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
Hey, way to go. I bet our writers that no one would get that.
I leave home about 7 in the morning,
'Music Hop' in 1963 was my first hosting job of a variety program.
'Music Hop' in 1963 was my first hosting job of a variety program.
People ask me, How would you do as a contestant on the show? And I tell them I would do fairly well among senior citizens, but against a good thirty-year-old I would have trouble because I cannot recall information as quickly as I used to. You used to say something and I would go, boom, right away, very sharp. Now it's like, Oh, yes, but wait a minute, uh, uh...
Have you ever met a successful person who wasn't restless- who was satisfied with where he or she was in life? They want new challenges. They want to get up and go...and that's one of the reasons they're successful.