Ken Jennings reflects on being Brandon Sanderson’s roommate at BYU

During a recent “Jeopardy!” taping, host Ken Jennings got the chance to reflect on his college days at BYU — specifically the period of time when he was roommates with bestselling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson.

When Ken Jennings and Brandon Sanderson were roommates

Ken Jennings on being roommates with Brandon Sanderson

As the “Jeopardy!” host, Jennings regularly interacts with the…

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It took him 21 years to get on ‘Jeopardy!’ Now he’s on a big winning streak

It took Chris D’Angelo 21 years to get on “Jeopardy!” And now that he’s finally made it to the Alex Trebek Stage, he’s making the two-decade wait worth the while.

Chris D’Angelo ‘Jeopardy!’ winning streak continues

So far D’Angelo, who is described on the show as a content manager from Washington, D.C., is on a seven-game winning streak with just over $174,000. His impressive “Jeopardy!”…

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From Coachella to Salt Lake City: How a Utah block party became one of indie music’s biggest festivals

Kilby Block Party started in 2019 as a literal block party on a quiet street of Salt Lake City. Seven years later, the musical festival hosts 30,000 guests a day and features international superstars.

In the festival’s closing performance on Sunday night, singer-songwriter Lorde called Kilby “the absolute coolest festival ever” — high praise coming from an artist who has previously headlined…

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A Utah ghost town gets a shoutout on ‘Jeopardy!’

A recent game of “Jeopardy!” — game No. 25 for super-champion Jamie Ding — tested players’ knowledge of the Four Corners states, including a clue about a ghost town in Utah.

This ‘Jeopardy!’ player is on a hot streak — and could soon dethrone some legendary players

A Utah ghost town gets a ‘Jeopardy!’ shoutout

Ding, a law student from New Jersey who just won his 28th “Jeopardy!” game,…

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Ken Jennings Clarifies His Jeopardy Loss After 74-Game Streak 20 Years Later

Ken Jennings, the most successful Jeopardy player of all time, has finally opened up about his 74th game on the show, which brought his streak to an end. Jennings’ loss on November 30, 2004, became a topic of conversation. Many are theorizing that the current host of Jeopardy had lost on purpose. Over two decades […]

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Jeopardy Host Sparks Industry vs. The Pitt Battle Online

HBO’s The Pitt and Industry have been two of the best-reviewed shows of late, but Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings seems to have his favorite between them. A big fan of the high-octane financial drama Industry, he recently took to the internet to share his thoughts on the same, but inadvertently ended up stirring an ‘Industry […]

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AI's Reputation Problem 2: Revengeance

This is an update to a something I wrote a year ago: AI's Reputation Problem.

For the last week or so, my wife and I have been sitting on a beach in Mexico, catching up on our summer reading lists. What great timing for us when the Chicago Sun-Times Summer Reading list came out! If you don't already know what's, happened, here's the tl;dr - the author of this list, rather than doing his own…

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