Ken Jennings (b. 1974) gained fame for setting the record for the longest winning streak on the game show Jeopardy! Jennings won 74 games before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance. His total earnings on Jeopardy! were $3,022,700. Jennings appeared on Sesame Street in season 36, appearing in a Healthy Moment segment with Grover. In the segment, Grover asks him to name something that is sweet and full of vitamins. In the form of a question, Jennings answers, "What is a fruit?" and gets it correct. His prize is a Muppet pineapple.
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| - Ken Jennings (b. 1974) gained fame for setting the record for the longest winning streak on the game show Jeopardy! Jennings won 74 games before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance. His total earnings on Jeopardy! were $3,022,700. Jennings appeared on Sesame Street in season 36, appearing in a Healthy Moment segment with Grover. In the segment, Grover asks him to name something that is sweet and full of vitamins. In the form of a question, Jennings answers, "What is a fruit?" and gets it correct. His prize is a Muppet pineapple.
- The answer to today's Colbert Report Quiz: "The guest Stephen nailed on the September 13, 2006 edition of The Colbert Report." Question: Who is Ken Jennings, a record-breaking former Jeopardy! champion and big fat know-it-all member of The Nerd Patrol?
- Ken Jennings (born on May 23, 1974) is a game show contestant. He is most notable for his record-setting streak of 74 wins on Jeopardy!.
- <default>Ken Jennings</default> Guest Star Information Gender Status Birth Death Nationality Claim to fame Character First appearance Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show contestant and author. Outside "The Simpsons", Jennings not only holds the world record for the longest winning streak on Jeopardy!, but also being the second highest-earning contestant in the history of game shows. He has won 74 Jeopardy! games in a row before being defeated on his 75th appearance. On "The Simpsons", he guest voiced as himself in "The Caper Chase".
- <default>Ken Jennings</default> FromSeattle, WA AppearanceFile:Flag USA.png November 14–17, 2014 Money won Ken Jennings is a game show contestant and author, most known for holding the record for the longest winning streak on Jeopardy!, with 74 games, in 2004.
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- Writer
- Jeopardy! champion
- Computer scientist
- Software engineer
- American Latter Day Saint
- American expatriate
- Game show champion
- Mormon missionary
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- "The Caper Chase"
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- Xerox
- Fossil fuels
- Yale University
- Steve McQueen
- Sweet Caroline
- "That's a fight I'll never stop."
- Dancing at a wedding
- Dome of the Rock
- Flea bites
- Kevinzuela
- Under the night sky
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| - The klaxon called time.
- Ken was not sure on this question, so he decided to ask the audience, but the results were too spread out, so he called down his Plus One, Tony Hightower, who was not so sure either. In the end, Ken decided to jump the question.
- Ken's Bank: $25,000
- Ken's Bank: $32,000
- Ken's Bank: $35,000
- Ken's Bank: $40,000
- Ken's Bank: $40,100
- Ken's Bank: $41,100
- Ken's Bank: $56,100
- Ken's Bank: $58,100
- Ken's Bank: $68,100
- Ken remembers hearing this speech, and he thought it might be D, but he did not feel sure enough, so he decided to walk away with $100,000. The correct answer was indeed D.
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- Paul Newman
- Columbia University
- Hagia Sophia
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