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Tuesday Nov 10 | Fairfax Times

Congratulations 11/10

Karen Juckett of Springfield was one of 25 lucky sweepstakes winners who recently returned from a cruise with "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek to the GalA pagos Islands, the "Land of Darwin." In the first-ever such expedition with Trebek, sweepstakes winners and their guests traveled aboard the National Geographic Endeavour from Oct.

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Related Topix: Springfield, VA, Medicine, Nursing, Herndon, VA, Fairfax, VA, Marymount University

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Hook

Doctor wins Jeopardy cruise

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.

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Related Topix: Game Show, Jeopardy, Entertainment, Television, Charlottesville, VA, Charlottesville Metro

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Michele Malkin

a oeThey are reporters, not trivia experts. And the buzzer is complicated.a

You'll love the excuses being made for the abysmal Jeopardy! performances of CNN anchors Wolf Blitzer and Soledad O'Brien, including: "They are reporters, not trivia experts.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

Press-Citizen

Students at Horn aim to help others

It was all about the hats Wednesday morning at Horn Elementary. Teachers Kelly Neveln, Brad Bolender and Lori Kasparek, each wearing a fun hat, played a special version of "Jeopardy!," complete with fellow teacher Mary Green as Alex Trebek.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Pudding, Iowa City, IA

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Regina Leader Post

Ontario man on a Jeopardy roll with third win

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.

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Related Topix: Game Show, Jeopardy, Entertainment, Television

Mon Oct 19, 2009

The Post Chronicle

VIDEO: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Flubs Jeopardy Question About Alma Mater UCLA

Basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar flubbed a question about something he said while a player at UCLA, thinking the question was about himself.

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Related Topix: Airplane!, Comedy Movies, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Entertainment

Daily Journal

Did Hugh Downs host show before Alex Trebek?

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.

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Related Topix: Game Show, Jeopardy, Entertainment, Television, Concentration, Paul Harvey

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

Whoopi Goldberg wants you and your loved ones to play a Head...

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

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Related Topix: Game Show, Jeopardy, Entertainment, Television

Fri Oct 16, 2009

New York Magazine

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Embarrassed on Jeopardy

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got laughs last night while appearing on celebrity Jeopardy! with fellow guests Soledad O'Brien and Michael McKean.

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Related Topix: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Entertainment

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Home News Tribune - Central Jersey

Game-show format provides senior with dose of information about medicine

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.

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Related Topix: Jeopardy, Game Show, Entertainment, Television

Sun Oct 11, 2009

The Tennessean

Hugh Downs was never in 'Jeopardy'

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.

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Related Topix: Game Show, Jeopardy, Entertainment, Television, Concentration, Drama, Soap Opera, Dynasty, Land of the Lost, Children TV

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Metromix Honolulu

The Vivian Girls create a buzz

"The Vivian Girls, rockers from this NYC borough, are 'really, really, really cute'," read television show host Alex Trebek in a clue for a "Jeopardy!" question in April.

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Related Topix: Jeopardy, Game Show, Entertainment, The Shangri-Las, Oldies, The Ramones, Punk, Music

The Courier-Journal

Incredible Inman: Game-show Hugh

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.

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Related Topix: Game Show, Jeopardy, Entertainment, Television, Concentration

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Roanoke Times

@: 'Commercial at' doesn't sound sexy

Q: What is the name of the "@" symbol? Alex Trebek just mentioned it on "Jeopardy," but I didn't catch all of it.

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Related Topix: Game Show, Jeopardy, Entertainment, Television, Roanoke Metro, Roanoke, VA, Keyboards, Natural Bridge Station, VA, Opinion

Wed Sep 23, 2009

Northwest Progressive Institute

This Just In: Wolf Blitzer bombs in front of a national television audience

And he wasn't even on CNN. Shocking : In a scene seemingly taken from the a oeSaturday Night Livea parody, the a oeSituation Rooma host had trouble with a number of questions on an episode of a oeJeopardy! Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational Tournamenta on Thursday, landing at a score of negative $4,600 at the end of Double Jeopardy.

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Related Topix: Game Show, Jeopardy, Entertainment

Sat Sep 19, 2009

Dayton Daily News

Wolf Blitzer bombs on - Celebrity "Jeopardy'

No, it wasn't a Saturday Night Live sketch. CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer really did bomb Sean Connery-style on Celebrity "Jeopardy" Thursday, Sept.

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Related Topix: Game Show, Jeopardy, Entertainment

Fri Sep 18, 2009

The Hollywood Gossip

Wolf Blitzer on Jeopardy: Not Smart

Despite hosting CNN's The Situation Room every single day, Wolf Blitzer may want to try reading and paying more attention to current events.

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Thu Sep 10, 2009

Portsmouth Daily Times

Who Was the First Jeopardy Champion?

ANSWER: This man not only appeared on the very first episode of the all-new "Jeopardy," with Alex Trebek, he also was given the first question and he was the first "Jeopardy" champion.

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Related Topix: Game Show, Jeopardy, Entertainment, Television, Waverly, OH

Sun Aug 30, 2009

TV Squad

Pitfall: one of the "great tragedies" of Alex Trebek's life

You should be reading Classic Television Showbiz , a really fun blog that often showcases video of old and/or obscure TV shows.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

Wed Aug 26, 2009

New York Magazine

ALT to Host Live Game Show

Bergdorf Goodman is doing something very clever for Fashion's Night Out. Think of it as Jeopardy! with Andre Leon Talley as Alex Trebek, except instead of standing at podiums the contestants run around a life-size game board.

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Related Topix: Games, Board Game

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