Though Ken Jennings is the Jeopardy! G.O.A.T., showing on the sport present was not all the time his finish objective. In a brand new interview, the host shared what he deliberate to do for his profession after faculty and the way his Jeopardy! profession took place. He additionally talks about his new e book, The Full Kennections, which arrives on cabinets on July 29.
Jennings admits he wasn’t too eager on the title Kennections. “It’s actually an disagreeable title,” he advised the LA Instances. “Now we have to steer with that. It was advised by an editor at Parade Journal, nevertheless it doesn’t look good or sound good.” Nevertheless, he does love the trivia within the books.
The publication puzzled if writing books was all the time a objective for him, and Jennings shared that he studied English in faculty. “I needed to write down and to show, however writing didn’t appear to be a sensible alternative,” he mentioned. “I used to be additionally doing a double main in pc science, and in 2000, it was absurdly simple to get a job at a buddy’s startup, even for those who have been a horrible programmer, which I used to be.”
Writing about matters corresponding to geography, myths and fables, and the afterlife appear to be nice matters for a Jeopardy! mind, however Ken Jennings by no means thought Jeopardy! would devour his life. “I considered Jeopardy! as a enjoyable, loopy summer season and didn’t assume it will be my life, so I attempted making every e book much less about Jeopardy! and trivia than the one earlier than it,” he shared.
Nevertheless, the writer shared that his “origin story” was studying World E book encyclopedia throughout a wet recess and being a sponge for bizarre data. He thinks his era is the final one to justify having “nerdy pursuits.”
At any time when the host is out someplace, he’ll get new concepts for a trivia query. For instance, if he’s in a bagel store, he’ll attempt to think about the varieties of bagels like sesame, poppy, and many others., and kind a trivia query round that.
Though Jennings didn’t all the time have Jeopardy! in thoughts, he did all the time love trivia and believes it’s essential. “I’m a believer that trivia is not only a bar pastime, or perhaps a manner for little Lisa Simpsons to get advised they’re sensible into maturity. I all the time felt trivia was sort of a common social good, a technique to take pleasure in cultural literacy,” he mentioned.
“You might want to remind people who studying isn’t a chore. If it’s not enjoyable, you’re doing it improper. And trivia is excellent at that.”
Jeopardy!, Season 42, September 8, verify native listings