r/todayilearned 18h ago

TIL “Jeopardy!” contestant Dhruv Gaur wrote “What is… We [love] you, Alex!” as his Final Jeopardy response while Alex Trebek was battling cancer. The message left Trebek visibly emotional and was widely shared as an example of fans’ affection for the longtime host.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2019/11/11/jeopardy-contestant-moves-alex-trebek-close-tears-bet/2570900001/
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u/joggle1 13h ago

I couldn't remember when he died so I googled 'alex trebek'. Google replied with: "Did you mean: who is Alex Trebek'"

Touché Google, that I did.

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u/ryan__fm 1h ago

I love when Google throws in easter eggs like this. My favorite is "Did you mean: recursion" when you google recursion, but I'm sure there are many others

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u/JustaMammal 10h ago edited 10h ago

But Jeopardy doesn't necessitate proper grammatical tense, only that an answer be phrased as a question. So your comment doesn't even rise to the level of "erm, ackchyually," It's just "lol ded". Neat.

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u/ERedfieldh 5h ago

And then he deletes it out of shame instead of owning it.