Ken Jennings' incredible winning streak on Jeopardy of 74 games made him the Joe DiMaggio of game show contestants. A celebrity because of his streak, Ken has gone on to appear on numerous commercials and TV shows.
ROBERT PHILPOT Tonight brings the premiere of The Starter Wife (8 p.m., USA), which did so well as a miniseries that USA turned it into a regular series. I review it on this page. Otherwise, things have settled down a bit from the fall-premiere onslaught. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?: It’s a pretty good bet that Ken Jennings, the all-time Jeopardy! champ, is smarter than a ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:02:11 GMT“ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?” Ken Jennings made history in 2004 when he created the longest winning streak on “Jeopardy!” by winning 74 games in a row and more than $2.5 million. He helped generate new buzz for the long-running game show.
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:01:33 GMTIf destroying the competition at bar trivia is an everyday thing for you, if your friends refuse to play you in Trivial Pursuit and, most of all, if you want nothing more than to be the next Ken Jennings, then you should definitely be at Chinook Winds casino this Saturday.
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:24:42 GMTNew friendships and, consequently, new problems start off the eighth season of "Degrassi: The Next Generation" (The N at 8).
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:31:17 GMTChanges are coming to the morning news programs on ABC affiliate WFTS, Channel 28.
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:12:10 GMT
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On November 30th 2004 Ken was finally dethroned as Jeopardy champ by Nancy Zerg. The Final Jeopardy answer was "Employees at this white collar firm work only four months out of the year." The answer was "H. and R Block", Jennings said "Fed Ex". He finished his reign with a grand total of $2,520,700.
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