Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show contestant and author. Jennings is noted for holding the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! and as being the all-time leading money winner on American game shows. In 2004, Jennings won 74 Jeopardy! games before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance.
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- Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show contestant and author. Jennings is noted for holding the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! and as being the all-time leading money winner on American game shows. In 2004, Jennings won 74 Jeopardy! games before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance. His total earnings on Jeopardy! are $3,172,700 ($2,520,700 over his 74 wins, a $2,000 second-place prize in his 75th appearance, a $500,000 second-place prize in the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions, as well as half of a $300,000 prize in the IBM Challenge), giving him the highest all-time game show winnings record. During his first run of Jeopardy! appearances, Jennings earned the record for the highest American game show winnings. His total was surpassed by Brad Rutter, who defeated Jennings in the finals of the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions (first aired on May 25, 2005), adding $2,000,000 to Rutter's existing Jeopardy! winnings. Jennings regained the record after appearing on several other game shows, culminating in an appearance on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (first aired on October 10, 2008), though Rutter retains the Jeopardy! record. After his success on Jeopardy!, Jennings wrote of his experience and explored American trivia history and culture in Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs, published in 2006. Jennings also appeared as a member of the mob on the game show 1 vs. 100 in 2006, and, in 2007, he was the champion of the US version of Grand Slam.
- Kenneth Wayne „Ken“ Jennings III (* 23. Mai 1974 in US-amerikanischer Quizprofi, der als bekanntester Quizspieler der Welt gilt. 2004 wurde er in den USA zum Star als er spektakuläre 74-mal in Folge in der Quizsendung Jeopardy siegreich blieb. Ein Mehrjahresfinale verlor er aber gegen Brad Rutter, der dadurch einen höheren Jeopardy-Gesamtgewinn als Jennings verbuchen konnte. Durch mehrere Teilnahmen an anderen US-amerikanischen Spielshows hält Jennings wiederum den Rekord für den höchsten im Fernsehen selbst erspielten Gesamtgewinn vor seinem Rivalen . Durch geschickte Selbstvermarktung gelang es ihm trotz seiner Niederlage seinen Status als Symbol des amerikanischen Quizzens aufrecht zu erhalten. Mitte Februar 2011 trat er bei Jeopardy gemeinsam mit besagtem Brad Rutter gegen das Künstliche-Intelligenz-Programm Watson von IBM an, das Watson deutlich gewinnen konnte.
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- Kenneth Wayne „Ken“ Jennings III (* 23. Mai 1974 in US-amerikanischer Quizprofi, der als bekanntester Quizspieler der Welt gilt. 2004 wurde er in den USA zum Star als er spektakuläre 74-mal in Folge in der Quizsendung Jeopardy siegreich blieb. Ein Mehrjahresfinale verlor er aber gegen Brad Rutter, der dadurch einen höheren Jeopardy-Gesamtgewinn als Jennings verbuchen konnte.
- Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show contestant and author. Jennings is noted for holding the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! and as being the all-time leading money winner on American game shows. In 2004, Jennings won 74 Jeopardy! games before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance.
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