Dabbling

Omnibus

Fearing that some cataclysm will soon befall human civilization, Ken and his musician friend John Roderick (the Long Winters) have launched the Omnibus Project, a massive, authoritative time capsule of fascinating human achievements both large and small. Their hope is that the residents of the future may unearth these recordings and understand what life was like in the "Before Times." (If you are not a mutated mole-man or sentient moss or other resident of Future Earth, the Omnibus is available to contemporary listeners in convenient "podcast" form.)

Kennections

The "Kennections" trivia puzzle, which debuted in the newsprint-y pages of Parade magazine back in 2012, is now a weekly quiz on the website of my old friends at mental_floss magazine. The interface is much nicer, but the rules are the same. First, answer five challenging quiz questions. Then see if you can figure out the "Kennection" between them--the secret theme that all five answers have in common. Get it, Kennections? Like "connections" but named for "Ken." It's a pun!

Half Truth

Half Truth is a critically acclaimed tabletop game from Ken Jennings and the legendary game designer Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic: The Gathering. In a game of Half Truth, players puzzle over which answers on each card are true and which are lies—and are often surprised to find how much they know! It's the rare trivia game designed to make players of all abilities feel smarter, not dumber.