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This one is easy: Carlos Danger.
Who is Anthony Weiner?
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"Bond. James Bond."
What is Dr. No?
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Alex Trebek was born on July 22, 1940, in this country.
What is Canada?
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December 31, 2018: this UN Ambassador.
Who is Nikki Haley?
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He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013 and won a Grammy in 1980 for The Gambler.
Who is Kenny Rogers?
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Area of mathematics whose types include Abstract, Boolean, and Homological / Country in North Africa whose name begins with the same first three letters as does its capital.
What are Algebra/Algeria?
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He often spoke to the press as David Dennison or John Barron.
Who is Donald Trump?
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“You can’t drown, you fool. You’re immortal.”
What is Highlander?
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Alex first started hosting Jeopardy! in this year, when he was 44.
What is 1984?
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November 9, 2020: this Secretary of Defense.
Who is Mark Esper?
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A breakfast cereal produced by Kellogg's that is a version of Rice Krispies that contains real chocolate.
What are Cocoa Krispies/Coco Crisp?
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Attributed to Archimedes, an exclamation indicating an Aha! moment / Smallest of the Galilean moons of Jupiter.
What are Eureka/Europa?
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On Twitter, he was Pierre Delecto. In real life, he was known as this.
Who is Willard Mitt Romney?
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“Hey, Ryan, be careful what you shoot at. Most things in here don't react too well to bullets.”
What is The Hunt for the Red October?
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In April 1996, Trebek and Jesse Ventura played Men in Black who cross paths with Gillian Anderson while investigating claims of an alien abduction on an episode of this show.
What is the X files?
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March 31, 2018: this Secretary of State.
Who is Rex Tillerson?
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Now a division of Hasbro, the game company originally behind Battleship, Hungry Hungry Hippos, and Jenga.
What is Milton Bradley?
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Fast food restaurant chain with the most worldwide locations, besting contenders McDonald's, Starbucks, and KFC / Word appearing twice in the title of one single from U2's War album.
What are Subway/Sunday?
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Lev Davidovich Bronstein was better known by this pseudonym.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
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“You wanna get Capone? Here’s how you get him. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way. And that’s how you get Capone!”
What is The Untouchables?
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Alex holds the record for "the most gameshow episodes hosted by the same presenter (same program)", passing this other long-time game show host who retired in 2007.
Who is Bob Barker?
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July 19, 2019: this Secretary of Labor.
Who is Alexander Acosta?
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From July 2017 to May 2018, he was a member of President Trump's legal team.
Who is Ty Cobb?
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Last name of the Hamburg-born 19th century composer who spent much of his professional career in Vienna, where he wrote "A German Requiem" / Name of current National League baseball team which has twice relocated to different states.
What are Brahms/Braves?
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In 2017, his secret twitter account under the name "Reinhold Niebhur" was exposed.
Who is James Comey?
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"I thought everyone knew that God was a Scotsman."
What is A Bridge Too Far?
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In October 2020, Alex announced the third pick in the NHL draft, where this Canadian team took Tim Stuetzle.
Who are the Ottawa Senators?
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April 12, 2019: this Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Who is Linda McMahon?
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The first Chief Justice of the United States.
Who is Jo(h)n Jay?
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Last name of the current Prime Minister of New Zealand Prime Minister / Middle word (of three) of 2002 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, about a small-town girl in New York City in the 1920s.
What are Ardern/Modern?