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Kenneth
Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) holds the record for the
longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show
Jeopardy! Jennings won 74 games before he was defeated by
challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance. His total earnings
on Jeopardy! are US $3,022,700 ($2,520,700 in winnings, a $2,000
2nd-place prize in his 75th appearance, and $500,000 in the
Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions). Jennings held
the record for most money won on any game show ever until the
end of the Ultimate Tournament of Champions (first aired on May
25, 2005), when he was displaced by Brad Rutter, who defeated
Jennings in that tournament.
After winning, he began working on a book, Brainiac:
Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of
Trivia Buffs, which explored American trivia history and
culture. Jennings also appeared as a member of the mob (sitting
at podium #13) on the game show 1 vs. 100 in 2006, and in 2007
Jennings was the champion of the first season of the US version
of Grand Slam.
He has recently published his latest book titled, Ken
Jennings's Trivia Almanac:
8,888 Questions in 365 Days.
0-345-49997-2/978-0-3454-99974
$20.00
544 pages • 9.3 x 7.7 • Trivia
Ken
Jennings's Trivia Almanac:
8,888 Questions in 365 Days
Ken Jennings’s Trivia Almanac
is the ingeniously organized book where, for a change, the
all-time Jeopardy! champ gets to ask the questions–and where
every day of the year will give you the chance to test your
trivia mettle.
For example–February 21: In 1912, on this day, Teddy Roosevelt
coined the political phrase “hat in the ring,” so Ken
Jennings fires off a series of “ring” questions. What two
NFL quarterbacks have four Super Bowl rings each?* What rings
are divided by the Cassini Division?** Also on this date, in
1981, the “goth” music scene was born in London, so here’s
a quiz on black-clad icons like Darth Vader, Johnny Cash, and
Zorro. Do you know the secret identities of Ivanhoe’s Black
Knight*** or Men in Black’s Agent M****?
In this ultimate book for trivia buffs and other assorted
know-it-alls, the 365 entries feature “This Day in History”
factoids, trivia quizzes, and questions categorized by Jennings
as “Easy,” “Hard,” and “Yeah, Good Luck.” Topics
cover every subject under the sun, from paleontology to mixology,
sports feats to Bach suites, medieval popes to daytime soaps.
This addictive gathering of facts, oddities, devilishly clever
quizzes, and other flights of fancy will make each day a fun and
intriguing new challenge.
contact
Charles Lago for booking information 760-564-3112 or click
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