Ken Jennings, BBQ (and Jell-O)
Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle
Rachel Belle
4.4 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In 2004, Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings won 74 episodes in a row, making him the record holder for longest winning streak. And 14 years later, host Rachel Belle decided it would finally be a good idea to interview him.
Ken shares Alex Trebek's strange and sugary breakfast choice (you'll never guess), he explains why Jeopardy contestants have to eat lunch together and tells us why he doesn't want to be known as a "BBQ guy."
He also clues us in to the regional food of Utah: Jell-O! We learn the history of Jell-O with Lynne Belluscio, executive director of the Jell-O Gallery in LeRoy, NY.
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| 0:27.1 | I'm Rachel Bell and this is your last meal, a show about famous people and the stories behind the foods they love most. Today on the program, the last meal of Jeopardy champion, Ken Jennings. |
| 0:34.7 | In 2004, Ken won 74 Jeopardy games, and he still holds the record for the longest |
| 0:40.0 | Jeopardy winning streak, and he's the second highest earning contestant in game show history. |
| 0:45.1 | I don't know if it's Gauche to say how much he made, but it's on Wikipedia, so I'm |
| 0:49.1 | going to tell you $3,196,300. |
| 0:52.3 | There you have it. |
| 0:53.3 | So, you know, 14 years after his win seemed like the perfect time to interview Ken. |
| 0:58.4 | When are you going to have that game show guy from 2004 on your podcast? |
| 1:02.6 | Wait for it. |
| 1:03.6 | I'm not ready yet. |
| 1:04.7 | The time's not right. |
| 1:05.7 | It's like a cosmic thing. |
| 1:07.8 | Like, you know, it had to be like the moon was in a certain place. |
| 1:11.4 | I can't do it. He's a cosmic thing. Like, you know, it had to be like the moon was in a certain place. I can't do it. |
| 1:17.5 | He's a Gemini. Ken's last meal is not Jello. But as a Mormon and someone who lived in Utah, |
| 1:24.1 | he sure did eat a lot of it. Why is there a connection between Jello and Utah and Jello and Mormons? |
| 1:32.1 | Well, Jello seems to be more popular in Utah, Salt Lake City than any other area. |
| 1:37.3 | We'll learn about the history of jello with Lynn Beluccio, executive director of the Leroy Historical Society in Leroy, New York, which is home to the country's one and only |
| 1:42.1 | Jello Gallery. |
| 1:43.2 | And from Lynn, I have learned that people will |
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