November 30, 2004 Jeopardy! Contestant's Record Winning Streak Ends

On this day in 2004, after winning 74 consecutive games and more than $2.5 million, the record for any US game show, contestant Ken Jennings loses. Jennings extended winning streak gave the show a huge ratings boost and turned the software engineer from Utah into a reality TV star. But all of that ended on September 30, 2004 when he was stumped by the answer: "Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year." The correct response was the tax preparation company H&R Block. After losing, Jennings went on to become a pitchman for various products and wrote several books.