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Ouch! Jeopardy champ likely owes $1.2M in taxes

'Jeopardy!' champ James Holzhauer likely owes $1.2 million in taxes

 

Jennings reacts to Holzhauer's 'Jeopardy!' loss
 
James Holzhauer and Alex Trebek
Holzhauer doesn't think he changed game forever

  "Jeopardy!" champion and professional sports bettor James Holzhauer lost in his 33rd episode of the TV game show, which aired Monday, finishing $58,484 short of the all-time winnings record. (The show aired first on the CBS affiliate in Montgomery, Alabama, on Monday.)

Of course, Holzhauer, 34, won big. He made $2,462,216 in those 33 appearances, including the $2,000 prize he received for finishing second in his last show on Monday. Only one "Jeopardy" champion, Ken Jennings, has made more money ($2,520,700) and had more appearances (74).

The IRS also won big. All winnings on game shows are considered ordinary income, taxed up to 37% by the IRS. And most states have state income tax, too.

Even though Holzhauer is a resident of Nevada, the game show took place in California, which means he must pay taxes in that state, sports and betting website The Action Network reported. Combined, federal and California state taxes will put Holzhauer's net winnings at $1.29 million — a 47.6% cut, the site said.

Despite not besting Jennings' record total winnings back in 2004, Holzhauer does hold the all-time record for the most money earned in a single Jeopardy episode — $131,127 — and also owns the record for the top four money-winning episodes.

Entry #774

Playing with words

When you are bored just think about a few things that don't make sense ..like....


1. If poison expires, is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous?

2. Which letter is silent in the word "Scent," the S or the C?

3. Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned?

4. Why is the letter W, in English, called double U? Shouldn't it be called double V?

5. Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and It just takes 75-100 years to fully work.

6. Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty.

7. The word "swims" upside-down is still "swims"

8. 100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. 

    Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.

9. If you replace "W" with "T" in "What, Where and When",  you get the answer to each of them.

 

Six great confusions still unresolved....

1. At a movie theater, which arm rest is yours?

2. If people evolve from monkeys, why are monkeys still around?

3. Why is there a 'D' in fridge, but not in refrigerator?

4.  Who knew what time it was when the first clock was made?

 

And now a sixer ...

Vagaries of English Language! Enjoy!!!

- Wonder why the word funeral starts with FUN?

-Why isn't a Fireman called a Water-man?

- How come Lipstick doesn't do what it says?

- If money doesn't grow on trees, how come Banks have Branches?

- If a Vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a Humanitarian eat?

- How do you get off a non-stop Flight?

- Why are goods sent by ship called CARGO and those sent by truck SHIPMENT?

- Why do we put cups in the dishwasher and the dishes in the Cupboard?

- Why do doctors 'practice' medicine? Are they having practice at the cost of the patients?

- Why is it called 'Rush Hour' when traffic moves at its slowest then?

- How come Noses run and Feet smell?

- Why do they call it a TV 'set' when there is only one?

- What are you vacating when you go on a vacation?

 

We can never find the answers, can we?

So just enjoy the pun and fun of the English language!!

Entry #768

New series on the History Channel tonight Project Blue Book

The series takes its name from the real-life  Project Blue Book, a U.S. Air Force campaign that investigated UFO reports starting in the 1950s. Hynek was the scientific consultant for the project, as he was for two earlier investigations known as  Project Sign and  Project Grudge.

Storyline

The story of the real-life, U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena from 1947-70.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6632666/

Entry #766

Why I stay out of the gym the first two weeks of January

Most gym rats know this but that's when all the New Year's resolutions show up, and about how long they last.

Depends on the gym of course, but still....

I lived in Evansville, IN (very interesting town and best place I've lived in the Midwest) for 2 years and got to work out in a gym called The Pit, a gym like no other. The 'aerobics' equipment was one Schwinn Air Dyne and a couple of weighted won duffel bags. Some of the members were competitive powerlifters and competed as far away ass Russia. 

Also, in some gyms, as with the New Year's resolutions, when school let's out if the price is right parents park their kids there with summer memberships in effect making the gym their babysitter. There's no sense in going to a gym where school age kids bogart benches abd sit in front of a mirror popping zits.

Entry #764

Very interesting ...Vatican has alien skulls? and more

2. Somebody get Mulder and Scully on the line, because the Vatican could be hiding extraterrestrial skulls! That’s right: it turns out aliens have been real this whole time and Rome is trying to keep it quiet… if you believe the whispers.




http://mentalflare.com/secrets-of-the-vatican-vaults-hc-mf/3/?as=2100013880307&bdk=a2100013880307&ch=bt

Entry #763

New Year's Eve circa late 1960s South Korea

Back in those days there was a midnight curfew every day of the year, except for New Year's Eve.

(This was in villages close to the DMZ).

At about 11:45 pm ROK Army soldiers would set up a .50 caliber machine gun in the streets, get on a loudspeaker, and in Korean make an announcement;

GO BACK TO YOUR HOMES OR BE READY TO STAY WHERE YOU ARE. AT MIDNIGHT WE WILL FIRE THE .50 CALIBER AS A WARNING, ANYONE IN THE STREET AFTER THAT WILL BE ASSUMED TO BE NORTH KOREAN AND WILL BE SHOT.

It was really something to experience. 

Koreans would tell US solders that were new in country that tomorrow was New Year's Eve, real big deal and the soldiers would day of course it's a big deal it's New Years' Eve and the Koreans would say you don't understand.

Entry #762

lexiphilia

  WHO ON EARTH DREAMS THESE UP? A lexophile, of course! (A lover of words, especially in word games, puzzles, anagrams, etc.)
 
 
. Venison for dinner again? Oh deer!
 
. How does Moses make tea? Hebrews it.
 
. England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.
 
. I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.
 
. They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Typo.
 
. I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.
 
. Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
 
. I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.
 
. I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.
 
. This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.
 
. When chemists die, they barium.
 
. I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.
 
. Why were the Indians here first? They had reservations.
 
. I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.
 
. Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?
 
. When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.
 
. Broken pencils are pointless.
 
. What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.
 
. I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
 
. Velcro - what a rip off!
 
. Don't worry about old age; it doesn't last.
Entry #761
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