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 ‘Jeopardy!’: Ken Jennings Shares Surprising Location He Stayed During 75-Game Run
12/10/25 10:47 AM
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‘Jeopardy!’: Ken Jennings Shares Surprising Location He Stayed During 75-Game Run
Brittany Sims
DECEMBER 10, 2025, 1:18 PM
Despite winning more than $2 million on Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings did not stay somewhere luxurious during his incredible run as a competitor on the game show. The host shared that the location is now shut down and reminisced about the time he stayed there.
“When I was first on Jeopardy! in 2004, we had a new baby and not a ton of money,” says Jennings, who now has two grownup kids with wife Mindy. “Then as now, the show only pays contestant accommodations for tournaments and the like,” he wrote on Instagram on December 9. “So when I came to Culver City to tape my first games, I was on the lookout for someplace close to the studio and CHEAP.”
“That’s when I saw the googie-style signage of Deano’s Motel glittering on the horizon, promising COLOR TV and TELEPHONES. Color TV *and* telephones? In this economy?!? I was sold.”
“Out of a mix of routine and superstition, I ended up staying there for all 75 games, even though every room smelled like an ashtray and, at some point, I really could have afforded someplace a little nicer,” he continued.….
https://www.tvinsider.com/1233230/ken-jennings-motel-jeopardy-run-closed/
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