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Alex Trebek Wiki Biography

Canadian-American game show host, actor and television personality George Alexander Trebek, was born on 22 July 1940, in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, and is certainly best known for hosting the popular game show created by Merv Griffin and called “Jeopardy!”

So just how rich is Alex Trebek, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, Alex’s annual salary amounts to $10 million, consistently contributing to his total net worth estimated at over $60 million, accumulated mostly from his on-screen appearances.

Alex Trebek attended Lisgar Collegiate Institute and later transferred to Malvern Collegiate Institute, then continued his studies at the University of Ottawa from which he graduated in 1961 with a degree in philosophy. Trebek had always been interested in pursuing a career in broadcasting, hence upon graduating he took up a job at the CBS network. Initially, Trebek worked as a sports commentator and news presenter, but within a short time, Trebek made his hosting debuted on television screens in the music called “Music Hop” in 1963. He went on to host another Canadian quiz game show entitled “Reach for the Top”, which eventually landed him a spot on the NBC’s “The Wizard of Odds”, where he worked from 1973 until 1974, followed by “High Rollers”, “Double Dare”, “The 128,000 Dollar Question”, and uniquely  “Reach for the Top” in English and its Radio-Canada equivalent, “Génies en herbe” in French, indicating Alex’s versatility and popularity.

However, it is “Jeopardy!” with which Alex Trebek is most associated. Considered to be among the best game shows in the history of TV, “Jeopardy!” has been on air for 33 seasons, and up to date comprising more than 6,000 episodes. Alex joined the show in 1984, and has been a host ever since. The show has proven to be extremely popular over the years, as it has managed to gather 32 Daytime Emmy Awards, and a Peabody Award. “Jeopardy!” also became extremely successful around the world, and inspired many adaptations of its format in such countries as Denmark, Germany, Norway and France to name a few. The show is also constantly featured and parodied in popular culture, including in episodes of “Cheers” with Ted Danson and Shelley Long, “Family Guy” created by Seth MacFarlane, “Saturday Night Live” and “The Golden Girls” starring Bea Arthur, Betty White and Estelle Getty among many others.

In addition to hosting “Jeopardy!”, Alex Trebek is known for presenting such game shows as “To Tell the Truth”, and “Classic Concentration” created by Jack Barry and Dan Enright, as well as “Battlestars” and “Pitfall”.

After he became such a popular game show host with “Jeopardy!”, Trebek has made several appearances in movies and various other types of television series, including “The Larry Sanders Show”, “The X-Files”, “Seinfeld” and “How I Met Your Mother” to name a few. Trebek’s contributions to the television industry have been rewarded with five Emmy Awards and stars on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and Canada’s Walk of Fame.

In his personal life, Alex was married to businesswoman Elaine Callei from 1974 to ’81. He has been married to Jean Currivan since 1990, a New York real estate manager; they have a son and a daughter. He became a US citizen in 1998.

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Alex Trebek Quick Info

Alex Trebek Trademarks

1. His glasses.
2. His mustache.

Alex Trebek Quotes

• [When asked if he missed Bob Barker’s final show in 2007]: I was doing some electrical work in an attic today.
• “I have learned quite a bit, but it’s not like you know enough about the topics to lead a discussion at a cocktail party.” – On the question if hosting the show has expanded his knowledge.
• We are trying to entertain the audience. We happen to do it by enlightening and educating them. [January 10, 1988]

