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Kenning Jennings (Jeopardy guy) is a pretty 180 dude

Randomly stumbled upon a Reddit AMA he did recently. http:/...
cracking federal cruise ship
  02/13/13
He's one of the only people worth following on Twitter. Pret...
hot talented hall
  02/13/13
Ken Jennings on Manti Teo's fake girlfriend: "WHOA. ...
out-of-control associate
  02/13/13
lol 180
Appetizing shitlib fortuitous meteor
  02/13/13
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goy orbison
  09/25/25
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Ass Hands
  09/25/25
Hilarious on twitter, unsurprisingly comes off as a little a...
olive orchestra pit
  02/13/13
the few mormons i've met irl have been really nice but a lit...
Histrionic Elite Round Eye Base
  02/14/13
hes hilarious.
pearly magical menage
  02/13/13
Is he just biding his time until Trebek dies?
mahogany striped hyena
  02/13/13
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obsidian spot boiling water
  02/13/13
Homosexual Mormon liberal endearing to XO why.
Puce Startled Headpube Hell
  02/13/13
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ebony mind-boggling legend school cafeteria
  02/13/13
wtf, he's queer?
Soul-stirring Honey-headed Institution Regret
  02/13/13
No, but he is shitlib.
cowardly hairraiser alpha faggot firefighter
  06/02/14
His original run on Jeopardy was insane. He absolutely crush...
translucent brunch stain
  02/13/13
But he loses ToC twice why?
Thriller jew
  02/13/13
That Rudder dude I guess is just faster with the buzzer. I'...
cracking federal cruise ship
  02/13/13
Yeah. I still root for Ken. He's my favorite gameshow dude j...
Thriller jew
  02/13/13
I actually just watched the clip of him winning today (resul...
cracking federal cruise ship
  02/13/13
calling your dad to say you're gonna win so fucking good
Thriller jew
  02/13/13
Carpenter is the true alpha of gaming bros
Lemon hyperventilating hospital
  02/13/13
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Thriller jew
  02/13/13
that had to have been fixed. it's statistically impossible t...
Soul-stirring Honey-headed Institution Regret
  02/13/13
Lol @ this. Jeopardy is and always will be TCQS. No phone ...
Lemon hyperventilating hospital
  02/13/13
i like jeopardy more, but WWTBAM was a cultural sensation an...
Soul-stirring Honey-headed Institution Regret
  02/13/13
And yet Jeopardy has always raked in massive amounts of cash...
zippy sanctuary
  06/02/14
For most of Jeopardy's run you could only appear 5 times bef...
cracking federal cruise ship
  02/13/13
this isn't the 1950s anymore bro
Soul-stirring Honey-headed Institution Regret
  02/13/13
According to Jennings the laws are still really serious as a...
cracking federal cruise ship
  02/13/13
Fuck I forgot about that rule.
zippy sanctuary
  06/02/14
Wrong. Millionaire was no longer prime time at that time. Al...
Thriller jew
  02/13/13
this doesn't argue against me. they wanted the publicity ...
Soul-stirring Honey-headed Institution Regret
  02/13/13
Why hasnt anything close to it happened since? In decade...
garnet lascivious property friendly grandma
  02/14/13
What you're missing is that each game he became harder to be...
narrow-minded coffee pot lay
  02/14/13
All of reddit operating at a high level in that thread
maniacal dashing karate codepig
  02/14/13
He did another one, http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/22...
cracking federal cruise ship
  06/02/14
If you could have any 3 historical figures, alive or dead, t...
zippy sanctuary
  06/02/14
Maybe Anne will come up with the final solution this time. ...
greedy crawly psychic
  06/02/14
(ken jennings)
zippy sanctuary
  06/02/14
the asian bro people were hating on would have beaten jennin...
Dun persian stage
  06/02/14
I don't think Chu's breadth of knowledge was as deep.
cracking federal cruise ship
  06/02/14
–]respite 249 points 1 month ago How do you pronounce the &...
Diverse Demanding Tattoo Location
  06/02/14


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Date: February 13th, 2013 8:53 PM
Author: cracking federal cruise ship

Randomly stumbled upon a Reddit AMA he did recently. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/fwpzj/iama_74time_jeopardy_champion_ken_jennings_i_will/

He seems legitimately modest and he basically kills it in _every_ reply he gives.

