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09 February 2009

Nice! I just watched a friend of mine win on Jeopardy!

post by: scody at: 22:51 | 9 comments

That had to be such a cool feeling! You had to be pretty tense as you watched it, wondering if they were going to win...

posted by Sil 10 February | 02:29

Was he the one who bet $0 on the final question?

posted by drezdn 10 February | 08:12

Yeah, I only watched Final Jeopardy, but the guy snuk in (good on him). The question was sort of a trick one.

posted by danf 10 February | 09:33

A friend of my wife's belongs to a Facebook group called something like "I lost to Ken Jennings."

Because if you're going to lose at Jeopardy, that's the dude you want to lose to.

posted by middleclasstool 10 February | 09:39

Yep, drezdn, that was him! I was really nervous through the whole thing. We used to work together at the museum, and now he's a researcher for the show "Lie to Me." He's a great guy who really deserved something a little bit awesome to happen to him, so I was thrilled to see him pull it off! (fingers crossed for tonight.)

posted by scody 10 February | 14:03

It's already taped, right? There must be some sort of non-disclosure agreement or something. . .

posted by danf 10 February | 14:34

danf: yep, it taped awhile ago. Don't know if he has to keep mum or if he just chose to for the fun of it. So technically, all my finger-crossing for his performance tonight is DOUBLY pointless. :)

posted by scody 10 February | 17:41

Congrats! I'm better at the "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" myself.

posted by Pips 10 February | 22:40

Because of this thread, last night I dreamt I was a contestant on Jeopardy! They wanted me to change my shoes; they thought that red stiletto heels were too much. (Which is weird, because no one's going to see my feet, right?)

posted by Specklet 11 February | 10:48

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