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	deseretnews.com Question: Who is Nancy Zerg?
		Ken Jennings hugs Nancy Zerg after she ended his 74-game win streak on Tuesday night's "Jeopardy!"
		Zerg got it right, taking her total to $14,401.
		Ken Jennings is the happiest man ever to lose on "Jeopardy!" Of course, his loss was like no other — it came after 74 victories and a total of $2,520,700 in winnings.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595109201,00.html (715 words)

	Search: Nancy Zerg - FOX News
		Zerg are a vaguely insectoid race in the StarCraft universe.
		Zerg hug after Jennings ended his winning streak...
		Zerg has found a permanent place in trivia history...
	search.foxnews.com /_1_FZ2T3C0P7Z965__info.foxnws/search/web/Nancy+Zerg (551 words)

	Cable News Cretinism - Jerry Falwell's straight story. By Dana Stevens
		Still, he was $4,400 ahead at the end, going up against his only opponent left standing, a California real estate agent named Nancy Zerg.
		The Zerg got it right, while Ken guessed FedEx, a reasonable enough stab (not really a "white-collar" job, but does that category have much meaning anymore?).
		smackdown posted (see below), several readers, via e-mail and the Fray, have alerted me to the existence of the Zerg menace in a computer strategy game called Starcraft.
	www.slate.com /id/2110466 (1042 words)

	J! Archive - Nancy Zerg
		Nancy Zerg vs. Nathan Brownback vs. Katie Fitzgerald
		Ken Jennings vs. Nancy Zerg vs. David Hankins
	www.j-archive.com /showplayer.php?player_id=120 (67 words)

	DreamStation.cc Forums -> OMG ZERG RUSH!!!11!! :: Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox :: Message Boards
		NEW YORK (AP) -- Having an accountant-friend who's nearly impossible to reach at tax time paid off for Nancy Zerg -- big time.
		In a victory telecast Tuesday, Zerg beat a pop-culture icon who had achieved an aura of invincibility.
		Jennings won $2,520,700, a record for a TV game show contestant, since his first appearance June 2.
	www.dreamstation.cc /forums/index.php?showtopic=8709 (210 words)

	Biggest-ever 'Jeopardy!' winner finally falls
		Jennings smiled after his loss and embraced Zerg, who finished with $14,401 to break his winning streak and become the first new returning champ in six months.
		Ken Jennings congratulates Nancy Zerg after she ended his skein of wins in the television game show.
		Jennings, who normally wins by a large margin, last night was unable to pull away from the competition.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04336/419821.stm (1202 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
		Well it actually happen, as reported by Jason Kottke, Nancy Zerg, a Los Angeles real estate agent, on November 30 2004 beat Jeopardy titan Ken Jennings in his 75th appearance on the trivia game show.
		Congratulations to Nancy and Ken! (okay so he didn't last to January 17, 2026)
		And the Question is "Who Defeated Ken Jennings".
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=5231906&postID=110186335557560256 (162 words)

	Daily Fry: Ken Jennings Meets His Match
		Tonight at 7:00, we will watch as Ken Jennings gets his rear handed to him by Nancy Zerg, a California real estate agent.
		Ken is upset about losing his position in your weeknight line-up, but the rest of the nation is relieved that Tom Ridge has resigned from the administrations line-up.
		Ken's winnings have put him in a whole new tax bracket, and the media won't let anyone forget it.
	dailyfry.blogspot.com /2004/11/ken-jennings-meets-his-match.html (162 words)

	Game Show NewsNet
		Nancy Zerg may have stabbed him, but it was Rutter that killed the question-making beast.
		He was in third after the first day, was a LONG second after the next day and, as the first-person shooter fanboys like to say, got "pwned" by Brad Rutter on the final day.
		Rutter now leads Jennings by over a quarter-million thanks to the two-million-buck payoff for leading pole-to-pole.
	www.gameshownewsnet.com /buzzer/060305.html (763 words)

	Audio of Ken Jennings' loss (kottke.org)
		Nancy Zerg provided the correct question, "What is HandR Block?" which gave her $14,401, one dollar more than Ken. Ken answered incorrectly: "What is FedEx?" and ended up with $8,799 for a total of $2,522,700 over his 75-day run.
		Beyond our Ken; A Fool in the Forest
		Some of the details were a little off and/or paraphrased (he got the number in the answer as well as the woman's name wrong), but it was mostly correct.
	www.kottke.org /04/11/ken-jennings-audio (497 words)

	CBC Arts - CBC Arts: IN BRIEF: Jennings slated for Jeopardy! 'super' battle; Elvis, Popeye set for U.S. Congress film library; more.
		Jennings, who earned $2,520,700 US in a 74-game winning streak before losing to California real estate agent Nancy Zerg in November 2004, said: "I can't wait to see who I'll be up against in the finals."
		superman Ken Jennings may finally meet his match when he returns in the new year to face off against past champions of the game show in a $2 million US "super tournament," the show's producers announced Tuesday.
		'super' battle; Elvis, Popeye set for U.S. Congress film library; more.
	www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2004/12/29/Arts/arts-briefs041229.html?print (684 words)

	Ken Jennings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jennings won 74 games before he was defeated by Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance.
		Jennings has also agreed to a deal with Microsoft to promote their Encarta encyclopedia software, and has signed a deal with Bertelsmann AG for a book to be published through one of their book divisions in 2005.
		Jennings held the record for most winnings on any game show ever played until the end of the Ultimate Tournament of Champions on May 25, 2005, when he was displaced by Brad Rutter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ken_Jennings (684 words)

	Xbox Addict Asylum - Ken Jennings will return to Jeopardy!
		Jennings, who was beaten by California real-estate agent Nancy Zerg during a show that aired in November, said he was looking forward to meeting his competition.
		Several of the show's top performers will face-off against each other, with the top winners meeting Jennings in the final rounds, which are slated for May.
		Jennings won a TV game-show record $2,520,700 over the course of 74 straight wins.
	www.xboxaddict.com /forums/showthread.php?t=65567 (629 words)

	Ken Jennings - Celebopedia
		On November 30th 2004 Ken was finally dethroned as Jeopardy champ by Nancy Zerg.
		Ken Jennings' incredible winning streak on Jeopardy of 74 games made him the Joe DiMaggio of game show contestants.
		A celebrity because of his streak, Ken has gone on to appear on numerous commercials and TV shows.
	www.celebopedia.com /ken-jennings (149 words)

	TVgameshows.net: Jennings' Winnings
		Jennings led Nancy Zerg $14,400-$10,000 before the finale.
		Jennings led Ryan Cook $27,600-$16,600 before the finale.
		From average daily winnings to correct question percentages in key categories, viewers and media members may follow Jennings' daily progress.
	tvgameshows.net /jenningswinnings.htm (719 words)

	TVgameshows.net: Jennings' Winnings
		Jennings led Nancy Zerg $14,400-$10,000 before the finale.
		Jennings led Ryan Cook $27,600-$16,600 before the finale.
		From average daily winnings to correct question percentages in key categories, viewers and media members may follow Jennings' daily progress.
	tvgameshows.net /jenningswinnings.htm (719 words)

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