Alex Trebek Favorites

Here is some Alex Trebek trivia collected from Season 29 of Jeopardy! where the game show host shared some personal information about himself with the contestants:

• 3/11/13 – Cincinnati, OH is one of Alex Trebek’s favorite cities
• 3/12/13 – One of his favorite dishes is fried chicken, broccoli and rice
• 3/15/13 – As a student “many many years ago” at the University of Ottawa, one of Alex Trebek’s favorite courses was The Classics.
• 4/03/13 – Trebek paid his first visit to the New York Public Library in 2012.
• 4/10/13 – When he dies, his wife, Jean is going to put Alex in the coffin with a TV remote in his hand.
• 4/15/13 – Alex Trebek mother’s birthday is April 15. He wishes his mom Lucille a Happy Birthday on the air.
• 6/11/13 – Mark Twain is Trebek’s favorite American author.
• 7-05-13 – A visit to Iguazu Falls is on Trebek’s bucket list
• 7-11-13 – Tchaikovsky is one of his favorite composers.
• 7-25-13 – “Sleazy” is Trebek’s favorite dwarf. “Nobody else knows who Sleazy is but I do.”
• 7-30-13 – In Kid’s Week, Trebek told Aarin that he is a Cancer/Leo. It came up because she writes a horoscope column for her school. The game show host was born on July 22, 1940.