{"product_id":"who-is-ken-jennings-isbn-9780593226445","title":"Who Is Ken Jennings?","description":"\u003cb\u003ePart of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling series, this Who HQ Now book tells the amazing story of an unknown trivia buff who became the all-time greatest contestant on \u003ci\u003eJeopardy!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKen Jennings is considered the greatest of all-time contestants on \u003ci\u003eJeopardy! \u003c\/i\u003eand became a household name after his impressive 74-game winning streak. After the passing of longtime host Alex Trebek, Jennings became the first guest to host \u003ci\u003eJeopardy! \u003c\/i\u003eRead more about Ken Jennings and his curious life in this \u003cb\u003eWho HQ Now\u003c\/b\u003e biography.Ellen Labrecque is a former Senior Editor for \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated for Kids\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of over twenty nonfiction books for young readers, including biographies of Jim Thorpe and Magic Johnson.\u003cb\u003eWho Is Ken Jennings?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKen Jennings wrote three words on his digital screen: \u003ci\u003e“Who is Jones?”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWere those the right words? If that was the correct answer, he’d be a \u003ci\u003eJeopardy! \u003c\/i\u003ewinner, something he’d dreamed about all his life. If it wasn’t, well . . . at least he had gotten to be on the game show he’d loved since he was ten years old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was February 24, 2004. Ken had led for most of the game, but Julia Lazarus, one of the other contestants, was close behind. If he answered wrong and she answered right, he would lose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeopardy! \u003c\/i\u003eis a quiz show that asks questions about trivia. The twist is that the “questions” are statements, and the “answers” must be phrased in the form of a question. This \u003ci\u003eJeopardy! \u003c\/i\u003equestion was “She’s the first female track \u0026amp; field athlete to win medals in five different events at a single Olympics.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKen hadn’t watched any of the last Summer Olympics, in Sydney, Australia, in 2000. But he remembered hearing that Marion Jones, the American track star, had won a lot of events at Sydney. He was almost sure that she must be the correct answer. Just to be careful, he only wrote down her last name. Ken had played in a lot of trivia tournaments in college and knew that the safe thing to do was to write only a person’s last name. He wouldn’t want to lose because he made a mistake on a first name when he had the correct last name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was time to show his answer. The blue screen on his podium lit up with the words he had scrawled, “Who is Jones?” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlex Trebek, the host of \u003ci\u003eJeopardy! \u003c\/i\u003eat the time, looked over at the table of judges who watch each game and make decisions if there’s a question about a contestant’s answer. Ken suddenly realized what was going on—-Jones is a very, very common last name. His answer looked like it might be just a guess. The judges could decide he hadn’t been clear enough. Then, all would be lost because he’d played it too safe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a pause that seemed to last forever, Trebek announced, “We’ll accept that. You’ve got $17,000 more for a $37,201 total, and you become the \u003ci\u003eJeopardy!\u003c\/i\u003e champion!” Ken had won his first game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the end of the next game, Ken won again. And again. And again. Americans tuned in every night, waiting to see if anyone or anything could trip up this master of trivia. Ken won seventy--four straight games in a row! After game seventy--five, he was sure of one thing: the answer to “He holds the longest winning streak in \u003ci\u003eJeopardy!\u003c\/i\u003e history” was “Who is Ken Jennings?”","brand":"Penguin Workshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300017754341,"sku":"NP9780593226445","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593226445.jpg?v=1742918352","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/who-is-ken-jennings-isbn-9780593226445","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}