Alex Trebek
Alex Trebek
George Alexander "Alex" Trebekis a Canadian American television personality. He has been the host of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! since 1984, and has also hosted a number of other game shows, including The Wizard of Odds, Double Dare, High Rollers, Battlestars, Classic Concentration and To Tell the Truth. Trebek has made appearances in numerous television series, usually portraying himself. A native of Canada, he became a naturalized United States citizen in 1998...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGame Show Host
Date of Birth22 July 1940
CityGreater Sudbury, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
Please phrase your answer in the form of a question.
I did everything - I did newscasts, I did sports, I did dramas.
Saying that I've THOUGHT about it doesn't mean that I'm DOING it.
I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off.
Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course.
What goes 0-300 in less than 2 seconds? Your mother on a scale.
I had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty!
You should never wear a baseball cap when working in close quarters in the attic: You never see that beam above you!
My dad drank pretty heavily, and he never missed a day of work in his life. So I never looked at drinking as a serious problem, but drugs to me are a serious problem. I think it's a generational thing. I think older people don't feel as uncomfortable around drinkers as they do around dopers.
The only reason I got into broadcasting was, I needed money to pay for my junior and senior years at college, and they hired me, those fools!
I have an Apple computer, which I use to play Spider Solitaire and do research on the Internet.
If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.
My job is to provide the atmosphere and assistance to the contestants to get them to perform at their very best. And if I'm successful doing that, I will be perceived as a nice guy, and the audience will think of me as being a bit of a star.
My musical development stopped when Frank Sinatra died.