ARI SHAPIRO, PRESENTADOR:
"¡Peligro!" El campeón y presentador Ken Jennings saltó a la fama por saber casi todo sobre cualquier cosa. Pero al igual que el resto de nosotros, está perplejo con el misterio más grande de todos: ¿qué sucede después de que morimos?
KEN JENNINGS: Presumiblemente, miles de millones de personas que habían ido antes ahora saben la respuesta o no, dependiendo. Y, sin embargo, la palabra no ha llegado a nosotros.
SHAPIRO: Jennings exploró todo, desde la mitología hasta la música y las películas, para recopilar tantas visiones como fuera posible del gran desconocido. Y recopiló sus hallazgos en un nuevo libro, "100 lugares para ver después de morir: una guía de viaje al más allá". Para ayudarlo en su camino, incluso incluyó consejos de viaje como moverse, comprar recuerdos y lo mejor para evitar. Para él, no es un libro sobre religión o incluso sobre la muerte, sino sobre cómo nuestra cultura pop ha evolucionado con el tiempo.
JENNINGS: Puedes ver cómo aumenta la imaginación humana. Al principio, el cielo es solo un lugar que no tiene plagas o no tiene nieve, ¿sabes? Cualquiera que sea el problema más grande de la cultura, el cielo es el lugar que no tiene eso. Y se necesitan milenios para que la civilización humana evolucione hasta el punto en que podamos imaginar, bueno, ¿y si hay estos banquetes increíbles? ¿Y si hay gemas de mil colores? Puedes ver cómo evolucionan los apetitos y las posibilidades.
(SOUNDBITE DE LA CANCIÓN, "EL DESPUÉS DE LA VIDA")
PAUL SIMON: (Cantando) Primero tienes que llenar un formulario. Y luego, esperas en la fila.
JENNINGS: El más allá ficticio del siglo XX suele ser muy burocrático. Los episodios de "Twilight Zone" a menudo tienen un angelito nervioso con un portapapeles.
(SOUNDBITE DEL PROGRAMA DE TV, "THE TWILIGHT ZONE")
MURRAY HAMILTON: (Como el Sr. Muerte) Sí, tenemos que mantener estas cosas eficientes. Ahora, hoy es el 19 de julio, y su salida es a la medianoche de esta noche.
ED WYNN: (Como Lou Bookman) ¿Mi partida?
JENNINGS: El personaje de Buck Henry en "Heaven Can Wait..."
(SOUNDBITE DE LA PELÍCULA, "EL CIELO PUEDE ESPERAR")
JAMES MASON: (Como el Sr. Jordan) Quiero una verificación de Joseph Pendleton. ¿Cuándo tiene que llegar?
LEE WEAVER: (Como encargado de la estación de paso) Pendleton, Joseph, llegará a las 10:17 a. m., el 20 de marzo del año 2025.
WARREN BEATTY: (Como Joe Pendleton) Oye, entonces se adelantó. Cualquiera podría haber hecho eso. Solo devuélveme donde me encontraste.
MASON: (Como el Sr. Jordan) Joe, podemos ponerte en el cuerpo de otro hombre.
JENNINGS: Nuestras visiones una vez elevadas del cielo y el infierno, ahora pensamos que era gracioso reducirlas a las estructuras corporativas de nuestras burocracias del siglo XX.
(SOUNDBITE DEL PROGRAMA DE TV, "CARGAR")
ROBBIE AMELL: (Como Nathan Brown) ¿Están ambos...
MATT BRAUNGER: (Como Brad) ¿Muerto?
AMELL: (Como Nathan Brown) Sí.
BRAUNGER: (Como Brad) Sí. Gracias a Dios ambos tuvimos tiempo de subir.
JENNINGS: Ahora estamos viendo un amanecer de nuevas vidas tecno en las novelas y programas de televisión de ciencia ficción.
(SOUNDBITE DEL PROGRAMA DE TV, "CARGAR")
AMELL: (Como Nathan Brown) Quiero decir, me siento completamente real y vivo. La profundidad de la programación es una locura, y yo soy codificador.
