You all voted for the World's Greatest Australian, and the results are finally in. I couldn't disagree more.

In what universe does a non-celebrity like Kylie Minogue beat Angus Young (who rules the known universe)?

That's b.s., but whatever.

Anyways, here's Kylie's banned lingerie commercial for whoever stuffed the ballot box. Enjoy.

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Tonight was the finale of the real Jeopardy's Tournament of Champions. Well, here at Annika's Journal we've just concluded our own contest, and I'm about to announce the new 2006 Annika's Jeopardy Champion.

The Final Jeopardy clue was very hard, I know. I test googled it first, just to make sure. The category was "Heroes," and the clue was: "A famous historian once described him thusly: 'He is incapable of violent action, he never raises his voice.' Yet today he is recognized as one of the Greatest Generation's great leaders."

The famous historian was Stephen E. Ambrose, if that helps any. The correct response will be revealed in the extended entry.

Let's see how the contestants did, shall we? more...

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1 Dammit! I was almost positive it was Dick Winters, but I didn't have any of my Ambrose books with me to be certain. JPII seemed like the safer guess. Winters is truly a great man. You get the sense from reading Band of Brothers or D-Day that any of the men of E Company would still, today, lay down their lives for him if he asked them to. Thanks for doing this, Annie. It was a blast.

Posted by: Leif at September 08, 2006 11:18 PM (MKlM3)

2 Dayum. Congratulations, Leif, well played! Annie, Those 'toons of each of us are da bomb!

Posted by: Tuning Spork at September 09, 2006 12:21 AM (KPlUg)

3 So, those of us who don't have the time to watch 20 hours of TV or read Ambrose are screwed? Jeez, Annie, ya gotta admit that was a real far out choice. Thanks for doing this, but next year, in the words of the immortal Darryl F. Zanuck, "Include me out".

Posted by: shelly at September 09, 2006 02:17 AM (ZGpMS)

4 Bah! Percy, jus' be glad you weren't pictured clutching a McTencile. :p

Posted by: Tuning Spork at September 09, 2006 05:36 AM (KPlUg)

5 Thanks for the Jeopardy contest Annie. Also the cartoon made me look a bit less foolish than I feel. As ususual you rule...

Posted by: Drake Steel at September 09, 2006 10:36 AM (ZnkB7)

6 annika, it was a lot of fun, and I can't wait for next year's edition...if there is a next year's edition. BTW, all ye need do is ask, and I could have given you a much better pic of a rat.

Posted by: Victor at September 09, 2006 11:44 AM (l+W8Z)

7 Forgot to mention: That pic of Blu makes him look like he's hung like a brontosaurus. (And all this time, I thought Sgt. Rock led Easy Company. Guess that's what I get for learning about WWII from comic books.)

Posted by: Victor at September 09, 2006 11:47 AM (l+W8Z)

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...will be announced later this afternoon!

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Here it is, the Final Jeopardy clue. Players have until the 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday, September 7th to email your responses to me. Remember, you must have already emailed me your Final Jeopardy wager to be eligible to play.

You can email your responses to me by clicking here.

The clue is in the extended entry. Good Luck! more...

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It's time for Final Jeopardy with Annika. Thanks to everyone who participated in this game. Last year we had twelve visitors on the board, and this year we had fifteen, so that's pretty cool.

Last year's winner was Trevor, and we will definitely have a new champion this year since Trevor didn't play. (Unless he was the fake Law Fairy.)

Final Jeopardy will be open to anyone who has money in the game.

That would be:

Leif $1900 in
D-Rod $1600 in
Tuning Spork $1500 in
Shelly $1000 in
Victor has $700 in
Law Fairy $500 in
Maximum Leader $300 in
KG $300
Blu $300 in
Kevin Kim $300
Matt of Overtaken By Events $200
Trint $200 in
Drake Steel $100 in
TBinSTL $100
SkippyStalin $100 in

Just like on tv, you can wager from $0 up to the entire total of what you've earned in the game, or any amount in between.

Rules will be a little different this year, to conform more closely with the tv show. First, the players will email me their wagers, based on the category, without knowing the clue. All wagers must be in to me by Tuesday night, September 5, 2006, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time.

After I get the wagers, I'll post the clue and there will also be another time limit for the responses.

Comments will be closed, so wagers and responses must be e-mailed to me. The correct response must be phrased in the form of a question. There's no need to buzz in for Final Jeopardy.

The Final Jeopardy category is "Heroes." Think about your wagers and send the amounts to me by clicking here.

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