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George Alexander "Alex" Trebek (born July 22, 1940) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American television personality and game show host. He has been the host of the game show Jeopardy! since September 10, 1984. He has hosted numerous game/quiz shows and has appeared in television series, usually as himself. Though a native of Canada, he became a naturalized United States citizen in 1998.^[1] is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Aedificemus (Latin for Come, let us build together) Coordinates: , Country Province Established 1893 (as Sudbury) 2001 (as Greater Sudbury) Government - Mayor John Rodriguez - Governing Body Greater Sudbury City Council - MPs Raymond Bonin (LPC), Diane Marleau (LPC) - MPPs Rick Bartolucci (OLP), Shelley Martel (NDP) Area - City 3,200 km... This article is about the Canadian province. ... A television presenter is a British term for a celebrity who is best known for introducing or appearing in television programmes. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Emmy Award. ... Main articles: History of Canada, Timeline of Canadian history Canada has been inhabited by aboriginal peoples (known in Canada as First Nations) for at least 40,000 years. ... A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ... Game show host is a profession involving the hosting of gameshows. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... Jeopardy redirects here. ... is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... A judge swears in a new citizen. ... Citizen redirects here. ...

Biography

Early life

Trebek was born Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek^[2] in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, the son of Lucille (née Lagacé), a Franco-Ontarian, and George Edward Trebek, a Ukrainian-Canadian immigrant. He was educated at a Jesuit school before graduating from Toronto's Malvern Collegiate Institute in 1958, and later the University of Ottawa with a degree in philosophy. Interested in a career in broadcast news, he began his broadcasting career working for the CBC as a newscaster and sportscaster. Trebek specialized in national news and covering a wide range of special events for the CBC's radio and television divisions, including a stint as the host of CBC Championship Curling.^[3] Nickname: Motto: Aedificemus (Latin for Come, let us build together) Coordinates: , Country Province Established 1893 (as Sudbury) 2001 (as Greater Sudbury) Government - Mayor John Rodriguez - Governing Body Greater Sudbury City Council - MPs Raymond Bonin (LPC), Diane Marleau (LPC) - MPPs Rick Bartolucci (OLP), Shelley Martel (NDP) Area - City 3,200 km... This article is about the Canadian province. ... NÃ©e redirects here. ... Franco-Ontarians (French: Franco-ontarien) are French Canadian or francophone residents of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... A Ukrainian Canadian is a person of Ukrainian descent or origin who was born in or immigrated to Canada. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Malvern Collegiate Institute is a Toronto high school that was founded in 1903. ... For the university in Ottawa, Kansas, see Ottawa University. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... Radio-Canada redirects here. ... Anchorman redirects here. ... American Sportscasters A sportscaster, sports announcer, or sports commentator is a type of journalist on radio or television who specializes in reporting or commenting on sports events. ...

Trebek once attended the former Royal Roads Military College, in Victoria, BC, Canada, but did not complete his first year.^[4] Royal Roads Military College (RRMC) was a Canadian military college (1940 to 1995) located in Hatley Park, Colwood, British Columbia near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ... This article is about the city of Victoria. ... Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 5th Total 944...

Rise in television

In 1964 he started hosting the high school quiz show Reach for the Top. In 1970 he hosted a Canadian television show called Jackpot! In 1973, he moved to the United States and worked for NBC as host of a new game show, The Wizard of Odds. A year later, Trebek hosted the popular Merrill Heatter-Bob Quigley game show High Rollers, which had two incarnations on NBC (1974-76 and 1978-80). Trebek's only guest appearance was on an episode of Game Show Week on NBC's, Card Sharks, in the 1980s, where he won over fellow game show host, Bill Cullen, during the finals. He also hosted game shows such as Battlestars, Double Dare and Pitfall before he was chosen to host the revived version of the game show Jeopardy! in 1984. He has been its host ever since, for the past 24 years. After three years of syndicated success with Jeopardy, he was hired by Mark Goodson to host the NBC daytime game show Classic Concentration, and would host both series simultaneously for the next four years. Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Quiz show redirects here. ... Final moments of an episode of the Montreal version of Reach for the Top, as aired on CBMT-6 in the late 1970s. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... This article is about the television network. ... The Wizard of Odds (July 17, 1973-June 28, 1974) was a daytime television game show hosted by Alex Trebek of Jeopardy!. Aired on NBC, people from the studio audience vied in a number of rounds. ... Heatter-Quigley Productions is an American television production company that was launched in 1960 by two former television writers, Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley. ... High Rollers was an American television game show which aired on the NBC network from July 1, 1974 to June 11, 1976 and again from April 24, 1978 to June 20, 1980. ... This article is about the television network. ... This article is about the television network. ... Card Sharks was an American television game show in which contestants guessed whether a playing card was higher or lower than the card that preceded it. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... William Bill Lawrence Frances Cullen (February 18, 1920 â€“ July 7, 1990), was an Emmy Award-winning American radio and television personality. ... Battlestars was an American game show that aired on two separate runs on NBC during the early 1980s. ... Double Dare was an American television game show that ran from December 13, 1976, to April 29, 1977, on CBS. Alex Trebek (later of Jeopardy!) hosted this Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production; Johnny Olson and Gene Wood took turns announcing. ... Pitfall was an originally Canadian game show, hosted by Alex Trebek and announced by John Barton (who also served as co-producer), that was syndicated for both American and Canadian audiences by Catalena Productions. ... This article is about the year. ... Mark Goodson (January 14, 1915 â€“ December 18, 1992) was an accomplished American television producer who specialized in game shows. ... This article is about the television network. ... Concentration is NBCs longest running game show. ...

