This Term For A Long-handled Gardening Tool

THIS TERM FOR A LONG-HANDLED GARDENING TOOL CAN ALSO MEAN AN IMMORAL PLEASURE SEEKER

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The people who wrote that knew what they were doing.

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I'm sure that Ken knew the real answer but said this instead to get some laughs.
He knew how far ahead he was and there was no chance he was gonna lose, might as well go for the funny answer.

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Also I feel like 90 percent of us would give the same answer. Hoe is a super common expression and rake is so outdated that I only ever hear when someone is using it for comedic effect. "I do say those rakish chaps are up to their old tricks and poonhoundery for the fifth time in the last fortnight!"

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They then went on to write questions for Family Feud.

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· 5y · edited 5y

Let's dispel with this fiction that Jeopardy writers don't know what they're doing. They know exactly what they're doing.

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I'm guessing that since hoe and ho are homonyms and not one term that he'd be incorrect under the rules of jeopardy.

Ken still won dramatically.

Ken	Aimee	Al
$30,000	$5,300	$5,200

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· 5y · edited 5y

He is correct, it's an age thing.

English is a living language and I have not once heard rake used to describe an immoral pleasure seeker. Rakish perhaps, but never someone as a rake.

I've heard hoe countless times.

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He was correct, after the next commercial Trebek said the judges had ruled that he had been correct and gave him the money.

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The correct spelling is 'ho' not 'hoe', which afaik is simply a shorthand for 'whore', same word just omitting a few letters.

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A hoe seeks money, a rake seeks pleasure?

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· 5y · edited 5y

And how is rake the correct answer? I've never heard that word used to describe a person. ~~And it's not given~~ ~~here.~~

Edit: My mistake. Didn't see it further down the page.

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Was he not still correct, though?

The "hoe" (or "whore") would not be the subject that is seeking immoral pleasure. That would be the "John" (or "trick").

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In his biography he wrote that he knew that it was wrong, but hey, when was he ever going to get a chance to make a joke like that again?

Ken Jennings is a legitimately funny guy, as evidenced by his username u/WatsonsBitch

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maybe he is the true KenM

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One of the best things during Ken's streak was seeing how he'd write his name every episode.

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Some people have pointed out that Hoe (tool) and Ho (whore) are different words, just homonyms.

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He totally knew the right answer, but he's just good enough he could afford to lost $200 for that joke.

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Reminds me of "minors and hoes" and "a group of pill pushers" on Wheel. The best two answers I can recall.

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Well, it's Jeopardy, not the first two questions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, so even the 200 won't be a complete softball.

Rake is an old term, still fairly common in the UK. You might see it a lot if you read older books or play video games or watch movies depicting pre-1900s.

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The question writers know what they were doing.

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Okay now how many garden tools have a sexual relation..