Fun Trivia : Jennings, Ken

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Jennings, Ken

It is hard to think of anyone disliking Ken Jennings, except, perhaps, the dozens of contestants who lost to him! The boyish-looking trivia champion hailed from what US city and state?

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Salt Lake City, Utah. He actually lived in the suburb of Murray, with his wife Mindy and young son Dylan.



What was Ken Jennings' profession, besides trivia champion?

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Software engineer. He worked for CHG Companies, a provider of consulting and staffing services for healthcare professionals based in Salt Lake City.



Ken Jennings had a personal webpage. What was it about?

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His favorite movies. Located at http://jenningsbaby.8m.com, it lists his ten favorite movies, per year, for every year from 1921-2003. It also lists every other notable movie that he has seen from that year, as well as movies that he wants to see but has not yet seen.



During his "Jeopardy!" career, Ken Jennings carried a good luck charm in his pocket. What was it?

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A stuffed toy. The toy was a Totoro doll he picked up in Japan. Totoro was a friendly forest spirit in the Japanese animated film "My Neighbor Totoro".



What unusual mannerism did Ken display during each "Jeopardy!" episode?

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Writing his name in a different style. He added curlicues, doodles, fancy fonts, and many other variations besides the simple "KEN."



Ken Jennings had a quick and quirky sense of humor. When Alex Trebek asked about his winnings, what was his response?

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"For the first time I'm actually in favor of the Bush tax cut.". When his wife Mindy asked him, he told her he would spend it all on DVDs. He reported that she wasn't amused.



Which game show record did Ken Jennings NOT break?

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Most consecutive appearances on a game show. He tied the record of 75 consecutive appearances of Ian Lygo on the game show "100%".



Ken Jennings stated he would donate a portion of his "Jeopardy!" winnings to which organizations?

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National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting System. He also intended to tithe to the Mormon Church and take his family to Europe. He said he would invest the rest towards his family's future.



Alas, all good things must come to an end... Ken Jennings finally turned in his crown on which show, and left with how much cash?

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75th show, $2,522,700. He lost to Nancy Zerg after missing both Double Jeopardy questions and the seemingly-simple Final Jeopardy question; "Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year." He answered "FedEx", the correct answer was US tax firm H&R Block.