I can't relax and sink back in the couch and watch 'Jeopardy!' the way I used to. Ken Jennings More Quotes by Ken Jennings More Quotes From 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 flyingsecrettrying We don't realize how hard it was to drive anywhere outside the major cities less than a century ago. Ken Jennings realizingcenturycities Knowing lots of answers but being a millisecond slow on the buzzer is indeed very frustrating. Ken Jennings buzzersknowinganswers It's boring to have the same guy win. I'm actively rooting against myself. Ken Jennings boringguywinning If it's on the Internet, then it's gotta be true. Ken Jennings being-trueinternetifs I would stare at maps of Delaware for hours. Ken Jennings delawaremapshours For some reason the most devoted mapheads seem to be kids. Ken Jennings devotedreasonkids 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 winningtryingnight Sure I have a cell-phone, so I don't have to remember everyone's number anymore, but that really wasn't a core part of my brain. Ken Jennings phonescellsnumbers 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 boardsphysicswatches 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 wallour-worldlooks As a fan of the show, I'm actually rooting for James Holzhauer or anybody who can take a swing at that record, it's bizarre to me that it's still a one-off. Ken Jennings top-news Even before you understand them, your brain is drawn to maps. Ken Jennings yourunderstandyoubrain 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 goodcoolyoupeople It's so much fun that the money is just icing on the cake. There seems to be a lot of icing. Ken Jennings justcakemoneyfun It's really changed me. For the first time I'm in favor of the Bush tax cuts. Ken Jennings firstmefirst-timetime The future is here. Ken Jennings herefuture The Final Jeopardy! questions seem to be, by design, things you can't know. And so it's not about who knows them, but who can figure them out in thirty seconds. Ken Jennings questionsknowyoudesign