EDIT: Meant "Ken" obviously.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634555)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 8:54 PM
Author: hot talented hall

He's one of the only people worth following on Twitter. Pretty hilarious dooder.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634558)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 8:55 PM
Author: out-of-control associate

Ken Jennings on Manti Teo's fake girlfriend:

"WHOA. I am no longer the most famous Mormon to invent an always-suspiciously-absent 'girlfriend' in college"

@KenJennings

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634566)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:40 PM
Author: Appetizing shitlib fortuitous meteor

lol 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634790)



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Date: September 25th, 2025 3:11 PM
Author: goy orbison



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#49302731)



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Date: September 25th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: Ass Hands



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#49302833)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 8:57 PM
Author: olive orchestra pit

Hilarious on twitter, unsurprisingly comes off as a little aspie IRL

http://youtube.com/#/watch?v=nvD2dSqsDBs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634573)



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Date: February 14th, 2013 8:45 AM
Author: Histrionic Elite Round Eye Base

the few mormons i've met irl have been really nice but a little...off.

in korea i worked w this mormon dude from byu who was like 28 because he'd done his missionary thing. everyone else i worked w was convinced that he had a crush on me and would torment me non-stop. anyway this bro was nice but weird. he'd corner you and start lecturing yo about the peace of westphalia or something... like randomly. and he wouldn't stop until his little spiel was done. weirdest thing ever. he was so nice though that no one wold tell him how we felt about him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22636765)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 8:58 PM
Author: pearly magical menage

hes hilarious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634577)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:01 PM
Author: mahogany striped hyena

Is he just biding his time until Trebek dies?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634583)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:04 PM
Author: obsidian spot boiling water



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634592)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:04 PM
Author: Puce Startled Headpube Hell

Homosexual Mormon liberal endearing to XO why.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634589)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:37 PM
Author: ebony mind-boggling legend school cafeteria



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634765)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:39 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Honey-headed Institution Regret

wtf, he's queer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634786)



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Date: June 2nd, 2014 9:19 PM
Author: cowardly hairraiser alpha faggot firefighter

No, but he is shitlib.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#25675717)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:34 PM
Author: translucent brunch stain

His original run on Jeopardy was insane. He absolutely crushed the competition. The vast majority of his games were locks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634756)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:39 PM
Author: Thriller jew

But he loses ToC twice

why?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634784)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:41 PM
Author: cracking federal cruise ship

That Rudder dude I guess is just faster with the buzzer. I'm sure both of them basically knew all the questions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634795)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:41 PM
Author: Thriller jew

Yeah. I still root for Ken. He's my favorite gameshow dude just slightly ahead of Carpenter aka THE ORIGINAL MILLIONAIRE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634803)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:43 PM
Author: cracking federal cruise ship

I actually just watched the clip of him winning today (resulting from Jennings Googling). Easily the most alpha game show moment of all time.

Though it was sort of surprising the last question was that easy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634811)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:47 PM
Author: Thriller jew

calling your dad to say you're gonna win

so fucking good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634837)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:43 PM
Author: Lemon hyperventilating hospital

Carpenter is the true alpha of gaming bros

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634813)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:50 PM
Author: Thriller jew



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634858)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:43 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Honey-headed Institution Regret

that had to have been fixed. it's statistically impossible that no former jeopardy champ had won more than a handful of games in a row in the 25 year run of the show, and then this guy shows up and runs a clinic for 70 days straight.

no, the jeopardy producers orchestrated it as a publicity stunt; because, if you recall, at the time "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" had stolen jeopardy's thunder, making jeopardy look comparatively small-stakes and uninteresting (compare its average champion's haul of like 45K to winning a cool Million dollars).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634808)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:44 PM
Author: Lemon hyperventilating hospital