JENNINGS: Puedes ser implantado en el cielo o el infierno de tu elección como en un episodio de "Black Mirror".
(SOUNDBITE DEL PROGRAMA DE TELEVISIÓN, "BLACK MIRROR")
RAYMOND MCANALLY: (Como Greg) Tienes que tener una aprobación del médico, el paciente, un miembro de la familia. Es para evitar que la gente pase de largo solo porque prefieren San Junípero de plano.
JENNINGS: Y creo que particularmente ahora, la gran diferencia es que la mayoría de estas vidas posteriores se crean como un acto de imaginación y no de convicción religiosa. Ya sabes, el "Infierno" de Dante es increíble, pero en ese momento, muchos literalistas lo estaban leyendo y en realidad esperaban que una eternidad infernal fuera un pozo de nueve niveles. Ya sabes, lo estaban leyendo como fundamentalistas. Hoy, cuando ves un más allá divertido en la televisión como el lugar malo en "The Good Place"...
(SOUNDBITE DEL PROGRAMA DE TV, "EL BUEN LUGAR")
WILLIAM JACKSON HARPER: (Como Chidi Anagonye) ¿El Museo de la Miseria Humana?
TED DANSON: (Como Michael) Oh, sí. Vale, es un museo de la tortura. Famosos ejemplos de mal comportamiento y explicaciones de las torturas que se ganaron.
MANNY JACINTO: (Como Jason Mendoza) ¿Hay una tienda de regalos?
DANSON: (Como Michael) Jason, esto es un infierno. Por supuesto, hay una tienda de regalos.
JENNINGS: O los episodios de sueños febriles de "The Leftovers".
(SOUNDBITE DEL PROGRAMA DE TV, "THE LEFTOVERS")
AMY BRENNEMAN: (Como Laurie Garvey) ¿Dónde está Kevin? ¿Está el aquí?
SCOTT GLENN: (Como Kevin Garvey Sr.) Le pedimos que muriera, otra vez.
BRENNEMAN: (Como Laurie Garvey) Bueno, es mucho para ponerle a alguien.
JENNINGS: Estás imaginando una habitación llena de gente tratando de inventar una idea divertida de lo que podría haber más allá del último y más grande misterio. Y fue un placer para mí volver a visitar la habitación espeluznante con la personita de "Twin Peaks"...
(SOUNDBITE DEL PROGRAMA DE TELEVISIÓN, "TWIN PEAKS")
MICHAEL J ANDERSON: (Como el hombre de otro lugar) Tengo buenas noticias. Ese chicle que te gusta volverá a estar de moda.
JENNINGS: ...O la decepcionante otra vida en el último episodio de "Lost"...
(SOUNDBITE DEL PROGRAMA DE TV, "LOST")
MATTHEW FOX: (Como Dr. Jack Shephard) ¿Dónde estamos, papá?
JOHN TERRY: (Como el Dr. Christian Shephard) Bueno, este es un lugar que todos ustedes hicieron juntos para que pudieran encontrarse.
JENNINGS: ...O "Beetlejuice"...
(SOUNDBITE DE LA PELÍCULA, "BEETLEJUICE")
ALEC BALDWIN: (Como Adam) Manual para enfermos recientes.
GEENA DAVIS: (Como Bárbara) Fallecida.
JENNINGS: ...O los campos de maíz de "Field Of Dreams".
(SOUNDBITE DE LA PELÍCULA, "CAMPO DE SUEÑOS")
DWIER BROWN: (Como John Kinsella) ¿Es este el cielo?
KEVIN COSTNER: (Como Ray Kinsella) Es Iowa.
BROWN: (Como John Kinsella) Podría haber jurado que era el cielo.
JENNINGS: Si eres como yo y quieres el béisbol de antaño, para mí, eso parece una hermosa vida después de la muerte. Y eso sería un infierno para mi esposa.
SHAPIRO: Y debido a que el cielo de una persona puede ser el infierno de otra persona, Ken Jennings ofreció algunas recomendaciones para el más allá para todos, desde aficionados a la historia hasta amantes de la comida.
