The Cameos of Alex Trebek (For 200) Quiz

Answer: Cliff Claven

In the classic episode "What is.... Cliff Clavin?" know-it-all postman Cliff (John Ratzenberger) is chosen to appear on "Jeopardy!" He has a dream board, and racks up an incredible $20,000 lead against his opponents, only to blow it by wagering everything on the final question. Bad wagering during Final Jeopardy came to be known as "pulling a Clavin."

Cliff's incredibly bad response of "Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?" has become a default bad answer for trivia players everywhere.

At the end of the episode, Trebek visits the bar, where he lifts Cliff's spirits by suggesting that he would quit as the host of "Jeopardy!" but allows Cliff to talk him out of it. Afterwards, Trebek tells Norm "Cliff scares me." Peterson replies "You too, eh?"

While Diane Chambers would have been smart enough to be a contestant on "Jeopardy!" by the time of "What is... Cliff Clavin?" Shelly Long had left the show.

Since "Cheers" is part of the Westphal universe, "Jeopardy" is also part of the Westphal Universe. "What is, I just had my mind blown?"

Answer: Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez played the trivia obsessed Gloria Clemente, the girlfriend of Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson). Billy managed to get her a spot on the show by hustling a security guard on the set of "Jeopardy!" in a game of basketball. Gloria is described as a former disco queen from Brooklyn, New York. She defeats a rocket scientist and an English teacher with a PhD.

One of the categories was "Foods that start with Q," a subject that Gloria was an expert on. In the film, she displayed impressive knowledge of popes, history, botany and geography.

Answer: Hank Kingsley (Jeffrey Tambor)

It was Hank, Larry's sidekick. Hank decided to propose to a much younger woman after dating her only two weeks. He browbeats Larry into having the wedding on the talk show. Trebek appears briefly to serve as the officiant at the wedding. Larry tells him "Hey, tell Vanna I said Hi." mistaking Trebek for Pat Sajak.

"The Larry Sanders Show" starred Garry Shandling as the host of a nightime talk show. Tambor was his sidekick and Rip Torn was veteran producer Artie. Beverly was Larry's assistant.
"Hank's Wedding" aired during the second season in September 1993.

Answer: Andrea Zuckerman

Brandon and Clare were competing to be on the show, and each had strange dreams featuring Alex Trebek. They invited Andrea to audition with them to distract her from her marital problems, and Andrea wound up appearing on the show and winning.

"Double Jeopardy" was towards the end of Season Five, with the crew at college. It aired in March 1995.

Answer: Alexandria

Fran drives poor Trebek nuts with rambling stories. She comes back from a huge deficit to get to $100 at the end of Double Jeopardy. When her competitors bet everything and lose, Fran gives the correct answer of "What is Alexandria?" and wins with $200.

The "Jeopardy!" incident takes place in the Season 3 episode "Franny and the Professor" in which Fran dates a college professor played by Michael McKean. Interestingly enough, McKean is a highly skilled "Jeopardy!" player himself and won $1 million for charity during a celebrity tournament in 2010.

Answer: Man in Black

Trebek appears in "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'," one of the greatest episodes of "The X-Files." The episode has everything from foul mouthed sheriffs to wild eyed conspiracy nuts to Jesse Ventura and Alex Trebek as "Men in Black." It is all topped off by Charles Nelson Reilly as novelist Jose Chung skeptically interviewing Dana Scully. A masterpiece of writing by Chris Carter and Darin Morgan, the show's creators.

The episode is a classic "Rashomon" with the story of an alien abduction told from a variety of perspectives. Best line of the episode in an episode filled with great lines may be Dana Scully's "Mulder didn't say it WAS Alex Trebek, it was just somebody who looked incredibly like him."

Answer: George

George is forced to abstain from sex when his girlfriend has mononucleosis. As a result, George becomes hyper-intelligent, much as in "Flowers for Algernon." He is watching "Jeopardy" and answering the questions with ease as he solves a Rubik's cube. Abstinence has the opposite effect on Elaine, who begins a blithering idiot and eventually begs Jerry to have sex.

George answered questions on Pericles, Arthur Conan Doyle, Borax and Tungsten. His mental abilities reverted to their usual state after George slept with a Portuguese waitress.

Answer: Alex Ryker

Alex (Mitzi Kapture) finally wins a spot on "Jeopardy!" after years of attempts. Unfortunately, he plans to be on the show are destroyed when she rescues Trebek from drowning, and network regulations prohibit her from appearing on the show.

Alex Ryker appeared during the final season of "Baywatch". "Swept Away" first aired in November 1998. Before "Baywatch," Kapture was best known as police detective Rita Lee Lance on "Silk Stalkings" (1991-95).

Answer: Sudbury, Ontario

"P.S. I Love You" is about Robin's obsession with Canadian musician Paul Shaffer, and her disastrous effort to become a Grunge musician. The episode features numerous Canadian celebrities, including Trebek, Geddy Lee from Rush, comedian Dave Coulier, actor Jason Priestly and of course, Paul Shaffer.

In one segment, it mentions how Canadians remember where they were when Robin had her epic meltdown on stage. Trebek was in a Tim Hortons in Sudbury, eating a Honey Dip donut. Singer k.d. lang was in Red Deer, Priestly was in Squamish and Geddy Lee was in Halifax.

Trebek also had a brief appearance in the 2010 episode "False Positive." Actress Cobie Smulders is Canadian, a native of Vancouver, and her character's Canadian background was a frequent subject of jokes on "HIMYM."

Answer: Piper Chapman

Piper (Taylor Schilling) appears on "Jeopardy!" All she can answer is "Where is Alex?" Trebek asks questions about bacon, Islam and The Fonz. The "Jeopardy" appearance is part of a lengthy hallucination scene by Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren (Uzo Aduba).

The first episode of season six aired in July of 2018. "Orange is the New Black" is a Netflix series about a women's correctional institution in New York State and first aired during the summer of 2013.

Uzo Aduba won two Emmy Awards for her work as "Crazy Eyes" in 2014 and 2015. The show also won awards for Casting and Picture Editing.