Today’s Jeopardy! is reportedly the show where Ken Jennings loses. Kottke had the audio of the decisive moment but he reports that Sony asked him to remove it.
The Final Jeopardy answer that does Ken in —
Most of this firm’s 70,000 seasonal white collar employees work only four months a year.
What is H&R Block?
its for taxes or someting
H&R Block Inc. (www.hrblock.com) is a diversified company with subsidiaries that deliver tax, financial, mortgage and business products and services. From their website.
The final question didn’t do him in, it was the two daily doubles in Double Jeopardy, where he lost a combined $9600. Almost all of his victories were runaways by the time Final Jeopardy was played.
I predict the gal that beat him will not win again. She was ok, but not a great player.
I guess this means I can finally start watching Jeopardy again, but not until tomorrow, in case this is all an elaborate hoax that even my brother John is in on.