“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. Imagine the poor geographer trying to explain to someone at a campus cocktail party (or even… — Ken Jennings Copy Share
Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, a professor of political science at Rutgers University, has argued that geography seems less relevant than ever in a world where nonstate actors -- malleable entities like ethnicities, for example -- are as powerful and important as… — 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 Image
“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. Imagine the poor geographer trying to explain to someone at a campus cocktail party (or even to an unsympathetic adminitrator) exactly what it is he or she studies. "Geography is Greek for 'writing about the earth.'… — 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 Image
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 Image
I always bring my kids vacation souvenirs printed in Comic Sans, so they know I love them but not unconditionally. — Ken Jennings Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I would read the atlas for pleasure. I knew it was weird. It was weird. — Ken Jennings Copy Share Image
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 Image
We don't realize how hard it was to drive anywhere outside the major cities less than a century ago. — Ken Jennings Copy Share Image
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 Image
