Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks, reveals his real obsession is. Jennings lives in seattle with his wife mindy and two children. Ken jennings has 20 books on goodreads with 41661 ratings. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks reprint by jennings, ken isbn. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks paperback april 17, 2012. Much as brainiac offered a behindthescenes look at the littleknown demimonde of competitive trivia buffs, maphead finally gives equal time to that other downtrodden underclass. Kenneth wayne jennings iii born may 23, 1974 holds the record for the longest winning streak on the u. Stealing a thought line from the author, ken jennings, jeopardy superstar. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks 9781439167175 by jennings, ken and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks by. In fact i just picked up ken jennings earlier book brainiac and im hoping well find the time to read it aloud to each other. Charting the wide, weird world of geography wonks is a love letter to the maps ken was obsessed with as a child. Jennings won 74 games before he was defeated by challenger nancy zerg on his 75th appearance.
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