In 1991, he became the only host in United States TV history to helm three daily national game shows at once — Jeopardy!, Classic Concentration and To Tell the Truth. He is also one of four hosts to emcee a game show in the United States and a game show in Canada at the same time, and he and Jim Perry are the only two known hosts in the industry to host three different game shows at once in North American television.^{[citation needed]} Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jeopardy redirects here. ... Concentration was a TV game show based on the childrens memory game of the same name. ... To Tell the Truth is also the title of Charles Robert Jenkins autobiography To Tell the Truth is an American television game show created by Bob Stewart[1] and produced by Goodson-Todman Productions that has been aired intermittently in various formats since 1956, hosted by various television personalities. ... James Edward Jim Perry (born James Edward Dooley on November 11, 1934 in Camden, New Jersey) is a former television game show host, singer and performer in the 1970s and 1980s. ...

Having been divorced from his first wife, Elaine Callei, he has been married to his second wife, Jean Currivan-Trebek, a real estate businesswoman and the mother of his two children, since April 30, 1990.^{[citation needed]} is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Honors and awards

Having skillfully guided the series to years of unprecedented success, Alex Trebek has been personally honored with four Outstanding Game Show Host Emmy Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (located at 6501 Hollywood Boulevard, near those for Ann-Margret and Vincent Price). A half-filled amphitheatre The Hollywood Hills Amphitheater is the purpose-built riverside amphitheatre at the Disney-MGM Studios theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, USA which showcases the night-time spectacular Fantasmic!. Just off Sunset Blvd. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses... Disneys Hollywood Studios is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. ... An Emmy Award. ... Buskers perform on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... Ann-Margret Ann-Margret (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish-born actress and singer. ... Vincent Leonard Price Jr. ...

Trebek is active with a number of educational organizations and charities, and donates a great deal of his free time to touring overseas with the USO. He hosts the annual National Geographic Bee in the U.S. and The Great Canadian Geography Challenge in Canada. Active with the World Vision charitable organization, he has traveled to many Third World countries with World Vision projects, taping reports on the group's efforts on behalf of children around the world.^[5] The United Service Organizations The United Service Organizations Inc. ... A 1999 National Geography Bee contestant with his chaperones. ... This article is about the charitable organization. ...

In March of 2006, it was announced that he would receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. He is the second game show host to be inducted (the first being Monty Hall). Canadas Walk of Fame acknowledges the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians. ... Maurice Monty Hall Halperin, O.C., B.Sc. ...