JENNINGS: Hay posibilidades gastronómicas en el más allá. Me mantendría lejos del infierno. El infierno hindú, por ejemplo, tiene fascinantes mesas para banquetes llenas de platos deliciosos y yogures refrescantes, pero no son para ti. Son solo para tentarte. El más allá egipcio era muy específico acerca de todos los higos que podías comer. Entonces, si amas los higos, ese es el camino a seguir. Recomendaría la comida callejera mexicana en "Coco".
(SOUNDBITE DE LA PELÍCULA, "COCO")
RENEE VICTOR: (Como Abuelita) Toma, toma más.
ANTHONY GONZALEZ: (As Miguel) No, gracias.
ACTORES NO IDENTIFICADOS: (Como personajes, jadeando).
GONZALEZ: (As Miguel) ¿Y mean, si?
VICTOR: (Como Abuelita) Eso es lo que pensé que habías dicho.
JENNINGS: Quiero decir, si amas la historia, lo que realmente quieres hacer en el más allá es encontrar celebridades. Quieres ir a preguntarle a Amelia Earhart o Jimmy Hoffa cuál fue el trato con ellos. Muchos de los cielos más ricos en celebridades están en la narración moderna. Ya sabes, "Los Simpson", cuando "Los Simpson" muestra la otra vida, siempre está llena de personas reconocibles.
(SOUNDBITE DE MONTAJE)
HANK AZARIA: (Como Disco Stu) Vaya, Frank Sinatra.
HARRY SHEARER: (Como Frank Sinatra) Para mí, esto es un infierno. ¿Entiendes, amigo?
AZARIA: (Como Abraham Lincoln) ¿Sabías que la película sobre mi vida es la película más importante de Spielberg?
DAN CASTELLANETA: (Como Homer Simpson) Fuiste derrotado por "Argo".
AZARIA: (Como Abraham Lincoln) ¿Argo?
CASTELLANETA: (Como San Pedro) Tenemos gente interesante. Mira, Tracy Morgan está aquí.
SHEARER: (Como Dios) Tracy, ¿qué haces aquí? Estás mejor.
TRACY MORGAN: (Como él mismo) Nadie me dice estas cosas.
JENNINGS: En "South Park", especialmente. El infierno en "South Park" siempre está lleno de los nombres más importantes de los asesinos en serie si eres un verdadero fanático del crimen.
(SOUNDBITE DEL PROGRAMA DE TELEVISIÓN, "SOUTH PARK")
ACTOR NO IDENTIFICADO: (Como personaje) Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer y John Wayne Gacy, te levantarás una vez más para caminar por la Tierra. Y necesito que recojas el pastel Ferrari de Satanás.
JENNINGS: Pero esto se remonta a los antiguos griegos. Quiero decir, Homero señaló que todos los grandes héroes de la Guerra de Troya están jugando juegos de guerra en un prado en Hades, y Odiseo está encantado de poder ver a Aquiles y Ajax y todos los grandes nombres.
(SOUNDBITE DE LA CANCIÓN, "EL CIELO DEL ROCK AND ROLL")
THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS: (Cantando) Si hay un cielo de rock 'n' roll, sabes que tienen una banda increíble...
JENNINGS: Si eres un amante de las artes, algunas vidas posteriores han imaginado que estos son los lugares donde vas a ver las obras que nunca estuvieron disponibles para los vivos. En "What Dreams May Come" de Richard Matheson, la gente en el plano astral visita rutinariamente conciertos de nuevas obras de grandes compositores. Ya sabes, puedes ir a ver la 10ª Sinfonía de Beethoven. Ya sabes, en "It's A Wonderful Life", escuchamos que Mark Twain todavía está trabajando en nuevas novelas en el cielo.
(SOUNDBITE DE LA PELÍCULA, "ES UNA VIDA MARAVILLOSA")
HENRY TRAVERS: (Como Clarence Odbody) Oh, mira, Tom Sawyer también se está secando. Deberías leer el nuevo libro escrito por Mark Twain ahora.
JENNINGS: Y si eres un músico lo suficientemente bueno, ni siquiera el infierno puede detenerte. Ya sabes, en el musical "Hadestown", Orpheus puede colarse en Hadestown debido a su increíble don musical.
