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It's one of the most famous game shows ever, and one Charlottesville wiz got to experience the lights, the cameras and Alex Trebek first hand.

Silence filled the studio during taping of Tuesday night's episode of Jeopardy when the contestants were asked a question about a local landmark.

Bill and Barbara Epting rarely miss "Jeopardy," but the Middletown couple never thought their love of the television game show would bring them face to face with a giant 90-year-old tortoise named Lonesome George.

Patrick Pence will see something on TV Monday night that he's never seen before - himself, competing on the game show 'Jeopardy!'. Pence's appearance on what is known as 'America's favorite quiz show,' airs 7:30 p.m. on WCTV.

Barbara Groshon, a financial planner from Niles, recently returned from a 10-day cruise around the Galapagos Islands.

Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 12:56 a.m. He's the Albert C. Outler Professor of Religion at Wofford College and a noted archaeologist who will appear on two television programs over the next week.

Justin Gilbert grew up researching school reports using a set of encyclopedias his mother won when she was a contestant on the television show "Jeopardy!" in the 1960s.

Like bunch of latter day Darwinesque explorers, Charlottesville doctor Randala Lakkis, center, just came back from a 10-day cruise to the Galapagos Islands with her husband, Alfredo Arcila Jr.

Sending a CNN anchor to Jeopardy is like sending Dan Quayle to a spelling bee: CNN should consider banning its anchors from appearing on "Celebrity Jeopardy" after the humiliating defeats of Wolf Blitzer and Soledad O'Brien . Wolf was blitzed last month, coming in last with minus-$4,600, behind comic Andy Richter , a past winner who racked up ...

From left, the panelists Adam Felber, Paula Poundstone and Mo Rocca on "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me" on Thursday.

Oakley residents say they see Tom Hanks in town all the time. The Red Banjo Pizzeria says Michael J. Fox is a regular.

Alex Trebek, host of the popular quiz show, Jeopardy. Photograph by: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Kevin Wilson just keeps on rolling against his Jeopardy opponents and now has nearly $77,000 to show for it.

By DAVID INMAN Question: My husband says that he remembers Hugh Downs hosting 'Jeopardy!' before Alex Trebek and he bet me $1,000 that he is right.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar should know a bit of his own movie history but when asked a question on the popular TV game show Jeopardy from host Alex Trebek he missed the shot! The question was about a line from his own character from the cult classic "Airplane" where Jabbar plays the co-pilot. USA Today has the video here and this...The answer is - For ...

Tonight, The Science Channel will debut its first ever quiz show, the Whoopi Goldberg-produced Head Games .

Kevin Wilson has tasted the thrill of putting himself in Jeopardy! As in the popular TV quiz show.

Some Monroe seniors got a pharmacy-style dose of 'Jeopardy!' On Oct. 8, pharmaceutical experts from the Princeton HealthCare System in Princeton visited the senior center in the township to teach those in attendance about medications and drug interactions by playing a game patterned after the popular quiz show.

Can an appearance on a popular television game show be a life-changing event? That appears to be the case for a former El Cerrito woman who appeared on "Jeopardy!" in 2004.

Dear David: My husband says that he remembers Hugh Downs hosting Jeopardy! before Alex Trebek and he bet me $1,000 that he is right.

Dear David: My husband says that he remembers Hugh Downs hosting "Jeopardy!" before Alex Trebek, and he bet me $1,000 that he is right.