Tag: Jeopardy

“I’ll take intellectually bankrupt Democrats for $1000, Alex.”

In an online forum, Ken Jennings told readers: “[Sens.] Chuck Schumer [D-N.Y.] and Harry Reid [D-Nev.] both called him in 2004 to try to get me to run for Orrin Hatch’s Senate seat.”

In case you’re not a Jeopardy fan, let us explain who Ken Jennings is. You’re typically considered a very successful Jeopardy champion is you can win five games. Ken Jennings won 74 straight games back in 2004. He didn’t just win the games, he destroyed his opponents.

Turns out that winning a game show now qualifies you to be a Democrat senator.
TheHill.com has the details:

In an online forum, Jennings told readers: “[Sens.] Chuck Schumer [D-N.Y.] and Harry Reid [D-Nev.] both called me back personally in 2004 to try to get me to run for Orrin Hatch’s Senate seat.”

Schumer went on to become head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in 2005 and earned a reputation for recruiting top candidates.

Jennings continued: “I am not making this up. Win on a game show and you can apparently run for the US Senate. That was when I realized the Democratic Party was f@#$ed in ’04.”

C’mon, guys. If intelligence was a prerequisite for being in the Senate, the Democrats couldn’t get quorum.

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Source: TheHill.com

Soledad O’Brien is smarter than Wolf Blitzer, but that’s not saying much

On the off chance that Wolf’s appearance hadn’t caused CNN enough humiliation, Soledad O’Brien took her turn with the dunce’s cap last week.

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Last month Wolf Blitzer embarrassed himself, his friends, his family and anyone he’s ever met with his pathetic performance on Celebrity Jeopardy. On the off chance that Wolf’s appearance hadn’t caused CNN enough humiliation, Soledad O’Brien took her turn with the dunce’s cap last week.

Soledad O'Brien has inherited Wolf Blitzer's Jeopardy dunce cap
Soledad O'Brien has inherited Wolf Blitzer's Jeopardy dunce cap

As is now expected for CNN anchors, she finished in third place with $6,200. Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar finished second with $8,800. Actor Michael McKean finished first with $24,800.

The Jeopardy board has 30 questions. The Double Jeopardy board has another 30. And Final Jeopardy has one question. That’s a total of 61 questions. Soledad answered eight questions correctly and three questions incorrectly.

Unfortunately, one of the questions she missed was Final Jeopardy.

And the Final Jeopardy answer: “Trees with biblical names include the Joshua tree & the world’s oldest tree, a 4,700-year old pine named for him. Soledad’s incorrect question was “Who is Moses?” The correct answer, of course, was “Who was Methuselah?” Of course, it would be foolhardy to expect anyone at CNN to be familiar with the bible.

This Celebrity Jeopardy gig isn’t working out too well for CNN. Maybe they should try Celebrity Wheel of Fortune next time.

Wolf Blitzer goes on Jeopardy, answers the question “Is that guy really that stupid?”

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy last night and proved once and for all that, yes, he is that stupid. The thin veneer of intellectual superiority was stripped away and the know-it-all Blitzer proved he knew nothing when he competed against actress Dana Delaney and comedian Andy Richter.

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy last night and proved once and for all that, yes, he is that stupid.

The thin veneer of intellectual superiority was stripped away and the know-it-all Blitzer proved he knew nothing when he competed against actress Dana Delaney and comedian Andy Richter.

To be blunt, Blitzer sucked. He was an ignoramus. He embarrassed his friends, his family, his employers, short people, bearded people, and fellow clueless liberals.

Richter won the game with an incredible $68,000 total. Delaney racked up an creditable $9,300. But Wolf’s final score was -$4800. Yes, negative $4,800.

It’s very difficult for a Jeopardy contestant to come up enough wrong answers to go that far in the hole. It takes great effort and even greater ignorance.

Where’s that damn Teleprompter when it’s really needed?

Alex Trebek says politicians are afraid to appear on Jeopardy!

They’re holding try-outs for Jeopardy! this weekend in Montgomery, Maryland, just down the road from Washington, DC. But host Alex Trebek doesn’t expect any politicians to show up.

“If we were to try to attract elected officials, say, as contestants on the program, we’d be hard-pressed to come up with more than three, because most of them realize the danger of appearing on camera and not being particularly bright with regards to what’s going on in our country,” Trebek said. “So they don’t want to take that chance. There have been very few elected political officials who have appeared on ‘Celebrity Jeopardy,’ and they have not done very well.” 



The attached video demonstrates the danger of appearing on Jeopardy! Oh, well, that’s what happens when you try to answer questions without a teleprompter.

Source: Politico.com

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