In 'The Answer Is ...' Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek Carefully Curates His Responses
In his new memoir, the TV icon reflects on his cancer diagnosis and presents brief, sometimes compelling glimpses into his history, as he aims to convince the world he's just an average guy.
For a guy who has spent more than 35 years handing out answers as host of the popular TV quiz show Jeopardy!, Alex Trebek holds back a lot of them in his new memoir, ironically titled The Answer Is ...: Reflections on My Life.
Trebek does write about pivotal moments in his personal story: growing up in Canada as the son of a hotel cook and a mother who eventually moved to the United States alone; his work as a young announcer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that honed his craft as an unflappable host; the rumor that he originally got the job hosting Jeopardy!! because the mother of TV syndication mogul Roger King told her son to hire him.
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