Ken Jennings
Ken Jennings
Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Jennings IIIis an American game show contestant and author. Jennings holds the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! and as being the second highest-earning contestant in game show history. In 2004, Jennings won 74 Jeopardy! gamesbefore he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance. His total earnings on Jeopardy! are $3,196,300, consisting of $2,520,700 over his 74 wins, a $2,000 second-place prize in his 75th appearance, a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReality Star
Date of Birth23 May 1974
CityEdmonds, WA
CountryUnited States of America
Can You Beat Ken. My experience is that a 15 year old can sometimes know more than his dad. Trivia has an all-age attraction.
It's about bragging rights for a year. We're both sister schools so we know that's what it all boils down to. Coach and I are real good friends. There's no animosity or anything like that.
Most of them (the offers) were 'Where's the check?', whereas John's venture was very well funded and he just wanted me on board... He did a pretty good sales job. His enthusiasm was contagious.
Adam is a good ballplayer. He can play ball if he keeps his cool and lets things come to him. We have a tendency to rush too much, and that causes turnovers. But when we let it come to us, we have a good team.
I once killed a man down south, Alex!
Marcus is a good floor leader, he's an emotional kid. He and Adam play together and feed off each other so much, they're both good players.
We got another one today. It's real good when everyone gets in there.
I would stare at maps of Delaware for hours.
If it's on the Internet, then it's gotta be true.
During the whole 'Jeopardy' experience, I felt like I was living a bit of a double life, I would be secretly flying out to L.A. to tape new shows, hoping that none of my coworkers would notice the absence and figure out what was going on. 'Jeopardy' tries very hard to keep their secrets.
If I start outsourcing all my navigation to a little talking box in my car, I'm sort of screwed. I'm going to lose my car in the parking lot every single time.
I have always loved maps.
You watch an old 'Jeopardy!' and the categories alone are very plain. 'Poetry,' or 'Movies,' or 'Physics.' If you watch it now, though, there'll be a theme board where the categories are all Hitchcock movies. Lots more jokes, lots more high-concept categories and questions.
Sure I have a cell-phone, so I don't have to remember everyone's number anymore, but that really wasn't a core part of my brain.