Parodies

Due to Trebek's long history on television, he is a familiar figure and therefore a popular parody target, which usually emphasize his stoic nature and his attempts at native pronunciation of foreign terms. Parodies of him include Eugene Levy portraying a game show host named 'Alex Trebel' on Second City Television, Ike Barinholtz portraying him on MadTV, and Adam West of Family Guy banishing Trebek "back to the fifth dimension where he belongs" in the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire" by writing down "Kebert Xela" (backwards for Alex Trebek) during the Final Jeopardy! round. Trebek has also played himself, or a version of himself, on Pinky and the Brain and Rugrats, as well as being the subject of a practical joke in an episode of TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes, finding himself the subject of a made-up personality cult. Trebek also briefly appears as himself in the 1998 movie Mafia! during a parade in early 20th-century Italy. The most well known parody of Trebek is Will Ferrell's portrayal on Saturday Night Live parody sketches of Celebrity Jeopardy!; Trebek himself appeared in the final such sketch in Ferrell's 2002 finale as a series regular (there has been one more sketch in 2005 when Ferrell later hosted). Eugene Levy (born 17 December 1946) is a Canadian Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actor, television director, producer and writer. ... Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of The Second City. ... Isaac Ike Barinholtz (born February 18, 1977) is a comic actor. ... For other uses, see Mad TV (disambiguation). ... The fictional version of Adam West on the animated television series Family Guy is a caricature of actor Adam West, who also supplies his voice. ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... â€œI Take Thee Quagmireâ€ is an episode from the fourth season of FOX animated television series Family Guy. ... This article describes both the animated television series, and the characters from that series. ... A rugrat may also be a pejorative term for a toddler. ... TVs Bloopers & Practical Jokes was a weekly NBC television series that ran from 1984 to 1993. ... This article is about the political institution. ... Jane Austens Mafia! is a 1998 comedy film starring Jay Mohr. ... John William Ferrell (born July 16, 1967)[1] is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American comedian, actor, voice actor, and writer who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a successful film career, starring in the comedies A Night... SNL redirects here. ... Will Ferrell (as Alex Trebek) and Darrell Hammond (as Sean Connery). ...

Thoroughbred horse racing

Trebek owns and manages a 700 acre (2.8 km²) ranch near Paso Robles in Creston, California formerly owned by Fred and Helen Sahadi, parents of trainer Jenine Sahadi.^[6] The property was known as Cardiff Stud Farm but Trebek renamed it Creston Farms where he breeds, trains and provides state-of-the-art care for Thoroughbred race horses.^[7] Paso Robles (full name: El Paso de Robles) is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. ... A breed is a domesticated subspecies or infrasubspecies of an animal. ... For the processor with the same codename , see Athlon. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...

Among Thoroughbreds raced by Trebek, his colt, Reba's Gold, was a stakes-winning grandson of Seattle Slew.^[8] Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 â€“ May 7, 2002) was an American thoroughbred race horse who won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1977, only the tenth horse, among eleven, to accomplish the feat. ...

Events

Trebek became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1998. He now lives in Studio City, California with his wife (Jean) and two children (Matthew and Emily). In an interview with a talk show host, Trebek complained that "I had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty!"^[9] Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Naturalization is the process whereby a person becomes a national of a nation, or a citizen of a country, other than the one of his birth. ... Studio City is a district in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article may be confusing for some readers, and should be edited to enhance clarity. ...

In 1996, Trebek ran the Olympic Torch in Jacksonville, Florida through a leg of its journey to Atlanta.^[10] The olympic flame at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics The Olympic Flame or Olympic Fire is a symbol of the Olympic Games. ... Jacksonville redirects here. ...

In late 2001, during Jeopardy!'s 18th season, Trebek shaved the mustache that he had worn for over 30 years. He wore a fake mustache for the first half of the April 1, 2008 episode as an April Fools' joke.

On Friday, January 30, 2004, Trebek escaped major injury after falling asleep behind the wheel of his pickup truck while driving alone on a rural road in the Central Coast town of Templeton, California, returning from a family home in Lake Nacimiento. The truck sideswiped a string of mailboxes, flew 45 feet^[11] over an embankment, and came to rest against a utility pole in a ditch. Trebek was not cited for the accident and returned to work taping Jeopardy! the following Tuesday.^[12]^[13] is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Central Coast is an area of California, United States, extending from Santa Cruz in the north to Santa Barbara in the south, but centering primarily on Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties. ... Templeton is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Lake Nacimiento is a census-designated place located in San Luis Obispo County, California. ...

Trebek appeared on Celebrity Poker Showdown in 2005. He came in second place in his qualifying game, losing to Cheryl Hines. Celebrity Poker Showdown was a celebrity game show on the cable network Bravo. ... Cheryl Hines (born September 21, 1965) is an American actress famous for her role as Larry Davids wife on HBOs Curb Your Enthusiasm. ...

2007 heart attack

On December 11, 2007, Trebek was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after suffering a minor heart attack in his home. He was released on December 15, 2007.^[14] Trebek returned to the production of Jeopardy! as scheduled on January 14, 2008 to tape the Teen Tournament.^[15]^[16]^[17] is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a hospital located in Los Angeles, California. ... Heart attack redirects here. ... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament is one of the traditional tournaments held each season on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! Contestants in this tournament are primarily high school students, and between the ages of thirteen and seventeen. ...

