The Final Jeopardy! questions seem to be, by design, things you cant know. And so its not about who knows them, but who can figure them out in thirty seconds. – Ken Jennings
When you see people who are really good at game shows, the one common attribute is a cool head under pressure: an ability to perform as well in the studio, surrounded by lights and noise, as you do on your couch. – Ken Jennings
You watch an old Jeopardy! and the categories alone are very plain. Poetry, or Movies, or Physics. If you watch it now, though, therell be a theme board where the categories are all Hitchcock movies. Lots more jokes, lots more high-concept categories and questions. – Ken Jennings
If I start outsourcing all my navigation to a little talking box in my car, Im sort of screwed. Im going to lose my car in the parking lot every single time. – Ken Jennings