Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show host, author, and former game show contestant. He is the highest-earning American game show contestant, having won money on five different game shows, including $4,522,700 on the U.S. game show Jeopardy!. Since 2021, Jennings and Mayim Bialik have alternated as hosts of that show. In 2023, Jennings received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show for hosting the show. More about Ken Jennings
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Jennings holds the record for the longest winning streak on Jeopardy! with 74 consecutive wins. He also holds the record for the highest average correct responses per game in Jeopardy! history (for those contestants with at least 300 correct responses) with 35.9 during his original run (no other contestant has exceeded 30) and 33.1 overall, including tournaments and special events. In 2004, Jennings won 74 consecutive Jeopardy! games before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg in his 75th appearance. Jennings' total earnings on Jeopardy! are $4,522,700, 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 (2005); a $300,000 second-place prize in Jeopardy!'s IBM Challenge (2011), when he lost to the Watson computer but became the first person to beat third-place finisher Brad Rutter; a $100,000 second-place prize in the Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades (2014); a $100,000 second-place prize (his share of his team's $300,000 prize) in the Jeopardy! All-Star Games (2019); and a $1,000,000 first-place prize in Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (2020).In total, we tracked 152 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Ken Jennings (KEN JENNINGS 2007 Topps ALLEN GINTER’S A&G SSP Auto AUTOGRAPH JEOPARDY CHAMPION!) was sold in October 2021 for $499.95 while the cheapest item (Ken Jennings Signed 4x6 Photo Jeopardy! GOAT Champion Alek Trebek Autograph Auto) found a new owner for $0.01 in September 2023. The month with the most items sold (8) was March 2021 with an average selling price of $22.24 for an autographed item of Ken Jennings. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2020 with $299.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.25 was June 2015. In average, an autographed item from Ken Jennings is worth $16.24.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ken Jennings were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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KEN JENNINGS AUTOGRAPHED CARD | $5.95 | ||
KEN JENNINGS (Jeopardy!) Signed/Autographed 8x10 Photograph | $5.00 | ||
KEN JENNINGS Authentic Hand Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo - RECORD WINNING JEOPARDY | $0.75 | ||
Ken Jennings Authentic Signed 8x10 Photo Autographed, Jeopardy, Champion, Host | $39.99 | ||
Ken Jennings autographed signed 8x10 photo Beckett BAS COA Jeopardy Winner Host | $40.00 | ||
Ken Jennings autographed signed 8x10 photo Beckett BAS COA Jeopardy Winner Host | $40.00 | ||
KEN JENNINGS HAND SIGNED IN PERSON JEOPARDY WINNER SHOW LEGEND AUTOGRAPHED BAS | $65.00 | ||
Ken Jennings Signed 2016 GPK Jeff Ardee Auto PSA/DNA Jeopardy! | $129.99 | ||
Ken Jennings Signed 2020 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions IP Auto PSA/DNA Jeopardy! | $79.99 | ||
Ken Jennings Signed 4x6 Photo Jeopardy! GOAT Champion Alek Trebek Autograph Auto | $1.49 |
Jeopardy’s Ken Jennings Defends Himself Against Accusations That He Gave A Conte (02/09/23): Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings defended himself after being accused of giving a contestant a hint, and of misreading a different clue.
Why Jeopardy Host Ken Jennings Doesn’t Talk Much To The Contestants, According T (01/20/23): A recent Jeopardy! super-champ revealed the reason that host Ken Jennings doesn't talk much to the contestants.
Jeopardy's Ken Jennings Got Clowned By Some Snarky Teens With A Forrest Gump Ref (12/24/22): Ken Jennings shared a brutal run-in he had with some snarky teens, but he gave them props for the classic movie reference.
Jeopardy Contestant Made Ken Jennings Break With All-Time Great Wrong Answer (10/28/22): A Jeopardy! contestant caught Ken Jennings off guard with a hilariously relatable wrong answer.
Jeopardy’s Ken Jennings Explains Why The Game Show Should Take More Cues From Th (10/24/22): Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings explains why the quiz show should be treated more like a sport than a game.
Jeopardy’s Ken Jennings Opens Up About His Final Conversation With Alex Trebek (10/2022): Ken Jennings has opened up about his last conversation with Alex Trebek, just 36 hours before the Jeopardy! host's death.
Ken Jennings Defends Simu Liu After Fans Kept Giving Him 'Tips' About His Jeopar (09/2022): Ken Jennings defends with Simu Liu after the Marvel star responds to fans who continue to give him advice and critique his Jeopardy! performance.
Ken Jennings Is Technically Banned From Playing Jeopardy Now, But Here’s Why The (08/2022): Jeopardy GOAT Ken Jennings is ineligible to compete in future tournaments per the rules, but EP Michael Davies still won't shut the door completely.
Ken Jennings Made A Circumcision Joke On Jeopardy And It Seems To Have Gone Over (07/2022): Ken Jennings resumed hosting duties on Jeopardy!, and wasted no time showing off his humorous side with a circumcision quip.
Ken Jennings Sends Congrats After Jeopardy! Contestant Hits Fun Milestone (05/2022): Ken Jennings congratulated Mattea Roach for reaching a unique milestone that's rare amongst Jeopardy! champions.
Jeopardy's Ken Jennings Shared The Cutest Fan Letter Ever From A Young Game Show (04/2022): Ken Jennings shared an amazing piece of fan mail he got from a young Jeopardy fan, and it's the best thing I've seen today.
One Jeopardy Prop Alex Trebek Loved That Ken Jennings Just Can't Get On Board Wi (02/2022): Ken Jennings expressed reluctance about a specific Jeopardy! prop that Alex Trebek seemed to have an affinity for.
Ken Jennings Responds After Jeopardy Hosting Gig Gets More Permanent, But His Se (12/2021): After becoming a permanent Jeopardy host, Ken Jennings responded, but it was the second comment that displayed Jennings' off-brand humor.
Jeopardy Apparently Kept A Big Secret From Ken Jennings For His First Episodes B (11/2021): Ken Jennings' first day back as Jeopardy! host was significant, but the crew made sure not to tell the former champ why.
At Sloan, ’Jeopardy!’ champion Ken Jennings dishes on winning tips (03/2020): Planning to go on “Jeopardy!”? Champion Ken Jennings has some tips. At the 14th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Friday morning, Jennings sat down with FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver to discuss the classic game show and his record-setting 74-game winning streak. In their hourlong co
Ken Jennings Wins ‘Greatest of All Time’ Title on ‘Jeopardy!’ (01/2020): Jennings survived a tough match against James Holzhauer to win his third match and with it, the tournament.
‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament to Settle Question: Who Is the Greatest of All Time? (11/2019): Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer will compete against each other for the sweeping title in a prime time series to be held in January.