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‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek: Some answers about the man of many questions Some 6,300 episodes of “Jeopardy!” have covered plenty of questions (which are really the answers, of course), but with the long-running game show in Washington for “Power Players Week,” here’s one still remaining: Who is Alex Trebek?
April 21, 2012
Alex Trebek, host of “Jeopardy!,” talks with celebrity guest contestant Dana Perino, a Fox News commentator and a former White House press secretary under George W. Bush, between taping segments for the "Jeopardy! Power Players Week" shows at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington. Trebek, now 71, has hosted the show since 1984.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
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April 21, 2012
"Jeopardy!" celebrity guest contestant and former basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks with the media before filming his segment on "Power Players Week" at DAR Constitution Hall in the District. "Jeopardy!" was expected to last six or seven seasons, according to its late creator, Merv Griffin, but instead it has become a staple of American television. An average of 9.1 million viewers watch “Jeopardy!” every day.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
April 21, 2012
A stylist combs the hair of "Jeopardy!" celebrity contestant David Faber, a CNBC co-anchor, during the filming of "Power Players Week" shows at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
April 21, 2012
Trebek, center, moves between photo ops on the set of Jeopardy in Washington. Even off-camera, he talks in his soothing-yet-stilted hosting voice. But endears himself to the audience with his affability and his sharing of personal mundanities.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
April 21, 2012
Trebek poses on the set of "Jeopardy!" during the filming of "Power Players Week" in Washington. Trebek, now 71, has been hosting "Jeopardy!" for nearly three decades, which he says have passed by in a blur. Trebek, who's known for his impassivity and sometimes been portrayed as pompous, thinks he’s softened over the years, abandoning his aloofness and becoming more sympathetic to contestants.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
April 21, 2012
Celebrity guest Dana Perino is shown on screen as she answers a questions a "Jeopardy! Power Players Week" rehearsal in Washington. Trebek says the show is "not so much about rewarding knowledge as it is trying to instill a love of learning, a curiosity about life, about everything."
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
April 21, 2012
Trebek talks with media after the filming of a "Power Players Week" show at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington. His weekly routine is to preside over five tapings every Tuesday and Wednesday, arriving at work at noonish and returning by 6 or 6:30. He spends the rest of time traveling and devouring television and books.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
April 17, 2012
A native of Canada, Trebek is a naturalized American citizen, and he worries that the United States has lost its reputation as the ultimate world power. He thinks politicians are mishandling their responsibilities.
Astrid Riecken
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For The Washington Post
Feb. 24, 1998
Trebek raises the hand of Ellie Mathews of Seattle, winner of the 38th Pillsbury Quick & Easy Bake-Off, in Orlando. Trebek hosted the live television show where Mathews was named the winner of the $1 million grand prize for the best cooking recipe. Trebek majored in philosophy at the University of Ottawa but took a broadcasting job because it paid his tuition, setting him off on a career on the stage.
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Nov. 1, 1997
Trebek and celebrity contestants Jesse Jackson Jr. and Dee Dee Myers congregate after taping an earlier round of power-broker shows at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington. The show has changed gradually over time, with the regular studio set and the “Final Jeopardy” jingle having gone through numerous redesigns and rearrangements.
Dudley M. Brooks
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The Washington Post
Nov. 1, 1997
Writer Tom Clancy, second from right, holds up "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert's hand as the winner of a game power-brokers game taped in Washington. With the two are Trebek and journalist Catherine Crier. Over time, the show has doubled its dollar amounts and added the Clue Crew (in 2001), removed its five-show winning-streak restriction in (2003), won new fans during Ken Jennings’s 74-game romp (2004) and gained publicity by pitting an IBM supercomputer against past champions.
Dudley M. Brooks
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The Washington Post
May 29, 1996
Ryan Bean of Augusta, Maine, left, National Geographic Geography Bee runner-up, and winner Sayi Fayanju of Verona, N.J., accept congratulations from Trebek, who moderated the bee, and Gilbert Grosvenor, chairman of the board of National Geographic. Despite his many hosting duties, Trebek in person is not just a host but a regular guy.
Margaret Thomas
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The Washington Post
March 30, 1997
For April Fools' Day in 1997, Pat Sajak, the host of "Wheel of Fortune," took his turn as "Jeopardy!" moderator. "Jeopardy!" slightly trails “Wheel,” which is technically America’s No. 1 game show. In the Washington area, though, “Jeopardy!” outperforms “Wheel.”
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PRN
March 30, 1997
Trebek got in the April Fools' prank with a day hosting "Wheel of Fortune." He shared a lifetime achievement Emmy last year with Pat Sajak, the regular host of "Wheel." Sajak's tenure on "Wheel," now in its 29th year, is a year longer than Trebek's on "Jeopardy!"
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Trebek hosts “To Tell the Truth,” one of a half-dozen game shows he hosted in the ’70s and early ’80s before landing on "Jeopardy!" Others included “Wizard of Odds” and “The New High Rollers.”
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Aug. 3, 1988
Trebek in his Los Angeles home. He now lives in a mansion in Studio City, Calif., with his wife of 22 years and his 91-year-old mother.
Alan Greth
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AP
Trebek covered national news and special events for radio and television for the Canadian Broadcasting Co. Despite knowing all the answers in the "Jeopardy!" world, he says he will never figure out the answers to many things in life. “I don’t think we ever figure it out,” Trebek says. “Some people can tell you, ‘Oh, I figured it out.’ Oh yeah? Good for you. But my life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that. And it doesn’t bother me in the least. I will die without having come up with the answers to many things in life.”
Jeopardy! Productions
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