--- title: Alex Trebek is Guinness World Record Holder description: Jeopardy's Alex Trebek is the Guinness World Record holder for most game show episodes hosted by the same presenter canonical: https://time.com/2884982/jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-sets-a-guinness-world-record/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-16T19:14:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:49.278Z og:title: 'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Sets a World Record og:description: Jeopardy's Alex Trebek is the Guinness World Record holder for most game show episodes hosted by the same presenter og:url: https://time.com/2884982/jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-sets-a-guinness-world-record/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Jeopardy' Host Alex Trebek Sets a World Record twitter:description: Jeopardy's Alex Trebek is the Guinness World Record holder for most game show episodes hosted by the same presenter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # _Jeopardy_ Host Alex Trebek Sets a Guinness World Record by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 16, 2014 7:14 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 16, 2014 7:14 PM UTC Who is the Guinness World Record holder for most game show episodes hosted by the same presenter? Answer: [_Jeopardy’s_ Alex Trebek, of course.](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2014/6/video-jeopardy!-star-alex-trebek-sets-record-for-most-game-show-episodes-hosted-58061/) Trebek hosted his 6,829th episode on June 13\. And the dedicated host hasn’t had so much as a sick day. The only time Trebek missed out on an episode in its 30 seasons was when he and _Wheel of Fortune’s_Pat Sajak switched hosting gigs for April Fool’s Day. He was pretty excited about it: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2884982/jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-sets-a-guinness-world-record/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2884982/jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-sets-a-guinness-world-record/"},"headline":"Jeopardy Host Alex Trebek Sets a Guinness World Record","datePublished":"2014-06-16T19:14:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:49.278Z","description":"Daily double!","url":"https://time.com/2884982/jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-sets-a-guinness-world-record/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","U.S.","Bizarre","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2884982/jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-sets-a-guinness-world-record/","name":"Jeopardy Host Alex Trebek Sets a Guinness World Record"}}]}] ```