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Alex Trebek gets emotional over 'Jeopardy!' contestant's answer [VIDEO]

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A contestant on "Jeopardy" made host, Alex Trebek become emotional when he dedicated his final Jeopardy round answer to the host.

When asked "In the title of a groundbreaking 1890 expose of poverty in New York City Slums, These 3 words follow How the'", contestant Dhruv Guar answered, "What is We Love You, Alex!"


An "Aww" was heard from the studio audience and after reading the response out loud, Trebek emotionally answered "That's very kind of you, thank you."

His voice broke as he told Guar, "cost ya $1,995, you're left with five bucks."

Trebek, 79, has hosted the show since 1984 and announced in March that he is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

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