Ken Jennings quotes

Being a nerd really pays off sometimes. (Ken Jennings)
There's just something hypnotic about maps. View quote
Ken Jennings
During the whole 'Jeopardy' experience, I felt like I was living a bit of a double life, I would be secretly flying out to L.A. to tape new shows, hoping that none of my coworkers would notice the absence and figure out what was going on. 'Jeopardy' tries very hard to keep their secrets. View quote
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When you make a decision, you need facts. If those facts are in your brain, they're at your fingertips. If they're all in Google somewhere, you may not make the right decision on the spur of the moment. View quote
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For me, it started as a child with one of those little wooden jigsaw maps of the U.S., wheres theres crocodiles on Florida and apples on Washington state. That was my very first map. View quote
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I would read the atlas for pleasure. I knew it was weird. It was weird. View quote
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I would stare at maps of Delaware for hours. View quote
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Knowing lots of answers but being a millisecond slow on the buzzer is indeed very frustrating. View quote
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For some reason the most devoted mapheads seem to be kids. View quote
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People are using GPS systems to find millions of little hidden objects throughout the world - often as simple as a piece of Tupperware hidden in the woods. You go to a website, you get the latitude and longitude to get the specific location of a certain specific hiding space, and then you go there and see if you can find it. View quote
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I remember one of my last shows, the Final Jeopardy! clue was something like 'These two boys' names are top 10 boys' names in the U.S., they both end with the same letter, and they're both names of Jesus' apostles.' Now, obviously that's not a knowable fact. (Ken Jennings)
As Jeopardy devotees know, if you're trying to win on the show, the buzzer is all. On any given night, nearly all the contestants know nearly all the answers, so it's just a matter of who masters buzzer rhythm the best. View quote
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I have always loved maps. View quote
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Even before you understand them, your brain is drawn to maps. View quote
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It's boring to have the same guy win. I'm actively rooting against myself. View quote
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I can't relax and sink back in the couch and watch 'Jeopardy!' the way I used to. View quote
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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. View quote
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We don't realize how hard it was to drive anywhere outside the major cities less than a century ago. View quote
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You live overseas, you see these exotic places and you want to know about them. But, weirdly, it also made me homesick for all these very prosaic places in America. View quote
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Sure I have a cell-phone, so I don't have to remember everyone's number anymore, but that really wasn't a core part of my brain. View quote
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If it's on the Internet, then it's gotta be true. (Ken Jennings)

Ken Jennings

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Photo: Philkon (Phil Konstantin), CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Celebrity
Born: May 23, 1974
Quotes count: 21