IT'S OVER. At the beginning of today's Jeopardy, host Alex Trebek asked record money-winner Ken Jennings if he had quit his day job yet. His response: "No, but I might work less hours." Time for those scaled back hours to begin. The buzz in the entertainment business, for the past week, was that his streak would end at the end of November. It did. Sean at The American Mind has coverage and linkage. I sneaked away from the numerical analysis and watched the show. How could one first mistake Bastogne for Verdun (relieved by General Patton on December 26, Germans finally ejected in January) and then be so unaware of the 1920s as to not get the brimless hat that resembles a bell, which is the French translation of its name? Cloche, darn it. Theda Bara and all that. Apparently ABC's Nightline is in the loop, Mr. Jennings will be the story this evening.

Today's winner's strategy was interesting. She wagered enough to get a $1 lead in case Mr Jennings made a mistake, then correctly asked which company employs most of its white collar workers for four months. Hint: taxes are due April 15. And yes, H&R Block has offered to do Mr Jennings's taxes.