Google honors Alex Trebek with a touching ‘Jeopardy!’ search
Google is honoring the late Alex Trebek with a fitting tribute.
Trebek, who died Nov. 8 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, was the host of “Jeopardy!” for 37 seasons. The game show is famous for contestants framing the answer in specific categories in the form of a question.
That’s where Google comes in.
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Type “Alex Trebek” into the Google search engine, and it responds with “Did you mean: who is Alex Trebek?”
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Google’s search engine paid tribute to the late Alex Trebek with a "Jeopardy!" style query.
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Alex Trebek, 1974.
In this October 1976 file photo, Canadian game show host Alex Trebek stands with his wife, Elaine, at the annual Thalian Ball, California.
Alex Trebek, 1977.
Alex Trebek, circa 1984.
Alex Trebek poses in his home in Los Angeles, in this July 7, 1988, file photo.
Game show host Alex Trebek poses for a photo in his Los Angeles home on Aug. 3, 1988.
Alex Trebek attends the book party for "Jeopardy" on October 25, 1990, at B. Dalton Book Store in New York City.
From left, Betty White as Rose Nylund; Alex Trebek as himself; David Leisure as Charlie Dietz; Bea Arthur as Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak; and Merv Griffin as himself, 1992.
"Jeopardy" host Alex Trebek poses for a portrait session with a horse in 1997 in Los Angeles.
In this May 17, 1999, file photo, Emmy award-winning game show host Alex Trebek celebrates his newly-dedicated star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
In this Friday, April 28, 2006, file photo, Alex Trebek holds the award for outstanding game show host, for his work on "Jeopardy!" backstage at the 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
Actor Alex Trebek (right) and wife Jean Currivan Trebek arrive at the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 19, 2011.
This May 5, 2019, file photo shows Alex Trebek gestures while presenting an award at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif.
Alex Trebek, host of "Jeopardy," attends a ceremony honoring the show’s executive producer Harry Friedman with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, in this Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, file photo.
The cast and producer of ABC’s "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time" address the press on Wednesday, January 8, as part of the ABC Winter TCA 2020, at The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California.