(SOUNDBITE DE LA CANCIÓN, "ESPERA POR MÍ")
CANTANTE SIN IDENTIFICAR: (Como personaje, cantando) Espérame. Ya voy. Espera, voy contigo...
JENNINGS: Si buscas unas vacaciones más llenas de acción, en los cómics de "Black Panther", Ta-Nehisi Coates imaginó que el más allá de Wakandan, el Djalia, tendría todo tipo de deportes extremos disponibles.
(SOUNDBITE DE LA PELÍCULA, "CAPITÁN AMÉRICA: GUERRA CIVIL")
CHADWICK BOSEMAN: (Como T'Challa) En mi cultura, la muerte no es el final. Es más un punto de partida.
JENNINGS: Combate ritual y escalada en roca, y probablemente también haya tirolinas y paravelismo.
(SOUNDBITE DE LA PELÍCULA, "CAPITÁN AMÉRICA: GUERRA CIVIL")
BOSEMAN: (Como T'Challa) Podrías correr para siempre.
JENNINGS: Supongo que la verdadera pregunta es, ¿hay alguna otra vida tan buena que no te importe pasar un tiempo ilimitado allí? Ya sabes, la eternidad, unas vacaciones que nunca terminan. Quiero decir, quieres tener cien opciones.
SHAPIRO: El nuevo libro de Ken Jennings es "100 lugares para ver después de morir".
(SONIDO SINCRÓNICO DE LA CANCIÓN, "EL CIELO ES UN LUGAR EN LA TIERRA")
BELINDA CARLISLE: (Cantando) Ooh, cariño, ¿sabes cuánto vale eso? Ooh, el cielo es un lugar en la Tierra. Dicen que en el cielo...
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What year was Ken Jennings on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? ›
Jennings regained the record after appearances on several other game shows, culminating with his results on an October 2008 appearance on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, though Rutter retained the record for highest Jeopardy! winnings and once again passed Jennings' total after his victory in the Jeopardy! Battle ...
What game show did Ken Jennings win? ›Jennings grew up in Seoul, South Korea, where he became a daily devotee of Jeopardy!. In 2004, he successfully auditioned for a spot on the show and went on an unprecedented 74-game victory streak worth $2.52 million. He then went on to appear in several special Jeopardy!
What is Ken Jennings full name? ›| Ken Jennings | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kenneth Wayne Jennings III 23 May 1974 Edmonds, Washington, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University (BA, BS) |
| Occupation | Game show contestant game show host television presenter author podcaster |
| Years active | 2004-present |
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Two people have won the $1 million prize: Kathy Cox, superintendent of public schools for the U.S. state of Georgia; and George Smoot, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics and professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Who is the smartest Jeopardy contestant? ›In a 2011 televised competition, Jennings, the most celebrated “Jeopardy!” competitor of all time, met IBM's Watson artificial intelligence in a uniquely human field of battle — the game show test of trivia and problem-solving at which Jennings had made his name.
Who won the most money on jep? ›Ken Jennings, $4,370,700
Jennings returned in the "Battle of the Decades," where he finished in second and did so again in the 2019 "All-Star Games." He reclaimed his winning ways in the Jeopardy!
In 1993, Darryl Scott won with only $1. Cheng Lor and 1,496 others like this. I remember that episode.
Who is the biggest winner in Jeopardy history? ›Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy! player with the longest winning streak, was a software engineer who competed on his college's quizbowl team before he went on the game show.
What is Jennings IQ? ›Top Most 17+ What Is Ken Jennings Iq
Ken Jennings allegedly has an IQ of 175, which is very high, at the genius level of human intelligence.
What is the salary of Jeopardy host? ›
Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings have been handling the hosting duties in recent years, following Trebek's death. Here's a few other interesting facts about the show: Bialik's current salary is $450,000 — per episode, or about $10 million per season. Jennings earns about $4.5 million for his hosting duties.