TV and film appearances

Shows hosted

This article should appear in one or more categories. ... Final moments of an episode of the Montreal version of Reach for the Top, as aired on CBMT-6 in the late 1970s. ... The Wizard of Odds (July 17, 1973-June 28, 1974) was a daytime television game show hosted by Alex Trebek of Jeopardy!. Aired on NBC, people from the studio audience vied in a number of rounds. ... Double Dare was an American television game show that ran from December 13, 1976, to April 29, 1977, on CBS. Alex Trebek of Jeopardy! hosted this Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production; Johnny Olson and Gene Wood took turns announcing. ... High Rollers was an American television game show which aired on the NBC network from July 1, 1974 to June 11, 1976 and again from April 24, 1978 to June 20, 1980. ... The $128,000 Question was an American game show which aired from 1976-1978 in syndication. ... Battlestars was an American game show that aired on two separate runs on NBC during the early 1980s. ... Pitfall was an originally Canadian game show, hosted by Alex Trebek and announced by John Barton (who also served as co-producer), that was syndicated for both American and Canadian audiences by Catalena Productions. ... Malcolm was a game show pilot hosted by Alex Trebek in 1983. ... Jeopardy redirects here. ... Meredith MacRae (born May 30, 1944 in Houston, Texas, died July 14, 2000 in Manhattan Beach, California) was an American actress. ... Concentration is NBCs longest running game show. ... Super Jeopardy! logo Super Jeopardy! was a special version of the popular television game show Jeopardy! that aired on ABC in the summer of 1990. ... To Tell the Truth is also the title of Charles Robert Jenkins autobiography To Tell the Truth is an American television game show created by Bob Stewart[1] and produced by Goodson-Todman Productions that has been aired intermittently in various formats since 1956, hosted by various television personalities. ... This article is about the current, syndicated nighttime edition of the U.S. game show, which began in 1983. ... April Fools Day and April Fools Day redirect here. ... Hollywood Bowl in 2005. ... A 1999 National Geography Bee contestant with his chaperones. ...

References

^ "Who Is Alex Trebek?", CBS Los Angeles biography, Apr 20, 2007. URL retrieved September 21 2007
^ Photos, Bios, and News for Alex Trebek, TVGuide.com. Retrieved May 2, 2008
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^ "MBA Guide 2007", Norman Gidney, BC Business Magazine April 2007, reproduced in part as "Royal Roads offers flexible schedule and multiple specialties" on the RRMC website royalroads.ca. URL retrieved September 21 2007. Trebek talks about his experiences at RRMC briefly in a 2003 interview in Esquire magazine.
^ World Vision's website says Trebek has been a sponsor of the charity since the early 1980s ("Bid on the Jeopardy set!", World Vision website, 2002). His travels publicizing the charity's work include trips to Zambia ("Alex Trebek to Visit Zambia with World Vision" World Vision website, June 21 2007) and Uganda ("Celebrities Supporting World Vision", World Vision Canada website). World Vision's website says that Trebek "been regularly involved with World Vision and is often seen on the organization's television shows" (World Vision Canada website, ibid)
^ Jenine Sahadi - NTRA
^ http://www.ctba.com/farms01/CRESTONFRMS.pdf
^ Rebas Gold Horse Pedigree
^ Alex Trebek : Television Newscaster Biography
^ J! Archive - Show #5365, aired Friday, December 28, 2007 - Contestant interveiew (2007-12-28). Retrieved on 2007-12-31. “I'm sure there were as many heartwarming stories as there were wacky adventures associated with the carrying of the torch. I carried it in Florida.”
^ J! Archive - Show #5012, aired Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - Contestant interview (2006-05-30). Retrieved on 2006-12-29. “I got you beat. When I fell asleep at the wheel, my pickup flew 45 feet.”
^ "'Jeopardy!' host Trebek in car crash", Associated Press, 2004-01-31. Retrieved on 2006-12-29.
^ "'Jeopardy!' host hopes to return Tuesday", Associated Press, 2004-02-02. Retrieved on 2006-12-29.
^ Albiniak, Paige (2007-12-16). Alex Trebek Released from Hospital: Jeopardy! Host Heads Home to Recuperate from Heart Attack. Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved on 2008-02-12. “Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek was released from Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Hospital Saturday [December 15]...”
^ Jeopardy! official web site Alex Trebek announcement (2007-12-11). Retrieved on 2007-12-11. “Alex Trebek, host of Jeopardy!, has had a minor heart attack. He is resting comfortably in a Los Angeles hospital, and he will be back in the studio for the next scheduled tapings in January.”
^ Jablon, Robert. "Trebek Hospitalized With Heart Attack", Associated Press, 2007-12-11. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
^ "Interview with Alex Trebek". The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 2008-01-18. “We've got our Teen Tournament coming up in two weeks. We just taped that. I went back to work, felt great doing it.”

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