Jeopardy News

The answer: "This 30-year-old kids' book writer just appeared on Jeopardy and won $44,200." The question: "Who is Tui Sutherland?" She is the author, under both her own name and four pseudonyms, of more than two dozen novels, including This Must Be Love , the Avatars trilogy , and her Pet Trouble series .

The phone call caught Dennis King off guard. Some guy in California was saying that Dennis had won an all-expense-paid trip to the Galapagos Islands as part of the 25th anniversary of "Jeopardy!" To boot, the TV quiz show's moderator, Alex Trebek, will host the trip aboard Endeavor, National Geographic's sea-going explorer ship.

Adding a 6 p.m. newscast at WXIX-TV in September - and going head-to-head with Channels 5, 9 and 12 newscasts - is just the first step in Fox 19's plan to replace late afternoon sitcoms with news.

Karen Yellin and her son, Mike Willey, right, are going on cruise to Galapagos Islands as winners of Jeopardy TV show sweepstakes.

About 30 years ago, Paula McHargue of Richmond entered a cooking contest sponsored by the local Cooperative Extension and was awarded a certificate for her winning entry.

Jeopardy!'s huge popularity now extends all the way to the Galapagos Islands, just ask Barbara Ursula Groshon of Niles.

Two Lehigh Valley residents are among 25 winners of a cruise to the Galapagos Islands with ''Jeopardy!'' game show host Alex Trebek.

James Erwin's got big plans on Tuesday afternoon. The west-side man is gathering with friends and family at a local pub where he'll watch himself appear on that day's episode of the game show 'Jeopardy!' The show airs at 4:30 p.m. on Channel 13, WHO-TV. Erwin, 35, was a contestant on the show during a taping March 12.

COLUMBUS: Have you heard this one? Dapper Jeopardy host Alex Trebek reads the following answer: ''The seven highest-ranking justices in the Buckeye State.'' The current champion buzzes in and confidently asks, ''What is the Ohio Supreme Court?'' Alex grimaces and states, ''Oh, I'm sorry.

On Friday my family lost an option we've had for as long as I can remember, and as a result we may have to quit TV, at least as a regular thing.

Alex Trebek is a man who knows how to wear a suit and wear it right! Little did we know, the man likes to dress it down for a casual weekend.

Answer: A fan of the popular quiz show, this Modesto native and Marshall Elementary School teacher is getting a chance to show off his knowledge in front of host Alex Trebek and 9.2 million viewers.

How about a computer program that can compete with human beings in a game of Jeopardy : For decades, humans have struggled to create machines that can extract meaning from human language, with all its messiness, subtle context, humor, and irony.

T HUMB'S DOWN to word that an unknown number of part-time, lateral-entry or once-retired teachers now potentially face the employment ax due to state budget concerns.

What is Watson? : IBM is preparing a natural-language computer system that will compete against humans on TVa s Jeopardy!, which is hosted by Alex Trebek.

Imagine going on a cross-country trip complete with brushes with fame, tests of intellect and a chance to take home a small fortune.

Actor and comedian Will Ferrell, seen here as President George W. Bush in the Broadway play "You're Welcome, America," returned to "Saturday Night Live" this past weekend to host the season finale.

No, your eyes were not deceiving you. That really was Norway resident and Hebron Academy teacher Cynthia Reedy on television's "Jeopardy!" last night.

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The Dallas area is home to the biggest geography whiz. Thirteen-year-old Eric Yang of The Colony won the National Geographic Bee in Washington today.