Alex Trebek

George Alexander Trebek (birth name Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek, born July 22, 1940), is a well known Canadian game show host of the syndicated version of the popular Jeopardy! television program for more than 20 years. He has hosted numerous game/quiz shows and has appeared many times in movies and television series, usually as himself.

TV and film appearances

Cameos

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• X-Files: In the tongue-in-cheek X-Files episode entitled "Jose-Chung's from outer space", Trebek appeared as himself in a character's flashback sequence. In that brief scene he appeared to lead a double life as a man in black in a government conspiracy to intimidate and ridicule UFO witnesses. Any UFO witness who claimed to have been intimidated from testifying by Alex Trebek, "the game show host?!", would appear to be hallucinating.
• The Simpsons In the infamous Christmas episode Miracle on Evergreen Terrace, Bart burns down his family's Christmas tree and presents, the whole town chips in to give them a worthwhile Christmas. The town soon finds out that Bart was lying, and thought that the family were supporting this; so they demand to get their money back. The family have already spent all their money on a new car, but it gets destroyed, by the snow. To get the town's money back, Marge decides to go onto Jeopardy — but finishes well in the negative. Trebek met up with Marge backstage and said to Marge, "You told me you knew the rules", implying Marge owed as much money as she was in the hole (not true on the real show), and sent two burly "judges" after her and Lisa.

Shows Alex Trebek has hosted:

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• Music Hop (1952-1972), Trebek hosted from 1963-1964
• Vacation Time (1964), co-host
• Reach for the Top (1966-1973), Quizmaster
• The Wizard of Odds (1973)
• Double Dare (1976-1977)
• The $128,000 Question (1977-1978)
• Battlestars (1981-1983)
• Pitfall (1983)
• Jeopardy! (1984-present)
• Classic Concentration (1987-1991)
• To Tell the Truth (1990-1991), host for February to May 1991
• Wheel of Fortune - Host for one episode in 1997, also a substitute host in 1979
• Barris & Company - Co-Host/Announcer
• High Rollers - Host (NBC)
• Outside/Inside - Host
• Pick and Choose - Host
• Stars on Ice - Host
• Strategy - Host
• Super Jeopardy! - Host
• T.G.I.F. - Announcer
• Live from the Hollywood Bowl - Host of annual live broadcasts.