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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 24, 2024 · Ken Jennings is celebrating his milestone 50th birthday. Here Is a look back at his journey from record-setting "Jeopardy!" contestant to the host of the popular game show.
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?
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.
Jan 15, 2020 · With some nervy swagger and limitless good humor, Ken Jennings won the Greatest of All Time title for "Jeopardy!". Here's a look at how he did it over the four-night tournament.
Jan 15, 2020 · Jennings beat his all-star competition James Holzhauer, a.k.a. Jeopardy James, and Brad Rutter to win the $1 million in prize money in the special prime time tournament.
Oct 31, 2022 · Ken Jennings, above at a lake in Seattle, was named a permanent “Jeopardy!” host in July. (Peter Bohler for The Washington Post) 16 min. CULVER CITY, Calif. — On television, an episode of...
Jul 28, 2022 · Jeopardy! hosts Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik will become the show's official hosts after filling the roles temporarily following the 2020 death of former longtime host Alex Trebek.
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