How did Ken Jennings lose? ›What the heck was Ken Jennings thinking when his question on Jeopardy -- "What is FedEx?" -- was wrong, thus ending his streak of 74 straight wins, a stretch in which he won just over $2.5 million? (The answer was, "Most of this firm's 70,000 season white-collar employees work only four months a year." The correct ...
Can you be on Jeopardy twice? ›As in “Can you lose a game, audition again, and come back and play again?” No, not under the current rules. One question on the forms is if you have ever appeared on any version of Jeopardy! hosted by Alex Trebex. A “yes” answer disqualifies you from appearing again.
How does Ken Jennings know so much? ›Since childhood, he says, he has tended to index new facts geographically, so that his knowledge ends up clustered around locations — the first thing he'll remember about a person is where they're from, and the first thing he'll remember about an event is where it took place.
How much money did Ken Jennings make on Jeopardy in total? ›Ken walked away with a total of $2,520,700. As of June 2023, he still holds the record for most consecutive games won and the highest winnings in a regular season.
What is the average 5th grader IQ? ›Most children will fall between 80 and 120 if they are tested when they have a basic understanding of cognitive concepts.
How old is 5th grader? ›There is no evidence that this show is staged. The claim made by the show is that all material is taken out of 5th grade level textbooks, not that the average 5th grader could answer it.
Who is the youngest Jeopardy winner? ›First-year student Justin Bolsen took first place in the 'Jeopardy!
How many Jeopardy contestants have been black? ›In the wake of Angelou's comments, a TV Guide analysis of about 20 episodes showed that there had indeed been one Black contestant on the show in the immediate past: celebrity LeVar Burton of Roots and Reading Rainbow fame.
Do Jeopardy contestants study? ›
Many Jeopardy! contestants do study for the show.
What's the most money won on a game show? ›Ken Jennings is the highest-earning American game show contestant of all time, having accumulated a total of $5,296,214.
What was the most money won in one day on Jeopardy? ›As it stands, the largest payday ever awarded during a single game of “Jeopardy!” (outside of a tournament) is $131,127, a hefty prize amount won by James Holzhauer in April 2019.
Is Ken Jennings rich? ›$4.0 Million
Ken Jennings has made a net worth from his income source which is winning game shows in the United States. He is currently making money from hosting television shows.
Each episode, non-winners are also given consolation prizes of $2,000 for second place and $1,000 for third place. Goldstein's revelation shocked many Jeopardy! fans, as some were stunned to learn the long-running game show doesn't pay for airfare or hotel expenses.
Who has done the worst on Jeopardy? ›More On: jeopardy
Monday's episode saw contestant Patrick Pearce record the lowest score in the program's history — ending “Double Jeopardy” with -$7,400, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Until March 1, 2018, no regular game had ended in a tie-breaker. If no contestant finishes Final Jeopardy! with a positive total, there is no winner and three new contestants compete on the next episode. This has happened on several episodes, including the second episode hosted by Trebek.
How much do Jeopardy winners get taxed? ›And it's a lot too, eating up about half the money if you do the math. All winnings on game shows are ordinary income, taxed up to 37% by the IRS. Most states have state income tax too, and since Ms.
Who is the biggest female winner on Jeopardy? ›Ms. Schneider surpassed Matt Amodio's 38-day streak, leaving her behind only Ken Jennings, who won 74 consecutive games in 2004. She was a virtuoso in terms of accuracy and speed, but unlike Mr. Amodio, her style of play was traditional.
What happens if all Jeopardy contestants end with zero? ›It's a living document which states that: “In the event all three contestants have $0 (zero) or minus amounts at the end of 'Double Jeopardy! ', no Final Jeopardy! round would be played.”
Who has 400 IQ? ›
Adragon De Mello (IQ Score: 400)
His record was broken in 1994 by another student, but today, De Mello is known to have one of the highest IQ scores in all of human history – an IQ score of 400!
Unfortunately, I would estimate Kim Khardashian's “Intellect” to hover around 95–100, and her siblings the same.
What is Albert Einstein's IQ? ›His performance beats those of physicists Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein, who were both estimated to have IQs around 160.
Does Jeopardy pay your expenses? ›In a previous episode of Inside Jeopardy podcast, producer Sarah Whitcomb Foss confirmed that contestants must pay for their own airfare in order to try to win some money on the game show.
