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Ken Jennings

Ken Jennings grew up in Seoul, South Korea, where he became a daily devotee of the quiz show Jeopardy! In 2004, he successfully auditioned for a spot on the show, and went on an unprecedented seventy-four game victory streak worth $2.52 million. Jennings’s book Brainiac, about his Jeopardy! adventures, was a critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller, as were his follow-up books Maphead and Because I Said So! Jennings lives outside Seattle with his wife, Mindy, his son, Dylan, his daughter, Caitlin, and a deeply unstable Labrador retriever named Banjo.

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Because I Said So! will be released on October 08, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 17, 2013
Because I Said So! will be released on December 04, 2012 in Paper Over Board, eBook
Dec 04, 2012
Because I Said So! is now available in Paper Over Board, eBook
Dec 04, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Because I Said So!
Dec 02, 2012
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Oct 20, 2012
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Maphead
Apr 28, 2012
Maphead will be released on April 17, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Apr 17, 2012
Maphead is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 17, 2012
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Mar 20, 2012
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Oct 20, 2011
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Sep 23, 2011

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Topeka Capital-Journal, March 21, 2013
...Finally, they know that happiness and success are tied tight together. As for advice, from game show winner Ken Jennings: “... enjoy the crazy experience ...” and follow your bliss. “Instill the ‘WOW’, ” says Zappos’ Tony Hsieh. From 30...
Rimbey Review, March 5, 2013
...Finally, they know that happiness and success are tied tight together. As for advice, from game show winner Ken Jennings: “… enjoy the crazy experience…” and follow your bliss. “Instill the ‘WOW’,” says Zappos’ Tony Hsieh. From 30...
Aiken Today, March 2, 2013
...Finally, they know that happiness and success are tied tight together. As for advice, from game show winner Ken Jennings: “… enjoy the crazy experience…” and follow your bliss. “Instill the ‘WOW’,” says Zappos’ Tony Hsieh. From 30...
Forbes.com, February 9, 2013
...but it positively wiped the floor with two of Jeopardy’s most accomplished champions. One of the competitors, Ken Jennings, who holds the longest winning streak and is the biggest money winner in the show’s history, wrote as his final answer, "I,...
Des Moines Cityview, February 6, 2013
...this book, which is a compendium of common sayings used by parents all over the country. The author, Ken Jennings, (the champion of the game show “Jeopardy”) has investigated the sayings and evaluated them as true, false and gradients in...
Denver Post, January 27, 2013
...Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids, by Ken Jennings, $19.99 9. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine Boo, $27 10. Shred: The...
Oak Ridger, January 27, 2013
...the Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to its Kids” (031.000), by Ken Jennings; “Mankind: the Story of All of Us” (909.000), by Pamela D. Toler and the History Channel; “The Dog Lived (and So Will I): a...
Slate Magazine, January 18, 2013
...Every Friday I’ll be testing your knowledge with 12 challenging questions on the week’s news events, big and small, including happenings in science, sports, politics, and culture both high and low. The questions are multiple-choice, and time is of...
Find Law, January 18, 2013
...Ken Jennings competes against 'Watson' at a press conference to discuss the Man V. Machine 'Jeopardy!' competition at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in 2011 in Yorktown Heights, New...
Slate Magazine, January 18, 2013
...With Jeopardy! superchampion . Ken Jennings competes against 'Watson' at a press conference to discuss the Man V. Machine 'Jeopardy!' competition at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in 2011 in Yorktown Heights, New...
CNN, January 17, 2013
...I am no longer the most famous Mormon to invent an always-suspiciously-absent "girlfriend" in college. deadsp.in/fZ5POJa — Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) January 16, 2013 And of course jokes that Lance Armstrong is delighted that the spotlight has...
Forbes.com, January 17, 2013
...What do actor Alec Baldwin, game-show champion Ken Jennings and baseball icon Yogi Berra have in common? Thatâs what husband-and-wife duo Camille Sweeney and Josh Gosfield set out to discover. For their upcoming book The Art of Doing...
Hamilton Spectator, January 17, 2013
...but it would be fun to go on a big run and take a shot at Jeopardy record-holder Ken Jennings,” Dyakowski said Tuesday. “That would be something to hang your hat on.” When he's not testing his mental acuity, Dyakowski also likes to play a little...
New York Daily News, January 17, 2013
...joke - ready to go, from comic Seth Myers to Heisman winner Johnny Manziel to former Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings. Here are a few of the best: "So ND knew about this hoax since at least December? When did Te’o really know? ND’s statement only...