Q&A: Pitt Student And Jeopardy Contestant On Meeting Alex Trebek, Love Of Trivia

A University of Pittsburgh student will make her debut tonight on Jeopardy's college edition. 90.5 WESA's Sarah Kovash talked to senior chemisty and computer science major Sarah Dubnik, a life-long Jeopardy fan, about her experience being on the show. WESA: So what was it like getting to meet Alex Trebek for the first time? SD: “It was really exciting. So, he came out before our games and, um, to kind of congratulate us and wish us luck. And I didn’t see him at first, I just suddenly heard everyone else gasp and I knew right away why it was. And he came out, and he was wearing really casual clothes, and his hair was a little messed up, so it was weird to see him not in a suit.” WESA: You say you’ve always been a fan of Jeopardy. How did you first come across the show? SD: “Well, supposedly I used to watch when I was really little with my grandmother, I don’t even remember this. That’s the first thing she told me when I got on the show. And then, I think, after a while when I got a