Ken Jennings

Endorsements

Jennings? success has resulted in him being a popular individual amongst corporations looking for public endorsers.

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H&R Block, the firm named in the answer he 'missed', announced in a press release that they were offering him a deal for free tax preparation and financial services for the rest of his life. According to H&RB statements, Jennings could pay over $1.045 million alone in taxes, more than any quiz show contestant. Jennings accepted the offer, and in another news story, H&RB officials reported that they had offered similar services to other individuals in the past.

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Jennings has also agreed to a deal with Microsoft to promote their Encarta encyclopedia software, and has signed a deal with Bertelsmann AG for a book to be published through one of their book divisions in 2005.

Related Topics:
Microsoft - Encarta - Bertelsmann AG

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He is also engaged in speaking deals through the Massachusetts-based speakers agency, American Program Bureau.

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University Games has produced a Can you Beat Ken? board game, in which the players attempt to earn $2.6 Million before any of the other players or before Jennings. Each question in the game was asked to Jennings, and his incorrect answers are recorded on the cards.

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The SBC Communications and BellSouth joint venture Cingular Wireless LLC has signed Jennings to appear in commercials. The first of these commercials, portraying Jennings as having lots of "friends & family" (coming out of the woodwork, because he is now "stinking rich") started airing in February, 2005.

Related Topics:
SBC Communications - BellSouth - Cingular Wireless

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Ken Jennings also is appearing on commercials for Allstate Insurance. Also starring Dennis Haysbert, the advertisements parody a typical Final Jeopardy! situation, and parody Ken's usual style of guessing at answers by having him answer the question in a humorous, over-the-top inquisitive fashion.

Related Topics:
Allstate Insurance - Dennis Haysbert

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Comedy Central has announced that they have inked a deal for Ken to host a new game show on their network, likely to begin in the

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autumn of 2005. Its format is unknown, but it is already said it will be far different from the network's previous game show offering, Win Ben Stein's Money.

Related Topics:
Autumn - Win Ben Stein's Money

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