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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)
Is "Lockjaw" Ken Jennings's nickname? Us441(talk)(contribs) 11:54, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
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)
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.
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)
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)
"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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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.
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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)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Ken Jennings game summaries. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 August 25#Ken Jennings game summaries until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. AldezD (talk) 19:44, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)