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Trying Again -- Ken Jennings
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 2:05 pm
by Winnamill
(Apparently, I am very dead because somehow my post ended up in transcripts? Or maybe it was supposed to be there? But just in case, I'm trying again.)
Well, speaking of being back from the dead, I'm putting up my first post in quite a long time.
I tried to record KJ's appearance, but my stupid DVR ate it. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a link online to the first show, or when his Friday questions will be posted here?
Back to lurking.
Re: Trying Again -- Ken Jennings
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:04 pm
by TheConfessor
Welcome back! I don't normally do transcripts, but I was live chatting with a few friends as I watched last Friday, and here's the gist of the questions, but not a full transcript.
Warning:
This is full of typos and SPOILERS, so don't read further if that's not what you want to see.
"HE'S A GAME SHOW GOD"
"IN 2004 HE EARNED A PLACE IN GUINNESS BOOK FOR LARGEST GAME SHOW PRIZE."
"LIKE BEING WITH THE MICHAEL JORDAN OF GAME SHOWS." But that's what the NY Times called Leszek Pawlowicz more than a decade ago!
COLONIZED IN THE 16TH CENTURY, WHAT COUNTRY TOOK ITS AME FROM THE FIRST NAME OF THE KING OF SPAIN?
EDWARDOR
PHILIPPINES
KEVINZUELA
STUGANDA
And KJ nails it! Clutch move! "I got lucky, man!"
LONG AFTER THE SAME BUSINESS MADE THE FAMILY RICH, IN 2014, HEIRS OF jOHN d. rOCKEFELLER ANNOUNCED PLANS TO STOP INVESTING THEIR CHARITY FUNDS IN WHAT?
Ken "rocks" this one!
DESPITE MANY MOVIE PORTRAYALS, wIKIHOW SAYS DOING WHAT "IS RARE, NOT NORMAL" AND SUGGESTS YOU SEEK PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING IT?
(stopping a wedding)
CONSIDERED THE WORLD'S LARGEST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, THE gREAT sTALACPIPE oRGAN PLAYS MUSIC EXCLUSIVELY WHERE?
UNDER WATER
IN A JUNGLE
IN A CAVE
something else
And Ken's bank swells to $40K. During the break, there's a clueless promo saying that ken will be back on Monday. So I guess we don't really need to watch today's show.
DESPITE IT BEING IN WHAT IS NOW ISTANBUL, OVER 1,000 MILES FROM SCANDINAVIA, WHAT FAMOUS LANDMARK IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ONCE BEEN VANDALIZED BY VIKINGS?
HAGIA SOPHIS
TAJ MAJAL
DOME OF THE ROCK
PERSEPHOLIS
KEN GETS IT THANKS TO JAMES BOND
WHICH OF THES IS THE NAME OF BOTH THE DIRECTOR OF 12 YEARS A SLAVE AND AN ACTOR....ETC.
steve mcqueen, obviously
WITH ITS LYRIC, "AND NO ONE HEARD AT ALL/NOT EVEN THE CHAIR" WHAT NEIL DIAMON SONG REPORTEDLY INSPIRED CLINT EASTWOOD'S EMPTY CHAIR AT THE 2012 RNC?
Ken's mom made him listen to Neil Diamond, so this is a layup
"THE GIRL WHO KICKED OLIVER TWIST OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST" IS ONE RESPONSE IN THE TWITTER GAME LITERARYTURDUCKEN..something something...
Ken wastes a lot of time on Twitter, so he knows it's BOOK TITLES!
Aaooogah! Oh no, that's the horn! But Ken has agreed to come back on Monday.