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Mar 04, 2016

Taping In D.C. In April: What Is Jeopardy?

Alex and company will tape three specials from April 9-13. The first set of free tickets will be released on Monday at 6 a.m.

May 16, 2014

For $2,000: This TV Host Doesn’t Think The Washington Football Team Should Change Its Name

Photo by Kris Connor/Getty. Who is Alex Trebek? That’s right: The popular TV host doesn’t think the Washington football team should change its name, as he told The New Republic as part of a longer profile. During football season, he follows the [WFT], whom he doesn’t think should change their name. “They weren’t called the [WFT] because we thought [WFT] were terrible; it’s because we admire their strength, their abilities,” he says. In his…

May 24, 2012

14-Year-Old Texan Wins National Geographic Bee

Can you name the Bavarian city located on the Danube that was the legislative seat of the Holy Roman Empire from 1663 to 1806? If not—and don’t blame yourself for not knowing that off the top of your head—then you too would have lost today’s National Geographic Bee.

May 15, 2012

Getting Weird With Alex Trebek as Jeopardy! Visits D.C.

Watching Jeopardy! film its shows in Washington was a long, strange day and brought back many childhood memories. And Alex Trebek is a funny, but weird man.

Feb 24, 2012

What Is a Nerd Celebrity-Driven Grab for Ratings?

Jeopardy! is bringing its “Power Players Week” back to Washington in April, when a batch of television anchors, presidential historians and maybe even a few politicians will compete to determine who spends the most time inside the Washington bubble.

May 20, 2009

Texas 7th Grader Wins National Geographic Bee

If you thought you spied Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek around town this week, you weren’t mistaken. The formerly moustachioed game show personality was back again this year to host the annual National Geographic Bee, which finished up today by crowning Eric Yang, 13, a seventh-grader at Griffin Middle School in The Colony, TX, with the first place title. The winning question was: Timis County shares its name with a tributary of the Danube and…

 
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