Washington Post Article on Jeopardy and Trebek

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Washington Post Article on Jeopardy and Trebek

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Article in today's Washington Post on Jeopardy and Trebek, with a familiar name or two mentioned therein:

Rhymes with Quebec, Alex
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Here's a five question quiz on Jeopardy:

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alietr wrote:Here's a five question quiz on Jeopardy:

Jeopardy Quiz
Hey, I ran the category!!!!!
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Yay! Although the last question sorta has two correct answers.
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Robert K S wrote:Yay! Although the last question sorta has two correct answers.
"Longtime" really narrows it down, though. (Or am I missing something?)

(I'll admit the second question is the toughest, to be honest, it was *somewhat* of a guess for me (well, I reasonably narrowed it down to two (which is why I don't like multiple choice, I'm glad "real" Jeopardy! (as opposed to Facebook Jeopardy! or easier levels of Wii Jeopardy!) isn't)) Still 5/5 though)
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dhkendall wrote:"Longtime" really narrows it down, though. (Or am I missing something?)
Don Pardo was the Art Fleming announcer (for 11-ish years).

(and he also spelled Trebek wrong in the first para.)
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The last question said this person "is" the longtime announcer, implying he currently has the job.

His ethnic background was a lucky guess.

For the prize from the first game, i knew it wasn't money and went with the cheapest sounding prize and got it right. I guess whoever wrote the quiz knows about the archive (or looked the episode up on you tube).

The original name of the show and maybe the MDCI winner was the only thing I'd really call Jeopardy! trivia.

The article has a reader comment from Christine Valada.
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The writer of the article obviously inhabited the old J! Board. He makes the distinction between a lectern and a podium.
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That category was upside down. Missed the first two, then ran the last three.
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