![]() ![]() With this in mind, Ken began to revive his childhood dream of appearing on Jeopardy! ![]() Ken also began to notice a parade of his friends and acquaintances from the world of quiz bowl appearing on game shows like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, where many were able to pay off their student loans and buy flashy sports cars. While at BYU, Ken captained the university's successful quiz bowl team, and began writing and editing questions for National Academic Quiz Tournaments, a company that organizes quiz competitions attended by hundreds of colleges and thousands of high schools nationwide. At BYU, he double-majored in English and computer science, and graduated in 2000 alongside his fiancée Mindy, whom he married that fall. He moved back to the States to attend the University of Washington and transferred to Brigham Young University in 1996 after a two-year Mormon mission in Madrid, Spain. His only lifeline to American pop culture during those years was TV on the Armed Forces Network, where he watched Jeopardy! religiously after school every afternoon. His family spent fifteen years in Korea and Singapore, where his father worked as an attorney. Ken Jennings was born in 1974 just outside Seattle, Washington, but grew up overseas. ![]()
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