Tag: Alex Trebek

Ken Jennings revealed an Alex Trebek good-luck charm he had while hosting ‘Jeopardy!’

Jennings had his first episode as guest host air.

Ken Jennings stepped in as the first guest host of Jeopardy! since the death of the legendary Alex Trebek, and by many accounts, the GOAT champion did a solid job.

The guest host also came out and started the show with a heartfelt tribute to Trebek in which Jennings got choked up: “Not many things in life are perfet, but Alex did this job pretty much perfectly for more than 36 years, and it was even better up close,” he said, going on to say no one can replace Trebek, “but we can honor him by playing the game he loved.”

Jennings also revealed he carried a good-luck charm in his pocket while taping his guest-host stint that had a connection to Trebek: an audience ticket from Trebek’s first time hosting the show in 1983:

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Bryson DeChambeau thankful to be a part of Alex Trebek’s final week of Jeopardy!

Bryson DeChambeau tipped his cap on Twitter to Trebek and the popular game show after seeing his name appear on the show.

The final episode of Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek as host broadcasts Friday. The show producers say it will feature a look back at some memorable Trebek moments.

The venerable game-show host passed away on Nov. 8, 2020 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He taped the final five episodes just 10 days before his death.

Professional athletes have frequently been a part of the show. In a September episode, Phil Mickelson was featured as the final answer but no one guessed that one correctly.

On Friday morning, Bryson DeChambeau tipped his cap on Twitter to Trebek and the show after seeing his name appear on the screen.

The answer was: “The unconventional methods of this long-hitting 2020 U.S. Open Champ include using a protractor on the putting green.”

Like Mickelson, none of the three contestants correctly guessed DeChambeau.

Which was all good with the long bomber, watching from Hawaii, where he’s competing in the Sentry Tournament of Champions.

‘Jeopardy!’ fans get one final Alex Trebek episode to celebrate the beloved, iconic host

Friday is his final episode.

Friday marks the end of an era on Jeopardy! — the final episode hosted by the legendary, iconic Alex Trebek.

All week, we’ve seen four of the final five episodes he taped before dying just 10 days later after a long battle with cancer. Friday’s episode won’t just be a regular one — it’ll also have (per the Jeopardy! Twitter account), “a very special look back at your favorite Alex moments and memories.”

As you may know, Jeopardy! airs at different times all over the United States, so make sure you check to see when it’s on Friday in your area. Here’s the tweet from Jeopardy!

And some tributes that have started coming in, including from champion James Holzhauer and a great video of questions he asked contestants:

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Alex Trebek delivered an incredible speech before one of his final ‘Jeopardy!’ episodes

This is so inspiring.

Monday marked the first of Alex Trebek’s final five episodes as host of Jeopardy! before he died in November after a long battle with cancer.

As the game show’s executive producer Mike Richards told Entertainment Weekly recently, Trebek walked out and delivered an incredible speech about the holiday season and the COVID-19 pandemic. We got to see it on Monday’s episode before the game started.

“I’d like you to open up your hands and open up your heart to those who are still suffering because of COVID-19,” he said at the opening of the episode. “People who are suffering through no fault of their own.”

“We’re trying to build a gentler, kinder society,” he continued, “and if we all pitch in just a little bit, we’re going to get there.”

It was a beautiful message and one we should all take to heart.

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Alex Trebek’s final episodes of ‘Jeopardy!’ air this week

The last time we will see Trebek behind the podium.

It’s going to be an emotional week of Jeopardy! episodes.

The quiz show hasn’t aired its final set of eps hosted by the legendary and incomparable Alex Trebek who died in November after a long battle with cancer.

But starting on Monday and running through Friday, the world will get to see the final Trebek-hosted Jeopardy! episodes. As the show’s Twitter account noted, he was behind the host’s podium for 36 years and for over 8,200 episodes.

And according to Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards told Entertainment Weekly, viewers are going to see once last incredible moment from Trebek: a speech about the holidays. From the interview:

On that first episode, he walked out, and you’ll see it when it airs, he gives this amazing speech about the holidays and coming together and being strong and taking care of each other. And we didn’t know he was gonna do that; he just walked out and did it. And you’ll see in the episode, we all started to clap, and there’s points in Jeopardy! where you clap and there’s points in Jeopardy! where you don’t; that’s not a normal spot. You can see [Trebek] kind of look over at us as he was crossing to reveal the categories: “What are you guys clapping about?”

