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Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show host, author, and former game show contestant. He is the highest-earning American game show contestant, having won money on five different game shows, including $4,522,700 on the U.S. game show Jeopardy!.
May 19, 2024 · This BYU graduate and software engineer won a record 74 consecutive Jeopardy! matches before going on to become one of the game show’s hosts in 2021. Who is Ken Jennings?
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Jennings is the author of 14 books; “Brainiac,” about his JEOPARDY! adventures, was a critically acclaimed New York Times best-seller, as were his follow-up books “Maphead” and “Because I Said So!”. His latest book, “100 Places To See After You Die,” was released in 2023.
Ken Jennings was born in 1974 just outside Seattle, Washington, but grew up overseas. His family spent fifteen years in Korea and Singapore, where his father worked as an attorney. His only lifeline to American pop culture during those years was TV on the Armed Forces Network, where he watched Jeopardy! religiously after school every afternoon.
May 25, 2023 · And there’s one man who got a front-row seat to the three-week ABC tournament (and can brag that he beat the sports gambler in the Greatest of All Time tournament): Host Ken Jennings.
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Jan 15, 2020 · With some nervy swagger and limitless good humor, Ken Jennings beat James Holzhauer at his own game to win the “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time” tournament on Tuesday night, coming out...
Jan 15, 2020 · After a $0 wager and correct final answer, Ken Jennings became the undisputed greatest "Jeopardy!" champion of all-time and said he "had no idea what to do after you win." "Turns out you walk over and stand next to Alex [Trebek]," Jennings told "Good Morning America" about his winning moment.
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