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
When you see people who are really good at game shows, the one common attribute is a cool head under pressure: an ability to perform as well in the studio, surrounded by lights and noise, as you do on your couch.
We got another one today. It's real good when everyone gets in there.
We went into the locker room, and we told them what they needed to do to intensify the pressure. They decided to come out and do it.
To me, he's the ideal game show host. He has to read 61 questions flawlessly in 22 minutes and keep the game moving for five shows per day.
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.
Marcus is a good ballplayer. But he gets to the point where he thinks he has to play the whole game by himself. Then when he tries to get his teammates involved, they kind of let him down. Marcus is an emotional kid.
It's really changed me. For the first time I'm in favor of the Bush tax cuts.
The Final Jeopardy! questions seem to be, by design, things you can't know. And so it's not about who knows them, but who can figure them out in thirty seconds.
It's so much fun that the money is just icing on the cake. There seems to be a lot of icing.
Even before you understand them, your brain is drawn to maps.
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.
When the timeout was called with 12 seconds to go, I just told them to hang onto the ball, and go to the line. I told them they have to foul. We just get too fast with the ball when we don't have to.
I once killed a man down south, Alex!
Not long after my last win on Jeopardy!, I got a call from the company about this collaboration and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.