Alex Trebek Important Facts

• $10,000,000 per year
• He has held a Guinness World Record for “the most gameshow episodes hosted by the same presenter (same program)” for having hosted 6,829 episodes of Jeopardy! (1984), overtaking previous record holder Bob Barker. [13 June 2014].
• His alma mater, the University of Ottawa, named its alumni hall in his honour, as a benefactor to the university. [4 May 2015].
• He has received the Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s Gold Medal for his contribution to geographic education and the popular study of geography. Previous recipients of this award include the author and anthropologist Wade Davis (2009), Peter Gzowski (1997), and Mary May Simon (1998), among many others. [4 November 2010].
• Was the second choice to host the revamped version of Classic Concentration (1987) for NBC, when unfamiliar game show host/comedian Ray Combs, who was Mark Goodson’s first choice to emcee the show, had auditioned and lost the job. Combs would later host the revamped version of Family Feud (1988) for CBS, the following year, which was also produced by Goodson.
• Had underwent successful knee surgery. [20 December 2015].
• Like fellow game show hosts Bob Eubanks, Jim Perry, Chuck Woolery Dick Clark, Pat Sajak and Bert Convy, Trebek was one of the game show emcees to host a game show both in daytime and in nighttime.
• Like fellow game show hosts, Bob Barker, Bob Eubanks, Bill Cullen, Gene Rayburn, Geoff Edwards and Wink Martindale, Trebek was known to be a very busy television personality.
• Ranked #10 on Life’s 15 Best Game Show Hosts.
• Is a spokesperson for Colonial Penn Life Insurance.
• His favorite author is Mark Twain.
• Revealed on an episode of “Jeopardy” that he doesn’t ski, after a contestant recounted his terrifying experience hanging upside down from a chairlift.
• The American Federation for the Blind in 2001 awarded Trebek with one of six Access Awards for his role in accommodating notable Jeopardy! (1984) champion Eddie Timanus.
• His mother, Lucille (Lagace) Trebek, had Alex, when she was age 19.
• Ranks fourth behind Bill Cullen, Tom Kennedy and Wink Martindale, in the number of game shows hosted at 12, with Bob Eubanks and Geoff Edwards both trailing that record, by 4, at 8.
• Attended the funeral of Merv Griffin when his producer died in 2007.
• Formerly the member of the National Advisory Council for Volunteers of America.
• Was Merv Griffin’s and Bob Murphy’s first choice as host of Jeopardy! (1984), who eventually hired Trebek on the spot, after subbing for an ailing Chuck Woolery on Wheel of Fortune (1975).
• Worked with game show announcer Charlie O’Donnell on both game shows: The Wizard of Odds (1973) and To Tell the Truth (1990).
• His mother, Lucille (Lagace) Trebek, celebrated her 90th birthday in 2011.
• Was employed by Heatter-Quigley Productions (later Merrill Heatter Productions) from 1974 to 1983.
• Trebek is also one of four game show hosts to have emceed a game show in the United States and another in Canada, the other three were Howie Mandel, Geoff Edwards and Jim Perry.
• Had missed two episodes of To Tell the Truth (1990), because he was rushed to the hospital, where Jean gave birth to a baby boy, Matthew, early in 1991, hence, he asked Mark Goodson to substitute for him.
• Worked with game show announcer Gene Wood on both game shows: Double Dare (1976) and Classic Concentration (1987).
• Long before Brian Haley would be a stand-up comedian, he was one of Trebek’s contestants on Classic Concentration (1987).
• Attended Monty Hall’s 90th birthday party attended at the Los Angeles Canadian Consulate in Los Angeles, California, on 25 August 2011.
• Filled in for Charles Gibson on Good Morning America (1975) for a week.
• Was employed at Mark Goodson Productions from 1976 to 1977 and again from 1987 to 1991.
• As a student at the University of Ottawa, he was a member of the English Debating Society.
• Friends with: Bob Barker, Bob Goen, Richard Dawson, Bob Eubanks, Betty White, Geoff Edwards, Wink Martindale, Bill Cullen, Jim Perry, Pat Sajak, Pat Finn, Jim Lange, Chuck Woolery, Dick Clark, Merv Griffin, Mark Goodson, Betty White, Tom Kennedy Roger Ebert, Regis Philbin, Vicki Lawrence, Alan Thicke and Meredith MacRae.
• Graduated from University of Ottawa High School (Oblates of Mary Immaculate – OMI) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1957.
• Replaced football player Lynn Swann as the final host of the revamped version of To Tell the Truth (1990).
• Ranked #3 as GSN’s Top 10 Game Show Hosts of All Time.
• Best known by the public as the host of Jeopardy! (1984) and Classic Concentration (1987).
• Spokesperson for Colonial Penn Life Insurance for over 18 years.
• Republican.
• Suffered a mild heart attack on June 23, 2012 and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for observation.
• Was a fan of Julie London’s music.
• Broke his leg on July 27, 2011 as he was chasing a female burglar who had broken into his San Francisco hotel room. Suspect was later apprehended by police.
• Appeared on the final week of Family Feud (1976), which was hosted by Richard Dawson.
• On Jeopardy! (1984), he had 3 biggest winners: one was college graduate, Brad Rutter, who won $3,270,102, in the Tournament of Champions, including $55,102 during Brad’s 5 appearances on the show, software engineer, comic book and movie collector, and game show contestant, Ken Jennings, who won $3,022,700, also in the Tournament of Champions, including $2,520,700, during his 74 appearances on the show, and college graduate and author, David Madden, who won $442,400, including $432,400, during his 19 appearances on the show.
