The champion would receive one million dollars, but ken ultimately fell short by a single. Ken jennings channels inner linda evangelista and revisits. His books include brainiac, about the phenomenon of trivia in american culture, ken. Ken jennings bio, net worth, affair, wife, age, facts.
Test your knowledge on this television quiz to see how you do and compare your score to. Seven periods full of facts, trivia, and pop quizzes, along with games for recess, craft. A seattle native, he spent his childhood in korea and singapore, where his father was an attorney and young ken faithfully. Other information about his shoe size, dress size, etc. Ken was born in 1974 just outside seattle, washington, but grew up overseas. Ken jennings may be the jeopardy goat, but 16 years ago, he came dangerously close to losing his firstever game. Ken jennings biojeopardy, age, loses, winnings, trivia. Ken jennings is trivias undisputed kingand as he traces his rise from. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read ken jenningss. When the clue came up, i knew it right away, so im like ok, kens going get it too. Every friday ill be testing your knowledge with 12 ch.
A graduate of brigham young university in provo, utah, he worked as a computer programmer until becoming an unlikely celebrity due to his unprecedented recordbreaking streak on the television quiz show jeopardy. His books include brainiac, about the phenomenon of trivia in american culture, ken jenningss trivia almanac, the biggest american trivia book ever assembled, maphead, about his lifelong love of geography, and because i said so. Brainiac is ken jenningss personal tour through the wide world of triviainsightful, informative, and written with a strong dose of humor and humility. Questions from ken jennings 75 regular appearances. Ken jennings s trivia almanac is the ingeniously organized book where, for a change, the alltime jeopardy. Ken s full match 1 winners circle interview see more. The computer system was initially developed to answer questions on the quiz show jeopardy. Ken jennings book is a brief foray into the history and current world of trivia and the people that compile and compete at it, as told through the narrative framing device of his yet to be broken record of 75 consecutive jeopardy games. Will shortz, crossword editor, the new york times we all know ken jennings is the smartest person in the world. This book is part memoir of ken jennings amazing 74game winning streak on jeopardy, and part tour of americas trivia culture. If ken jennings had a superherostyle origin story, it would start with quiz bowl, where college students compete to represent their schools, often as fourperson teams, in regional and national. Jeopardy winner ken jennings pisses off donald trump jr.
Kenneth wayne jennings iii born may 23, 1974 is an american game show contestant and author. Ken jennings grew up in seoul, south korea, where he became a daily devotee of the quiz show jeopardy. Ive been rejecting 100 percent of the offers to play trivia. Ken jennings talks james holzhauer feud, brad rutters.
Junior genius guides, because i said so, maphead, brainiac. Ken jennings will admit that during his recordsetting jeopardy. Jeopardy legend ken jennings almost lost his firstever. Kenneth wayne jennings iii, professionally named ken jennings is an american game show contestant and author.
Book ken jennings for speaking, events and appearances apb. Ken jennings walks away with the win, but the competition is just beginning. On november 30, 2004, ken jennings, the software engineer from salt lake city, utah, ended his 74game winning streak on jeopardy. Jennings, who still holds the records for longest jeopardy. Im ken jennings, author and jeopardy champ, and this is. Goat made a trivia game with magic the gathering creator richard garfield that wants to make everyone feel smart. He is the highestearning american game show contestant of all time. Ken jennings was born in seattle, washington, but spent much of his childhood in seoul, south korea. The game show contestant, who earned the coveted goat title at the jeopardy. Ken jenningss trivia almanac is the ingeniously organized book where, for a change, the alltime jeopardy. Jeopardys ken jennings is headed to a new game show. Ken jennings biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity. While catching up with ken jennings at phinney books in seattle, we didnt have to look far to find more of the j. Ive had on and off love affair of the mind with jeopardy for ages.
How comedy took over our culture and continue raising his two children with his wife mindy. Jeopardy host alex trebek poses with contestant ken jennings after his earnings from his recordbreaking streak on the gameshow surpassed 1 million dollars july 14, 2004, in culver city, calif. Ken jennings was an anonymous salt lake city software engineer in 2004 when he became a nerd folk icon almost overnight via his recordbreaking sixmonth streak on the tv quiz show jeopardy. Since that 2004 era, the affable quizmaster has gone on to cohost a podcast, become a beloved twitter hero, write several books including the newly released planet funny. Always assume ken jennings is going to get final jeopardy. James holzhauer gets ken jennings in buzzfeed jeopardy. Can you beat the goat an interactive quiz show event with ken jennings. American pub trivia by seven phoenix ken jenningss trivia almanac by. Tooling through the dvr and came across a rebroadcast of ken jennings first jeopardy. Byu alum ken jennings holds longest jeopardy winning streak. Ken jennings grew up in seoul, south korea, where he became a daily devotee of the quiz. Before jennings could win a record 74 consecutive matches or make millions as our nations foremost expert on all things trivia, he needed to win his debut, and. Jennings lives in seattle with his wife mindy and two children. At over nine thousand questions, in fact, its the largest single collection of trivia questions ever produced in america in any form.
Can you defeat ken jennings in his final game of jeopardy. Ken jennings set the following records on the quiz show jeopardy. Ken jennings made television history with his unprecedented number of jeopardy wins, and now hes headed back to tv in an attempt to do the same on a different game show. He also holds the record for the highest average correct responses per game in jeopardy. Hear thoughts and first impressions from the three super champs as they debrief the opening games. Ken jennings generally travels from seattle, wa, usa and can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Ken jennings is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. Jennings holds the record for the longest winning streak on the u. Greatest of all time champion said he almost turned down the opportunity to participate in the tournament. Ken jennings obviously is an expert in many jeopardy.
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