Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible To Break
It started innocently enough. Ken Jennings, a baby-faced computer engineer, printed the phrase “Who is Jones?” onto his Final Jeopardy lightbox. Jennings, who had bet $17,201 of the $20,000 he had...
View ArticleKen Jennings Has Nothing On Joe DiMaggio
On Wednesday, we published an article by David Goldenberg about “Jeopardy!” great Ken Jennings’s amazing 74-match “Jeopardy!” win streak in 2004, called “Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Is Nearly...
View ArticleThe Battle For ‘Jeopardy!’ Supremacy
Check your local listings: For the past three and a half weeks (and counting), history has been made on your television. “Jeopardy!” history, that is. The transcendent exploits of the trivia game...
View ArticleRemembering Alex Trebek, The Man With All The Answers
For decades, I’ve tuned into the trivia game show “Jeopardy!” for the facts. On Sunday, the show lost its judicious leader, Alex Trebek, who died at age 80 after a battle with cancer. Trebek had hosted...
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