Ken Jennings Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“For me, it started as a child with one of those little wooden jigsaw maps of the U.S., where's there's crocodiles on Florida and apples on Washington state. That was my very first map.”

“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.”

“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.”

“For some reason the most devoted mapheads seem to be kids.”

“I can't relax and sink back in the couch and watch 'Jeopardy!' the way I used to.”

“I have always loved maps.”

“I have condemned my kids to a lifetime of geographic illiteracy.”

“If it's on the Internet, then it's gotta be true.”

“It's boring to have the same guy win. I'm actively rooting against myself.”