• Hospitalized after suffering a minor heart attack at his home on December 10, 2007. Is resting comfortably.
• Graduated from Malvern Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Shaved his infamous mustache during the 2000-2001 season of Jeopardy! (1984). He had the mustache for over 30 years.
• Enjoys collecting and drinking wine, ice skating, training and bred thoroughbred racing, golfing and hosting quiz shows.
• Owns two different homes, one in Beverly Hills and the other in the San Fernando Valley.
• Though he’s good at pronouncing words in many different languages, he has had difficulty with Welsh and Hawaiian.
• Is a frequent traveller.
• After Merv Griffin created Jeopardy! (1984), 20 years ago, he wanted to create the show’s “think” music, including that of “Final Jeopardy!,” and Trebek was among the candidates to host the show during its taping.
• His friend Wayne Brady appeared on Jeopardy! (1984), a year after Trebek appeared on Brady’s own talk show, just before both were nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. Brady has won more Emmys than Trebek, for Outstanding Daytime Talk Show Host. Trebek was nominated for Audience Participation in a Game Show and Outstanding Game Show Host.
• Proposed to wife Jean Currivan on her birthday, 12 September.
• Lives next door to Ed Begley Jr..
• He purchased a house so he could use its tennis court. In the 1990s it was rented by Pete Rose and his wife Carol, who had to get him to fix the house’s electrical and plumbing problems.
• Once subbed for Chuck Woolery on the daytime version of Wheel of Fortune (1983), before he was hired as the host of Jeopardy! (1984) for syndication.
• Is a spokesman for World Vision.
• His hosting duties on Jeopardy! (1984) were carried on most of the CTV networks in Canada but it still ranks #2 behind Wheel of Fortune (1983), in ratings in most U.S. markets where both programs are often in tandem. (2003)
• His father, George Edward, was an alcoholic.
• As a teenager, he was a garbage man in Cincinnati, but moved back to his native Canada in 1961 to finish college and to become a newsanchor.
• Has hosted two game shows that made it big in his 35+ year run, all three behind Bob Barker, Wink Martindale and Bob Eubanks, making him one of the youngest game show hosts in history. He’s still hosting Jeopardy! (1984), which is a ratings bonanza in syndication, for 25+ years. The other show was Classic Concentration (1987) for NBC, which he hosted for five years.
• Sang a couple of lines from one of The Bee Gees’ songs.
• Had 2 biggest winners in Jeopardy! (1984) history with more than $80,000 cash and an automobile. One was Doug Lach, who won $85,400 in cash and car in Season 16, and the other one was: Travis Troyer, who won $83,100 in cash and car in Season 19.
• Every day he reads the movie book by Roger Ebert.
• Received a phone call from Regis Philbin for his final answer on Philbin’s talk show and Trebek said he refused to be tested for his “brains” on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999).
• While driving alone on a country road near Templeton, California, where he owns a horse farm, he lost consciousness at the wheel which led him to his car crash. [30 January 2004]
• Lived in the U.S. since 1973.
• After having a confrontation at a Los Angeles International Airport, he sued an airline employee who said he left her with serious hand injuries. [23 March 2000]
• Is the current moderator for the annual National Geographic Bee in Canada and The United States.
• Before he was a successful game show host, he was a newscaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Network.
• When young, Trebek thought about becoming a priest, but changed his mind after spending a summer at a Trappist monastery. He said in an interview for the New York Sunday News, “I took a vow not only of poverty but of silence. And I’m not one to keep my big mouth shut. I enjoy talking.” [February 24, 1974]
• His parents were Lucille (Lagacé), who was of French-Canadian, and approximately 1/8th British Isles (including Irish), ancestry, and George Edward Trebek, a Ukrainian immigrant.
• Is fluent in English and French and speaks some German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian.
• When he married Jean Currivan, at the ceremony he gave his wedding vow as a joke on the Jeopardy! (1984) rule of phrasing an answer as a question by saying, “The answer is … yes”.
• It was Trebek’s idea to include separate competitions for teenagers, seniors, and celebrities on Jeopardy! (1984).
• He has framed a bounced check for $49,000, which he received from a game show he worked at in the 1970s that failed.
• His first game show, The Wizard of Odds (1973), was produced by Alan Thicke.
• Won the Bob Hope Entertainment Award in 1998 for his work with the USO.
• Sits on the boards of the National Geographic Society Education Foundation and the National Advisory Council for the Literary Volunteers of America.
• Parodied by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live (1975).
• Owns 700-acre Thoroughbred horse farm, Creston Farms.
• Hosts the National Geography Bee in the U.S. and Canada.
• Two children: daughter Emily Trebek and son Matthew Trebek.
• A large oak tree smashed into the garage of Trebek’s Studio City, California home during a fierce wind storm. (5 January 2003)
• Graduated University of Ottawa with a degree in Philosophy
• Became a US citizen in 1998.
• Owns a Creston, California vineyard, “Creston Vineyards.”
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