Alex Trebek Net Worth

Alex Trebek's Quotes

• We are trying to entertain the audience. We happen to do it by enlightening and educating them. [January 10, 1988]
• "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.
• [When asked if he missed Bob Barker's final show in 2007]: I was doing some electrical work in an attic today.

Interesting Facts about Alex Trebek

1. Owned a Creston, California vineyard: Creston Vineyards.
2. Became a U.S. citizen in 1998.
3. Graduated from the University of Ottawa with a degree in Philosophy.
4. A large oak tree smashed into the garage of Trebek's Studio City, California home during a fierce wind storm. (5 January 2003)
5. Father, with wife Jean Trebek, of two children: daughter Emily Trebek and son Matthew Trebek.
6. Hosted the National Geography Bee in the U.S. and Canada.
7. Owned a 700-acre Thoroughbred horse farm: Creston Farms.
8. Parodied by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live (1975).
9. Sat on the boards of the National Geographic Society Education Foundation and the National Advisory Council for the Literary Volunteers of America.
10. Won the Bob Hope Entertainment Award in 1998 for his work with the USO.
11. His first game show, The Wizard of Odds (1973), was produced by Alan Thicke.
12. He framed a bounced check for $49,000, which he received from a game show he worked at in the 1980s that failed.
13. It was Trebek's idea to include separate competitions for teenagers, seniors, and celebrities on Jeopardy! (1984).
14. When he married Jean Trebek (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".
15. His parents were Lucille (Lagacé) and George Edward Trebek. His father was a Ukrainian immigrant. His mother was of French-Canadian, and approximately one eighth British Isles, including Irish, ancestry.
16. 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]
17. Before he was a successful game show host, he was a newscaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Network.
18. Was a longtime moderator for the annual National Geographic Bee in both Canada and the United States.
19. 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]
20. On Friday, January 30, 2004, while driving alone on a country road near Templeton, California, where he owned a horse farm, he lost consciousness at the wheel which led him to his car crash.