Ken Jennings made Jeopardy! history with his gift of memory .
Before he was the host of the ABC trivia show Jeopardy!, he was a contestant. Ken was appeared on season 20 of Jeopardy! in 2004. He went on an entire five months winning streak without a loss and he decided to not did not participate in the Tournament of Champions.
Ken became a guest host after the death of longtime host Alex Trebek in January 2021. During the show's 38th season, Ken and Mayim Bialik co-hosted the show after Mike Richards resigned. They continued to co-host until Season 40 when Ken became the permanent host.
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He does not only host the original Jeopardy! but he also hosts Jeopardy! Masters, which recently ended, Celebrity Jeopardy! and Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. Ken is well respected among the Jeopardy! world and some want to know how he could remember so much for a game that one has no idea what will be a category?
The secret to knowing so much is not a photographic memory, Ken told Christian Reformed Church , it's having an open mind and being interested in everything. He also suggested trying to learn something each hour of the day, whether it's from the radio, podcasts, books and others.
He said: "When you’re interested in something, the facts just stick. If you can find a way to convince yourself that everything matters, that you’re interested in everything, that you pay attention to everything, then everything sticks... You don’t have to have a superpower; you just have to be committed to learning all the time. And it’s easier than it sounds."
Regarding the same subject, Ken told Yahoo! that it's not that people can't remember, they just "don't care."
Some steps Ken took to memorize so much was studying the test first. He would look into popular topics in history on the show and study his weakest subjects. He would over learn the information and created a vivid mental imagery to attach it to the information. He also linked things to something else and sometimes in a series of 3, 4, or 5 degrees of separation.
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