Talk:Ken Jennings

Member of Democratic party?
There is no current evidence to suggest he is a registered democrat. He currently lives near Seattle, and I cannot find a voting record for him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.47.18.52 (talk) 18:48, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
 * You would need WP:RS stating that he was also use judgement to deem if it was notable, I can't imagine too many articles were written about the topic of Ken Jennings' political alignment. Eruditess (talk) 23:01, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Lockjaw
Is "Lockjaw" Ken Jennings's nickname? Us441(talk)(contribs) 11:54, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

IBM Challenge Winnings?
He won 300,000, but 50% to charity... All, half or none? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.45.145.209 (talk) 01:13, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * In my opinion it doesn't matter how he spends won money. All $300,000 should be counted towards his winning total. Grimnirr (talk) 19:05, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree with Grimnirr. The fact that he gave/is giving away part of his winnings does not negate that amount being part of his prize. A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 19:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Supposed quote from Reddit
There is no evidence that the quote from reddit (citation 19) was Jennings. The writer could be anyone. Here is the quote:

Jennings observed that "That was when I realized the Democratic Party was f@#$ed in '04."

In fact it sounds nothing like him, and the user who said that was "JenningsBitch". The thread is also littered with profanity. As an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I highly doubt he would use such language, especially publicly. I am going to assume that is false information until someone shows proof that JenningsBitch on reddit is actually him, or there is an interview or something related confirming from him that he said that.


 * 30 seconds of searching (less time than it required for you to edit the article and this talk page) would have brought up http://ken-jennings.com/blog/archives/2614, where Jennings discusses his Reddit appearance on his own blog. Sheesh. Ylee (talk) 20:06, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

xkcd
The xkcd comic refers to Jennings but instead of referring to Jeapordy it suggests he was a 7 minutes in heaven winner (in the hover comments). Probably just another inside joke. http://xkcd.com/1002/ 198.103.184.76 (talk) 14:43, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Twitter
User:70.161.160.117 removed a segment from the Twitter subsection regarding Jennings' ableist tweet despite being sourced by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, and Salon.--DrWho42 (talk) 00:51, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

What is the relevance of the ableist tweet to the article? --158.93.6.13 (talk) 17:41, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Exactly the same relevance as any other public figure with a large following making a racist or homophobic comment and refusing to apologise. That the comment was ableist in no way makes it less unacceptable 92.238.224.101 (talk) 12:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)


 * This isn't a forum for general discussion. What you find "unacceptable" on twitter is irrelevant here. Jonathunder (talk) 15:10, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Math
"His total earnings on Jeopardy! are $3,196,300, consisting of $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, a $100,000 win for second-place prize in the Jeopardy Battle of the Decades, as well as half of a $300,000 prize in the IBM Challenge, when he competed against Watson."

The total if you add it all up is 3,422,700.00 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:7:8500:982:45E9:7B60:232E:F120 (talk) 02:23, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

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So... what's the correct answer?
Streak on Jeopardy"

"The Final Jeopardy answer was "She's the first female track & field athlete to win medals in 5 different events at a single Olympics." Jennings responded with "Who is Jones?", referring to Marion Jones (the shows were recorded before she was stripped of her medals as a result of admitted doping). Host Alex Trebek said, "We will accept that, in terms of female athletes, there aren't that many." If the response had not been accepted, Jennings would have lost,..."

If "Jones" wasn't the expected answer, what was?

If the shows were recorded before Jones was stripped of her medals, then the answer was correct as of the time it was given.

I don't see the issue here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.249 (talk) 00:33, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

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Total Winnings
This article states that the total winnings of Ken Jennings are $3,522,7000 USD. The current winnings of James Holzhauer as of 4/29/2019 are $1,329.604 USD. If Jennings is not the top winner, and Holzhauer is not (yet), then who is the top winner? Mzchua (talk) 01:23, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Brad Rutter. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 15:54, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

"Ken Jennings game summaries" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Ken Jennings is not the winningest player jeopard!y It's Brad weathe
Ken Jennings is not the winningest player on Jeopardy! It's Brad Rutter 2603:6000:D200:E000:D146:BA65:D196:B456 (talk) 16:16, 14 February 2022 (UTC)


 * It specifically says he's the highest-earning game show contestant, and not specifically Jeopardy. As stated in American game show winnings records, Jennings's wins across several game shows, not just Jeopardy, put him on top.$chnauzer 16:37, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

As Jeopardy host
Shouldn't there be a section or subsection just about him being a Jeopardy! host now? It seems odd that it's only mentioned in the intro and nowhere else in the article. Alphius (talk) 04:02, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Most of that info in the lead should be moved down below, and then summarized for the lead. InfiniteNexus (talk) 04:55, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Religious affiliation.
On the 9/28/22 episode of Jeopardy Ken said he is Episcopalian. Seems he is no longer Mormon. 2600:4040:5E61:8000:BB30:AE50:518C:D495 (talk) 12:34, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * When did he say that? InfiniteNexus (talk) 21:27, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe we could use this if we had a youtube/video media link and consensus? Eruditess (talk) 23:15, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I have access to the episode, I just need the timestamp to verify and cite that claim. InfiniteNexus (talk) 16:43, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm for inclusion if you can provide. Eruditess (talk) 14:53, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I checked the episode, and he actually says he's NOT an Episcopalian. Timestamp: 7:02. Ezzelin (talk) 01:05, 14 June 2024 (UTC)