Trivias Of Alex Trebek
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Became a US citizen in 1998.
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He is fluent in English and French and speaks some German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian.
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Before he was a successful game show host, he was a newscaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Network.
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Had 2 biggest winners in Jeopardy! (1984) history with more than $80,000 cash and an automobile. One was Doug Lach, who won $85,400 in cash and car in Season 16, and the other one was: Travis Troyer, who won $83,100 in cash and car in Season 19.
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He has held a Guinness World Record for "the most gameshow episodes hosted by the same presenter (same program)" for having hosted 6,829 episodes of Jeopardy! (1984), overtaking previous record holder Bob Barker