10 Questions for Alex Trebek

The Emmy-winning Jeopardy! host celebrates 25 years on the air. Alex Trebek will now take your questions

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Have you ever not known the answer to a very simple Jeopardy! question? Kasia Keen ANSBACH, GERMANY

We were doing some shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and during the commercial breaks I'd go out and talk to the people in the audience. And a little boy stood up and asked, When was the Magna Carta signed? I said 1216. I was off by a year. I know a lot about the Magna Carta, but unfortunately I got the date wrong in front of 6,000 people.

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