# Ken Jennings on Reddit (u/WatsonsBitch)

Part of Celebrities on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-06. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/celebrities-on-reddit/ken-jennings

Ken Jennings: 74-time Jeopardy! champion and now its host.

- Reddit account: [u/WatsonsBitch](https://www.reddit.com/user/WatsonsBitch/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2011 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/fwpzj/iama_74time_jeopardy_champion_ken_jennings_i_will/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (54), r/AskReddit (1), r/trivia (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2011 to 2025
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Jennings

## Moments

### u/WatsonsBitch in r/IAmA, Jun 19, 2018 · Personal story

Replying to a redditor:

> Hi Ken. What are the odds of you joining my trivia team for a night in Seattle? The same villainous team has been been winning for months on end and it would be oh-so-satisfying to see them lose. I’ll buy you a beer, if that sweetens the pot.

> I did this for my son's ninth-grade bar trivia team last month.  (This bar does trivia in the all-ages area, apparently.) They were tired of perpetually losing and brought me in as a ringer.
>
> I tried to warn my son that we might not win just because I was there...but then we ended up winning by a huge margin, so I think he probably learned several terrible life lessons.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/8sajll/i_am_ken_jennings_i_was_on_jeopardy_for_six/e0y53qt/ · 5,079 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/WatsonsBitch in r/IAmA, Dec 7, 2012 · AMA answer

Replying to a redditor:

> Any chance of you taking over as the host of Jeopardy if/when Alex Trebek retires. Any discussions to that effect happening?

> We need to get that rumor started.  I'd say there's virtually no chance, since they would probably interview people WITH ACTUAL TV HOSTING EXPERIENCE.
>
> But that said, what a dream job.  I would take it in a heartbeat.  Trebek works on-set like 4-5 days a month, and I'm sure a big Sony truck full of cash backs up to his house once or twice a week.  I just need to work on my French pronunciation and my transparently false sympathy at wrong answers.

Context: Jennings became a host of Jeopardy! in 2021 and its sole host in 2023. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Jennings)
Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/14gkj7/i_am_jeopardys_ken_jennings_my_new_book_because_i/c7cvmvi/ · 3,171 points as of Nov 6, 2026

### u/WatsonsBitch in r/IAmA, Jun 19, 2018 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> If you had to do it all over again, would you still answer "What's a hoe?"?

> As I opened my mouth, I realized "Waaaait a second there is no way the Jeopardy answer here is 'What's a hoe.'"  But it was too late.
>
> At some point, I think my Jeopardy run will be entirely forgotten except for this one answer.  I will run for president in 2032 as the "What's a hoe?" guy and it will be my "Where's the beef?"

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/8sajll/i_am_ken_jennings_i_was_on_jeopardy_for_six/e0y3wwq/ · 3,754 points as of Nov 6, 2026