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Break from the Grind November 30, 2010
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: The Answer That Eluded Ken Jennings
November 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On this day in 2004, after winning 74 straight games and more than $2.5 million--a record for U.S. game shows--Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings finally lost.
Reported by Nevin E. Adams
Jennings was stumped by the following “answer”; “Most of this firm’s 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year.”
Do you know the answer?
Answer: The correct response was tax preparation company H&R Block.