Ken Jennings: The Complete Kennections

Ken Jennings: The Complete Kennections

Join us for a trivia night with bestselling author Ken Jennings to celebrate the release of his new puzzle book.

By The Strand Book Store
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828 Broadway New York, NY 10003 United States

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    Join us for a trivia night with New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings to celebrate the release of his new puzzle book The Complete Kennections. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.


    Can’t make the event? Purchase a signed copy of The Complete Kennections here.


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    The first new trivia book in more than a decade from Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings—based on his hugely popular online game “Kennections”!

    Five trivia questions. Five answers that share a secret theme. What's the “Kennection”?

    Since 2012, Jeopardy! champion and host Ken Jennings has created a weekly puzzle—first appearing in Parade, then Mental Floss—involving a series of trivia questions whose answers have something in common. The trivia questions run the gamut of topics—from pop culture (movies, TV, music) to academic knowledge (history, geography, the arts) to lifestyle (food and drink, sports, hobbies). But the trickiest part might be finding the “Kennection” that links all five answers. Many are standard trivia categories (D-Day beaches! Presidential middle names! Santa’s reindeer! Batman villains!), but almost anything goes, so thinking outside the box is just as important as trivia knowledge. What do feet, McDonald’s, fingerprints, and St. Louis have in common? They all have arches. What about Mercury, Chihuahuas, electrons, and Rhode Island? They’re all the smallest of their kind. Columbia, Grease, and “I Ran” (by A Flock of Seagulls)? They’re homophones for nations of the world.

    For the first time, the Kennections canon is available in one convenient volume, with hundreds of new and updated quizzes. The Complete Kennections is the perfect gift for any Jeopardy! fan, trivia buff, or New York Times “Connections” puzzler.

    Photo credit: Faith Jennings

    Ken Jennings is the New York Times bestselling author of Brainiac, Maphead, Because I Said So!, Planet Funny, and 100 Places to See After You Die. In 2020, he won the “Greatest of All Time” title on the quiz show Jeopardy! and later succeeded Alex Trebek as the show's host. He lives in Seattle with his family.

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    Jul 30 · 7:00 PM EDT