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Ken Jennings quotes

American Celebrity May 23, 1974

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Ken Jennings quote: "I have always loved maps."
I have always loved maps. Ken Jennings
During the whole 'Jeopardy' experience, I felt like I was living a bit of a double life, I would be secretly flying out to L.A. to tape new shows, hoping that none of my coworkers would notice the absence and figure out what was going on. 'Jeopardy' tries very hard to keep their secrets. Ken Jennings
The real cocktail party conversation would probably go something like this:"Actually, I have a degree in geography."Geography? Wow, I'm terrible with maps. I bet YOU know all your state capitals, though!"(Geographer's smile freezes, left eye starts to twitch uncontrollably.) Ken Jennings
As Jeopardy devotees know, if you're trying to win on the show, the buzzer is all. On any given night, nearly all the contestants know nearly all the answers, so it's just a matter of who masters buzzer rhythm the best. 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
Ken Jennings quote: "It's really changed me. For the first time I'm in favor of the..."
It's really changed me. For the first time I'm in favor of the Bush tax cuts. 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, there'll 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, I'm sort of screwed. I'm going to lose my car in the parking lot every single time. Ken Jennings
Ken Jennings quote: "I always feel a certain sense of reverence in libraries, even..."
I always feel a certain sense of reverence in libraries, even small city ones that smell like homeless internet users. Ken Jennings
People are using GPS systems to find millions of little hidden objects throughout the world - often as simple as a piece of Tupperware hidden in the woods. You go to a website, you get the latitude and longitude to get the specific location of a certain specific hiding space, and then you go there and see if you can find it. Ken Jennings
There must be something innate about maps, about this one specific way of picturing our world and our relation to it, that charms us, calls to us, won’t let us look anywhere else in the room if there’s a map on the wall. Ken Jennings
Ken Jennings quote: "It's so much fun that the money is just icing on the cake...."
It's so much fun that the money is just icing on the cake. There seems to be a lot of icing. Ken Jennings
When you make a decision, you need facts. If those facts are in your brain, they're at your fingertips. If they're all in Google somewhere, you may not make the right decision on the spur of the moment. Ken Jennings
I pick up Dylan. He certainly takes after his father: about three-quarters of his body weight seems to be head, and three-quarters of that is ears. Ken Jennings
Ken Jennings quote: "Even before you understand them, your brain is drawn to maps."
Even before you understand them, your brain is drawn to maps. Ken Jennings

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