Upcoming episodes after these will have Jeopardy! champion (many, many times) Ken Jennings as a guest host.

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Google honors the late Alex Trebek with this touching ‘Jeopardy!’ Easter egg

The legendary Jeopardy! host died in November at the age of 80.

Alex Trebek was an icon and legend who impacted countless people, whether they appeared on TV with the late Jeopardy! host or watched from afar. Sadly, Trebek died last month at the age of 80 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Since then, fans everywhere — including Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen — have found different ways to honor and celebrate Trebek. And Google is paying tribute to Trebek in its own way with another excellent Easter egg.

If you Google “Alex Trebek,” the top search results pop up, of course. But the search engine also provides a touching did-you-mean suggestion, and it’s one that Jeopardy! fans will surely love and appreciate.

“Did you mean: Who is Alex Trebek” — a reference to Jeopardy! contestants buzzing in and responding to clues in the form of a question.

Following Trebek’s passing, Jeopardy! announced it resumed production on the show last week, and it will feature a variety of guests hosts, including Jeopardy! GOAT Ken Jennings.

(Thanks to Uproxx for bringing this to our attention.)

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Adam Thielen paid tribute to Alex Trebek with some pretty sweet Jeopardy! cleats

“We will miss you, Alex. – $19,000.”

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen opened the scoring in Monday night’s Vikings-Bears game with a very tricky one-handed touchdown catch that rightly had fans in awe.

He also had fans in awe of the cleats that he wore during pregame warmups, as they featured a picture of the late Alex Trebek with the message “We will miss you, Alex. – $19,000.” Thielen wears No. 19 for the Vikings.

The legendary Trebek passed away last week after a long battle with cancer. He was 80 years old.

These cleats that Thielen wore before Monday night’s game at Soldier Field in Chicago were pretty awesome:

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Adam Thielen’s cleats pay tribute to the late Alex Trebek

Adam Thielin with the great tribute to the late Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek

A: Adam Thielen.

Q: Who wore the best cleats in Week 11 of the NFL season?

No contest as the Vikings’ wide receiver wore the perfect footwear for Monday night’s game against the Chicago Bears.

Check out Thielin’s cleats that pay tribute to the memory of “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, who passed away last week.

Jean Trebek shared a heartwarming message to fans on Instagram after Alex Trebek’s passing

This is incredibly thoughtful.

The news of losing Alex Trebek to stage 4 pancreatic cancer hit a lot of people hard. He’s been a staple in homes across the country for decades now.

Fans of Jeopardy from all over took to the internet to mourn the loss and remember his best moments as the host of Jeopardy. And none of that was lost on his family.

His wife, Jean Trebek, posted a heartwarming thank you message to fans on Instagram along with a picture of the two on their wedding day. The couple  had been married for 30 years and had two children together.

Jean Trebek said the messages from fans “truly touched our hearts.”

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“My family and I sincerely thank you all for your compassionate messages and generosity. Your expressions have truly touched our hearts. Thank you so very, very much. Many blessings to all.”

Hopefully, Jean and the family get through this difficult time as best they can.

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Eagles DC Jim Schwartz credits the late Alex Trebek with ‘training him’ to be a football coach

Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz says Alex Trebek played a huge role in his development as a football coach

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Alex Trebek’s influence will carry on for decades and hours after the news of his passing, one NFL coach is crediting the Jeopardy host with helping to hone his skills as a play-caller.

While speaking with Peter King of NBC’s FMIA, Jim Schwartz opened up about how the game show host helped him craft his skills as a defensive coordinator.

“Alex Trebek and Jeopardy! trained me to be a football coach,” Schwartz said.

“In football, as a play-caller, you’ve got to be very quick, you’ve got to enunciate the play well when you call it, you can’t make errors. Those are all things Alex was so good at. His command of the show and the contestants was incredible. You need that kind of command when you’re in charge of a team too.”

A Georgetown University graduate, Schwartz admitted that his love for Jeopardy started during his Sophomore year and carried over to his time as a coach.

“When I was a sophomore, junior and senior at Georgetown [in 1986-89], every night after dinner, me and a big group, maybe six guys, would watch the show,” he said. “Very smart guys. We were speed-readers, very competitive. It was a challenge to see who could blurt the answer out the fastest. You might know the answer, but if you don’t do it very fast, you’d lose. With my friends, if you were a little slow, you’d get steamrolled.”

Trebek, 80, passed away after a 20-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

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