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Can she become the female with the longest winning streak - this is her 7th game.
Down memory lane with Larissa Kelly
During her regular run on Jeopardy!, she won a total of $222,597 over six games and $1,000 3rd place consolation prize in her seventh, with her last appearance airing May 28, 2008. Excluding tournament winnings, Kelly is the highest-winning female contestant and ranks fifth in all-time in Jeopardy! earnings.[2][3][4]
In addition to being the highest-winning female contestant in regular play, while she was champion Kelly broke Ken Jennings' record for most money won in a contestant's first five days by winning $179,797; this record was one of two Roger Craig broke during his reign as champion, as he won $195,801 in his first five games (Craig also topped Jennings' single-game record of $75,000).[note 1] Kelly is also the second-highest winning female contestant in any single game in Jeopardy!'s history. Kelly's $45,200 performance narrowly trails Maria Wenglinsky, who won $46,600 on November 1, 2005.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_Kelly
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By the way Trebek had no problem with her mispronounced word two days ago...not that it would have made a difference.
VScott
(774 posts)Whatever happened with that Chinese kid that was kicking ass, and people were hating on him because he played a different style?
malaise
(269,207 posts)The more Trebek disliked him publicly, the more I rooted for him
VScott
(774 posts)and I don't even watch the show (or that much TV for that matter).
I wanted him to win simply because the purists and cry babies didn't like his style, which was completely within the rules.
malaise
(269,207 posts)without upsetting Mr HissyFit Trebek
pink-o
(4,056 posts)I thought he was gonna reach across the podium and deck him.
And BTW: Ken Jennings--that blond, white Mormon--has the best, most progressive minded Twitter account ever! See--critical thinking skills turn us all into liberals!
Here:
https://twitter.com/kenjennings/status/450761675281428481
malaise
(269,207 posts)love it
Great Twitter account.
BlueCheese
(2,522 posts)Then I saw an interview with him-- he came across as a funny, humble, and generally good guy. He described the match, which was filmed in front of IBM employees, as "an away game for humanity". When asked if he thought it was unfair that Watson got to buzz in with perfect timing, he said something along the lines of, "I get to play a supercomputer on national TV. How cool is that?".
malaise
(269,207 posts)He's super bright.
JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)... thanks for calling this to our attention.