Jeopardy!’s Ken Jennings admits he stole Alex Trebek’s secret hosting tip after ‘confusing’ players with ‘wrong’ move

Jeopardy!’s Ken Jennings admits he stole Alex Trebek’s secret hosting tip after ‘confusing’ players with ‘wrong’ move

KEN Jennings has admitted to once stealing a hosting tip from previous Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.

This happened before Ken, 50, became permanent host and he has used it ever since.

Ken Jennings opened up on a recent episode on his podcast, Omnibus, about how he adopted his speech patterns on Jeopardy! while being a host

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Ken Jennings opened up on a recent episode on his podcast, Omnibus, about how he adopted his speech patterns on Jeopardy! while being a hostCredit: Getty
The host shared that when he guest-hosted Alex had marked up the paper with notations and showed where to emphasize words

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The host shared that when he guest-hosted Alex had marked up the paper with notations and showed where to emphasize wordsCredit: Disney
Ken said that he still adopts those tricks today as host, which sometimes helps and sometimes confuses contestants

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Ken said that he still adopts those tricks today as host, which sometimes helps and sometimes confuses contestantsCredit: Getty

He also hosts Omnibus podcast with John Roderick, where they shared strange, but true stories.

On the June 6 episode, Talking Drums, the hosts talked about different tones in voices and…


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