Posted on 05/20/2009 5:43:33 PM PDT by Steelfish
Trebek Makes Bush Joke as Texas Teen Wins Geography Bee
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
WASHINGTON — The nation's top geography whiz breezed through questions about mountain ranges, rivers and world capitals Wednesday, but he was stumped when National Geographic Bee host Alex Trebek asked him to name one of his weaknesses.
"Um ..." said Eric Yang, 13, pausing. The Texas teen had just revealed to the "Jeopardy!" host how he crafts his own chess strategies and plays the piano.
"That's OK," Trebek replied. "You remind me of a former president, but we won't get into that."
Some in the audience at National Geographic's headquarters in Washington gasped. Others laughed. But the joke was on Trebek by the end of the hour as Eric took home the top prize of a $25,000 college scholarship, beating out nine other boys in the finals without missing a single answer.
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“Suck it Trebek”
Poor Alex, he’s getting worse as he gets older. He’s completely convinced that conservatives are evil and liberals are saintly. How sad. Doesn’t keep me from watching Jeopardy every day, though.
If the kid said there were 57 states, I wonder if.....nahhhhh.
Damn Canadians.
Who is John Galt?
Et tu Alex? I was on Jeopardy in 2003. Trebek was a consummate professional (although we did start our first round and he said, “I forgot the answer sheet”).
I’m kind of surprised he’d get political. It’s a lame blow this late in the game. No pun intended.
Don’t mess...
From everything I've heard & read, he's very much a conservative.
wonder if the next pubie president will develop a relationship with the public
so that the msm doesn’t define him negatively.
“Not a fan of the ladies, are you Alex?”
Trebek translated into Arabic = “don’t step in the camel dung”
I’m sure he was referring to Obama, who once stated that the USA has 57 states.
*crickets chirping*
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“If the kid said there were 57 states, I wonder if.....nahhhhh.”
No, he would have turned it into a Bush joke like the a$$hole Leno writers: “Obama said there were 57 states . . . and George Bush said, ‘Really?’”
So far, every stupid Obama thing has been turned around on the Leno show to insult Bush by the “ . . . and George Bush said . . . “ insult. I’m so sick of that.
> I’m sure he was referring to Obama, who once stated that the USA has 57 states.
Trebek said “former..” president.
I thought he was a conservative?
I mean we all got frustrated with Bush.
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