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Jeopardy! superchampion and eventual host Ken Jennings won so many games during his initial streak that he admitted to fabricating anecdotes for the show s interview portion just so that he would have something to chat about with Alex Trebek.

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Fun Fact: ‘Jeopardy!’ superchampion and eventual host Ken Jennings won so many games during his initial streak that he admitted to fabricating anecdotes for the show’s interview portion just so that he would have something to chat about with Alex Trebek.

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