Ken Jennings Milestone Watch

[OntarioQuizzer]

Through Ken's 7/9 show, he has given 966 correct responses, 34 away from 1,000.

Seeing as his daily average is 34.5 per show, there is a good chance that Ken will break the magic 1,000 on July 12th.

If this was to happen, it would be quite the accomplishment (nobody before has come anywhere close to 1,000...)

[sshuffield70]

Well, that brings up something.

He should reach 1000 correct answers today, and $1,000,000 this week (maybe Wednesday).  Would you rather go on a show where 15 correct answers without a miss gets you a million or more, or answer 1000 questions correctly with little penalty and win a million?

[Skynet74]

[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' date=\'Jul 12 2004, 11:01 AM\'] Well, that brings up something.

 Would you rather go on a show where 15 correct answers without a miss gets you a million or more, or answer 1000 questions correctly with little penalty and win a million? [/quote]
 
  Good Point. If he went on Millionare he sure could of saved a lot of time!  Actually he should of went on Super Millionare! 15 Answers to 10 Million! That would of been the smart thing to do. Obviously Ken's Not to Bright! ;-)


John

[Kevin Prather]

Of course, there is Devil's Advocate for that. The questions on Jeopardy are quite easier than the high-level questions on Millionaire.

[Skynet74]

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 12 2004, 12:38 PM\'] Of course, there is Devil's Advocate for that. The questions on Jeopardy are quite easier than the high-level questions on Millionaire. [/quote]
 

  Something tells me that Ken could handle Millionare questions just fine.


John

[OntarioQuizzer]

Something tells me that Ken's a lot more famous having racked up his near-million on Jeopardy! than he would have been had he done it on Millionaire!...

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'Skynet74\' date=\'Jul 12 2004, 12:55 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jul 12 2004, 12:38 PM\'] Of course, there is Devil's Advocate for that. The questions on Jeopardy are quite easier than the high-level questions on Millionaire. [/quote]


  Something tells me that Ken could handle Millionare questions just fine.


John [/quote]
 Add the dimension that on WWTBA(S)M you're not really playing anyone except the house (you're in control of how you answer, when you walk, if you walk, etc., without interference from anyone), while you have two contestants playing against you on J!

Either way, what Ken's done is most impressive (like no one else here realizes that).

Doug