiz show Jeopardy. He won 74 consecutive games before ending the streak that started on June 2. Jennings won $2,520,700 over the stretch, averaging about $34k a game.

The previous record for most number of wins was 7 games. Ken not only shattered that record, but also broke the daily haul mark, winning $75,000 in one game over the previous $52,000. I’ll take ridiculous for 300, Alex.

Nancy Zerg finally bested him after he missed two daily double questions and the final jeopardy question. The final clue was “Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year.” The correct answer was H&R Block. Well, “What is H&R Block?” to be exact. He answered, “What is Federal Express?” My question is this. What were you thinking, Ken?! Everyone knows that.

Besides, Jeopardy is for light-weights and wimps. Let’s see you go on a real game show, Ken. How about trying your hand at DOUBLE DARE? That’s right. You haven’t competed until you’re hamming it up with the one and only Marc Summers. Can you handle the physical challenges? I think not. You’re no trivia champion. You haven’t earned your two and a half million until you’ve run full speed on a giant hamster wheel or crawled through a kiddy pool of green slime to “grab that flag!” I dare you to go on a real game show, Ken. Nay, I DOUBLE dare you. Perhaps, I may even venture to go as far as to say that I, Jeff Leins, TRIPLE... DOG... DARE YOU to go into that obstacle course and emerge a real winner.

Because Ken... you’re not a real winner until you do. Not to me. And not to America.