Ken Jennings: BBQ

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Rachel Belle

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4.4 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate Ken Jennings' return to the Jeopardy stage, we're re-airing his episode, which happens to be one of our favorites!

In 2004, Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings won 74 games in a row, making him the record holder for longest winning streak. In 2020 he slayed Jeopardy's Greatest of All Time tournament and he will be sharing Jeopardy hosting duties through the end of the year, alternating with past YLM guest Mayim Bialik.

In this episode, Ken shares how he became obsessed with trivia, Alex Trebek's shockingly sugary breakfast choice and, a huge barbecue lover, tells us why he doesn't want to be known as a "Barbecue 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, New York.

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0:00.0	Alaska Airlines has teamed up with Hawaiian Airlines to create new nonstop international flights.
0:05.6	Go to Alaskaair.com or Hawaiian Airlines.com and I'll tell you more details later in the show.
0:11.3	Hello, hello. It's Rachel Bell, host of Your Last Meal. And today we are going to rear one of my
0:16.4	favorite episodes with Ken Jennings of Jeopardy. It seemed like the perfect time to bring this episode back because it was recently announced
0:23.9	that Ken Jennings and recent past guest, Mayam Bialik, are going to be sharing duties and hosting
0:29.5	Jeopardy through the end of the year.
0:31.5	Have you guys been following along with all the drama surrounding who is going to host
0:34.4	Jeopardy?
0:35.0	It is so juicy.
0:35.8	I've been following it closely. And I'm so glad that Ken and Myam are doing the job, at least for now.
0:42.0	So enjoy this episode with Ken Jennings.
0:43.9	And if you miss the one with Myambiolic, scroll back to April 29th of this year and check it out.
0:49.1	Happy listening, and we'll be back with a fresh episode in just a couple weeks.
0:53.2	Cairo, Seattle. we'll be back with a fresh episode in just a couple weeks.
1:11.9	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.
1:18.7	In 2004, Ken won 74 Jeopardy games, and he still holds the record for the longest
1:24.0	Jeopardy winning streak, and he's the second highest earning contestant in game show history.
1:29.1	I don't know if it's Ghosh to say how much he made, but it's on Wikipedia, so I'm going to tell you $3,196,300.
1:36.2	There you have it.
1:37.3	So, you know, 14 years after his win seemed like the perfect time to interview Ken.
1:42.5	When are you going to have that game show guy from 2004 on your podcast?
1:46.6	Wait for it. I'm not ready yet.
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