‘Half Truth’ Is Just One Of Many Recent Ken Jennings Achievements

Ken Jennings has had a busy year. Who can forget the prime time January 2020 television event “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time,” which pitted Jennings against James “Jeopardy James” Holzhauer and Brad Rutter? The show was so popular the three Jeopardy champions plan to reunite in a remade version of the show “The Chase.” Perhaps a little more under the radar, in April, Jennings debuted on a Game Show Network quiz show called “Master Minds,” hosted by “The Chase” vet Brooke Burns. (The next season of “Master Minds” is set to premiere on GSN on December 7, so they must have continued to film throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.) More recently, Ken Jennings narrated the audiobook version of Alex Trebek’s memoir, “The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life.” And at the beginning of this newest season of Jeopardy, Trebek announced on-air that Jennings officially joined the show as a “consulting producer.”

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Oh, and to cap it all off, it was announced last week that Ken Jennings would officially take over as host of “Jeopardy!”, at least on an “interim” basis. That news sparked a bit of a media frenzy, as online denizens from all corners of the internet rushed to cancel the GOAT for an ill-thought-out tweet from 2014. It remains to be seen if Jennings will actually get to host any “Jeopardy!” episodes (filming was set to resume on November 30), and if so how many.

In addition to building his brand as a bourgeoning television personality, Ken Jennings had another, perhaps overlooked accomplishment in 2020. This summer, he came out with a board game. It is called “Half Truth,” and it bills itself as the “trivia game that makes you feel smart.”

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Trivia is more popular than ever right now, and Half Truth is the perfect game that lets you scratch the itch while getting your less enthused friends and family involved. The questions cover a wide range of topics from academia to pop culture, with the best part being that you do not need to know all the answers to win. For each question, there are six multiple choice options. Three are correct, and three are incorrect. Many are so obscure that you have to use some deductive logic to make an educated guess.

The latest editions of Trivial Pursuit have alternatively been accused of either being too easy or too hard. Since the pandemic started, they have been mostly sold out anyway. Half Truth is a way to get your trivia fix in, and it actually IS available on Amazon. My family and I decided to crack it open on Black Friday and ended up playing for five hours. Not many board games (especially new board games!) can offer that amount of entertainment.