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Since the second incarnation of High Rollers premiered while The $128,000 Question was still airing and taping episodes, Trebek became one of two hosts to emcee shows in both the United States and Canada, joining Jim Perry, who was hosting Definition and Headline Hunters in Canada and Card Sharks, which, coincidentally, premiered the same day as High Rollers in 1978 in the United States.
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In between stunts as host of High Rollers, Trebek hosted the short-lived CBS game show Double Dare (not to be confused with the 1986 Nickelodeon game show of the same name nor the short-lived 1985 CBS mystery show starring Billy Dee Williams of the same name), Double Dare turned out to be his only game show with the CBS network (he returned to CBS in 1994 to host Pillsbury Bake-Off until 1998), and the first show he hosted for what was then Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions, as well as the second season of the syndicated series The $128,000 Question, which was recorded in Toronto. A year later, Trebek hosted the popular Merril Heatter-Bob Quigley game show, High Rollers, which had two incarnation on NBC (1974-80), and an accompanying syndicated season (1975-76). In 1973, he moved to the United States and worked for NBC as host of a new game show, The Wizard of Odds. For one or two seasons he hosted a weekly skating program, Starting in spring 1969, Trebek also hosted Strategy which aired on week days. From 1967 to 1970 he was a host for the CBC, introducing classical music programs including performances by Glenn Ford. In 1966 he hosted a high school quiz show called Reach for the Top. Trebek's first hosting career was on a Canadian music program called Music Hop in 1963. He would eventually read the national news and cover a wide range of special events for the CBC's radio and television divisions, including curling and horse racing. According to Trebek, "I went to school in the mornings and worked at nights I did everything, at one time replacing every announcer in every possible job". Trebek began his career in 1961 working for the CBC. At the time, he was interested in a career in broadcast news, and before completing his degree. While a university student, he was a member of the English Debating Society.
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Trebek graduated from University of Ottowa with a degree in philosophy in 1961. Trebek attended Sudbury High School, now Sudbury Secondary School and then attended the University of Ottawa. Trebek's first job was when he was 13 he was a bellhop at the hotel where his father worked as a chef. He grew up in a bilingual French-English household. Trebek was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada on July 22, 1940, the son of George Edward Trebek, a chef who had emigrated from Ukraine as a child, and Lucille Lagace (born April 14, 1921) a Franco-Ontarian. Trebek passed away on Novembdue to stage IV pancreatic cancer. A native of Canada, he became of naturalized American citizen in 1998. Trebek also made appearances in numerous television series, in which he usually played himself. Trebek was contracted to host Jeopardy! until 2022. He was the host of the syndicated game show Jeopardy! from its revival in 1984 until his death, and hosted a number of other game shows, including The Wizard of Odds, Double Dare (1976), High Rollers (1974 & 1978), (The New) Battlestars, Classic Concentration and To Tell the Truth (1990).
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George Alexander Trebek, better known as Alex Trebek (JNovember 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American television personality. Television Personality, Game Show Host, Actor