Ken Jennings
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Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) was the highest money earning contestant in the history of the knowledge game show Jeopardy!. He won a total of 74 times, earning $2,522,700. His winning lasted from June 2, 2004 through November 30, 2004. He lost after that time to a player named Nancy Zerg, who lost within a day to Katy Fitzgerald. He was brought back to appear in the final three games of Jeopardy!'s "Ultimate Tournament of Champions." In the tournament, he lost to Brad Rutter, who now has won more money than Jennings.
According to the introduction given at the start of the show, Jennings is a "Software Engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah" His highest one day total was a record $75,000. Jennings is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon.
In February 2005, Ken started appearing in Cingular commercials as himself.