Lol @ this. Jeopardy is and always will be TCQS. No phone a friend, no fucking audience poll. You either know it or you don't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634816)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:46 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Honey-headed Institution Regret

i like jeopardy more, but WWTBAM was a cultural sensation and made Jeopardy look hokey

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634831)



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Date: June 2nd, 2014 8:33 PM
Author: zippy sanctuary

And yet Jeopardy has always raked in massive amounts of cash, even in the Millionaire days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#25675488)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:44 PM
Author: cracking federal cruise ship

For most of Jeopardy's run you could only appear 5 times before being retired. They changed the rule around a year before Ken went on his run. I'm not sure what the longest run has been since.

Networks aren't gonna fuck around with fixing gameshows anymore after what happened in the '50s I don't think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634817)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:45 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Honey-headed Institution Regret

this isn't the 1950s anymore bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634827)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:48 PM
Author: cracking federal cruise ship

According to Jennings the laws are still really serious as a result of those scandals. Like he wasn't allowed like any contact with Trebeck at all while the show was going on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634845)



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Date: June 2nd, 2014 8:34 PM
Author: zippy sanctuary

Fuck I forgot about that rule.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#25675491)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:48 PM
Author: Thriller jew

Wrong. Millionaire was no longer prime time at that time. Also rules change. Also Ken being fast with the buzzer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634843)



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Date: February 13th, 2013 9:52 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Honey-headed Institution Regret

this doesn't argue against me.

they wanted the publicity for several reasons having to do with WWTBAM: the jeopardy brand had been tarnished, ratings had dropped; plus they saw that there was a far greater potential audience for quiz shows than they had previously believed, but only if they provided audiences with big money stakes and drama (Will Ken keep the streak alive?! Tune in tonight and find out!), etc.

it was a ratings bonanza for them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22634872)



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Date: February 14th, 2013 4:09 AM
Author: garnet lascivious property friendly grandma

Why hasnt anything close to it happened since?

In decades of running this show, they didnt realize high stakes and drama helped boost ratings?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22636531)



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Date: February 14th, 2013 8:37 AM
Author: narrow-minded coffee pot lay

What you're missing is that each game he became harder to beat. He got better and better with the buzzer. If you're smarter than everyone and are going to ring in first whenever everyone knows the answer because you've gotten completely acclimated with the buzzer timing, it's going to be really hard to beat you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22636755)



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Date: February 14th, 2013 9:25 AM
Author: maniacal dashing karate codepig

All of reddit operating at a high level in that thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#22636862)



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Date: June 2nd, 2014 8:30 PM
Author: cracking federal cruise ship

He did another one, http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/227efm/ken_jennings_from_jeopardy_here_wearing_out_my/

Another 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#25675480)



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Date: June 2nd, 2014 8:41 PM
Author: zippy sanctuary

If you could have any 3 historical figures, alive or dead, to play in your ultimate jeopardy game, who would you choose?

Assume we could find a fair set of questions for them.

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[–]WatsonsBitch[S] 392 points 1 month ago

Anne Frank vs Hitler. So satisfying for the home viewer. I don't care who the third player is. Wolf Blitzer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#25675528)



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Date: June 2nd, 2014 9:03 PM
Author: greedy crawly psychic

Maybe Anne will come up with the final solution this time.

I'm so sorry. I had to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#25675628)



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Date: June 2nd, 2014 9:57 PM
Author: zippy sanctuary

(ken jennings)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#25676044)



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Date: June 2nd, 2014 9:15 PM
Author: Dun persian stage

the asian bro people were hating on would have beaten jennings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#25675704)



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Date: June 2nd, 2014 9:21 PM
Author: cracking federal cruise ship

I don't think Chu's breadth of knowledge was as deep.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#25675728)



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Date: June 2nd, 2014 9:24 PM
Author: Diverse Demanding Tattoo Location

–]respite 249 points 1 month ago

How do you pronounce the "!" in "Jeopardy!"?

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[–]WatsonsBitch[S] 1757 points 1 month ago

In my case, it's pronounced, "Paid for my house."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2183898&forum_id=2#25675744)