Why did Mayim Bialik quit Jeopardy? ›' early due to writers' strike. (CNN) - Actress and “Jeopardy!” co-host Mayim Bialik is showing her support for the entertainment industry writers' strike. Bialik decided not to host the final week of “Jeopardy!” Season 39 in solidarity with those striking.
Where is Jeopardy filmed? ›The game show is filmed two days a week at Sony Pictures Studios' Stage 10 in Culver City. (Since my visit, the stage has been renamed as the Alex Trebek Stage at Sony Pictures Studios. Fitting, as this is where he had filmed the show since 1994.)
How old is James Holzhauer? › Who beat Jennings in Jeopardy? ›James Holzhauer is the first “Jeopardy! Masters” tournament winner. And there's one man who got a front-row seat to the three-week ABC tournament (and can brag that he beat the sports gambler in the Greatest of All Time tournament): Host Ken Jennings.
Who is Nancy Zerg? ›Nancy Zerg was a single game Jeopardy Champion and won $15,401 dollars (Her game winnings from defeating Ken Jennings and 3rd place $1000 prize the following game). Although she was able to best Ken Jennings head-to-head, she was not able to create a win streak.
What is the longest streak on Jeopardy? ›Ken Jennings, "Jeopardy!" GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) and now host of the show, still holds the record for the longest winning streak with 74 games in 2004.
What year did Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader start? ›
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? is a quiz show, it used to be on Fox. It is produced by Mark Burnett and is hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. The show premiered as a three-day special which began on February 27, 2007 with the first two shows each a half-hour in length.
How old was Ken Jennings when he was on Jeopardy as a contestant? ›July 12, 2004 -- Record-setting Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings has an underestimated secret to his success. Jennings, a 30-year-old Utah software engineer, is the most successful Jeopardy!
How much did Ken Jennings win on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? ›James Holzhauer on when Ken Jennings was a contestant on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader. There goes James Holzhauer having this clip of Ken Jennings when he was on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader. Ken won $500,000 on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader.
Do Jeopardy contestants get to keep the money? ›Winnings. The top scorer in each game is paid their winnings in cash and returns to play in the next match. Non-winners receive consolation prizes instead of their winnings in the game. As of May 16, 2002, consolation prizes have been $2,000 for the second-place contestant(s) and $1,000 for the third-place contestant.
Is there a limit you can win on Jeopardy? ›To earn that amount — $566,400, to be exact — a contestant would have to play a “perfect game,” which means correctly responding to every single clue, betting the maximum available amount on Daily Doubles, and then risking it all during the Final Jeopardy!
What is the most a Jeopardy contestant has won in one day? ›Craig set his record of $77,000 on the second day of the 2010–2011 Jeopardy! season on the episode airing September 14, 2010. In his record-setting appearance, he had a score of $47,000 after the game's first two rounds, then wagered and won $30,000 in the Final Jeopardy! round.
How old were we in 5th grade? ›Students in fifth grade are usually 10-11 years old.
Who runs Are you smarter than a 5th grader? ›Pitting one adult versus five 10 year-olds, grownups will once again find themselves in a classroom setting revisiting their youth as they tackle subjects they have already been taught, ranging from first-grade to fifth-grade; from art to geography. Hosted by Jeff Foxworthy!
How old was the youngest person on Jeopardy? ›In addition to perennial bragging rights, Bolsen earned a $100,000 prize and a guaranteed spot in the next “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions, where, at 18 years old, he will be the youngest contestant in history.
Who has the best percentage of correct answers on Jeopardy? ›Highest Percentage of Correct Responses: Roger Craig, 98.17%
How does Ken Jennings remember so much? ›
Since childhood, he says, he has tended to index new facts geographically, so that his knowledge ends up clustered around locations — the first thing he'll remember about a person is where they're from, and the first thing he'll remember about an event is where it took place.
Did Amy win more than Ken Jennings? ›Amy Schneider's 39th consecutive Jeopardy! win makes her second only to Ken Jennings | EW.com.