Jeopardy!contestantJames Holzhauervoluntarily lost some points during Thursday night’s match to honor game show hostAlex Trebek.
The second Final Jeopardy answer of the night was, “These 2 foreign-born directors have each won 2 best director Oscars, but none of their films has won best picture.” The question ended up stumping all three contestants. (Answer: Who are Ang Lee and Alfonso Cuaron?).
“I wish you had risked more points!” Trebek said as he read Holzhauer’s question.
Holzhauer, Jennings and Rutter completed night three of theGreatest of All Timecompetitionon Thursday, which will continue every weeknight until one player wins three matches. So far, Jennings has won two and Holzhauer has won one.
Alex Trebek with contestants James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.Eric McCandless/ABC
This isn’t the first time that a contestant has thrown away points to show their love for Trebek, who isbattling pancreatic cancer.
In November, Dhruv Gaur used Final Jeopardy as an opportunity tospread some lovefor the longtime game show host with his answer.
“Did you come up with the right one? No?” Trebek asked Gaur as his answer to the final clue appeared on the screen.
“What is we love you Alex,” Trebek read aloud. “That’s very kind, thank you.”
James Holzhauer.Eric McCandless/ABC
After seeing that Guar gave up nearly all of his remaining $2,000 on the incorrect answer, Trebek seemed to hold back tears of gratitude for the supportive words.
“Cost you $1,995. You’re left with five bucks,” Trebek said.
After being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2019, Trebekfinished one round of treatmentin August before revealing in September onGood Morning Americathat he was once againundergoing chemotherapy.
Alex Trebek.Eric McCandless/ABC
“I was doing so well and my numbers went down to the equivalent of a normal human being who does not have pancreatic cancer, so we were all very optimistic,” the longtime game show host said at the time.
“They said, ‘Good, we’re going to stop chemo, we’ll start you on immunotherapy,’ and I lost about 12 lbs. in a week and my numbers went sky-high, much higher than they were when I was first diagnosed,” he said.
But cancer isn’t deterring Trebek from his hosting duties.
source: people.com
