Ken Jennings Quotes

A collection of quotes by Ken Jennings.

Ken Jennings is an American game show contestant, author, and software engineer. He gained widespread recognition as the longest winning contestant on the quiz show "Jeopardy!" with 74 consecutive victories in 2004. Born in 1974, he hails from Edmonds, Washington. Jennings has since appeared on numerous television game shows, authored multiple books, and worked on several software projects. His notable achievements on "Jeopardy!" made Jennings a household name and a prominent figure in the trivia world.

If I start outsourcing all my navigation to a little talking

If I start outsourcing all my navigation to a little talking box in my car, I'm sort of screwed. I'm going to lose my car in the parking lot every single time.

When you see people who are really good at game shows, the o

When you see people who are really good at game shows, the one common attribute is a cool head under pressure: an ability to perform as well in the studio, surrounded by lights and noise, as you do on your couch.

You watch an old 'Jeopardy!' and the categories alone are ve

You watch an old 'Jeopardy!' and the categories alone are very plain. 'Poetry,' or 'Movies,' or 'Physics.' If you watch it now, though, there'll be a theme board where the categories are all Hitchcock movies. Lots more jokes, lots more high-concept categories and questions.

The Final Jeopardy! questions seem to be, by design, things

The Final Jeopardy! questions seem to be, by design, things you can't know. And so it's not about who knows them, but who can figure them out in thirty seconds.