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Ken Jennings makes surprise confession about his historic Jeopardy winning streak
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Jeopardy host Ken Jennings has admitted that he wasn’t “100%” honest during his historic run on the game show. Jennings won a record-breaking 74 straight games in 2004 Jennings won a record-breaking 74 straight games in 2004 At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.
Jennings, 52, competed on the game show in 2004, going on to set the record for most consecutive games won and the highest regular-season winnings of $2,522,700. So a lot of my stories are — and I’ve confessed this before — not 100% true,” Jennings told People in a new interview.
Jennings has now admitted that his stories and facts weren’t always true. As part of the show, contestants share personal anecdotes about themselves after the first round of quiz questions has been completed.
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- Jennings won a record-breaking 74 straight games in 2004 Jennings won a record-breaking 74 straight games in 2004 At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.
- Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
- The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum.
- And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls.
- We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
- Jeopardy host Ken Jennings has admitted that he wasn’t “100%” honest during his historic run on the game show .
- Jennings, 52, competed on the game show in 2004, going on to set the record for most consecutive games won and the highest regular-season winnings of $2,522,700.
- He took over as the show’s host following the death of Alex Trebek in 2020 .
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- politicslink