Q 01/05

How many consecutive Jeopardy! games did Ken Jennings win in 2004?

A) 18

B) 37

C) 74

D) 148

Answer · why

C) 74

74 wins is still the show's record, but not quite the longest quiz run on television. Britain's Ian Lygo won 75 straight on the game show 100% in 1998...

Q 02/05

Roughly how much did Ken Jennings win during his record Jeopardy! streak?

A) $250,000

B) $800,000

C) $2.5 million

D) $8 million

Answer · why

C) $2.5 million

$2.5 million, or $2,522,700 to the dollar, came from a run that opened with a $37,201 first game. Even the defeat that ended it paid: second place was...

Q 03/05

Ken Jennings was born just outside which city, where he has settled?

A) Portland

B) Seattle

C) Denver

D) Boise

Answer · why

B) Seattle

Seattle is home: he was born in the suburb of Edmonds and moved back after his Utah years. Hosting lets him stay, because the show tapes several episo...

Q 04/05

Ken Jennings grew up overseas while his family lived in which two Asian countries?

A) Japan and Taiwan

B) South Korea and Singapore

C) Thailand and Malaysia

D) Hong Kong and the Philippines

Answer · why

B) South Korea and Singapore

South Korea and Singapore were the family's homes while his father practised law abroad. In Seoul the only English-language channel was a US military ...

Q 05/05

Ken Jennings served a two-year Mormon mission in which city?

A) Lisbon

B) Buenos Aires

C) Madrid

D) Mexico City

Answer · why

C) Madrid

Madrid was his home for two years in the mid-1990s. He went partway through college, breaking off his studies at the University of Washington and fini...