“The decline of geography in academia is easy to understand: we live in an age of ever-increasing specialization, and geography is a… — Ken Jennings Copy Share Image
“Many cases of twentieth-century American map geekdom, it seems, began the same way that many twentieth-century Americans began: conceived in the backseats… — Ken Jennings Copy Share Image
Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, a professor of political science at Rutgers University, has argued that geography seems less relevant than ever in a… — Ken Jennings Copy Share Image
There must be something innate about maps, about this one specific way of picturing our world and our relation to it, that… — Ken Jennings Copy Share Image
You live overseas, you see these exotic places and you want to know about them. But, weirdly, it also made me homesick for all… — Ken Jennings Copy Share
“The decline of geography in academia is easy to understand: we live in an age of ever-increasing specialization, and geography is a generalist's discipline.… — Ken Jennings Copy Share
We regret the insinuation that Mr. Alex Trebek is a robot, and has been since 2004. Mr. Trebek's robotic frame does still contain some… — Ken Jennings Copy Share
People are using GPS systems to find millions of little hidden objects throughout the world - often as simple as a piece of Tupperware… — Ken Jennings Copy Share
I always bring my kids vacation souvenirs printed in Comic Sans, so they know I love them but not unconditionally. — Ken Jennings Copy Share
During the whole 'Jeopardy' experience, I felt like I was living a bit of a double life, I would be secretly flying out to… — Ken Jennings Copy Share
For me, it started as a child with one of those little wooden jigsaw maps of the U.S., wheres theres crocodiles on Florida and… — Ken Jennings Copy Share
If youre a vegan who ran a marathon & got your dogs from a shelter, how do you decide which thing to wedge into… — Ken Jennings Copy Share
We don't realize how hard it was to drive anywhere outside the major cities less than a century ago. — Ken Jennings Copy Share
You watch an old 'Jeopardy!' and the categories alone are very plain. 'Poetry,' or 'Movies,' or 'Physics.' If you watch it now, though, there'll… — Ken Jennings Copy Share
“There were two problems with this idea. First, it led to crappy “virtual reality” movies like Virtuosity and The Lawnmower Man. And second, in… — Ken Jennings Copy Share
Sure I have a cell-phone, so I don't have to remember everyone's number anymore, but that really wasn't a core part of my brain. — Ken Jennings Copy Share
“I pick up Dylan. He certainly takes after his father: about three-quarters of his body weight seems to be head, and three-quarters of that… — Ken Jennings Copy Share
