Jeopardy! Opens Hall of Fame at Sony Pictures

In attendance for the ribbon cutting ceremony included past Jeopardy! contestants, legendary announcer Johnny Gilbert and host Alex Trebek, who is still recovering from a ruptured achilles tendon suffered during a failed hotel robbery in July. (Find out more on Trebek’s health in our interview later today.)

Some of the standout items from the Hall of Fame include all 29 Daytime Emmys Jeopardy! has won throughout the years, Trebek’s flight suit from his 2007 visit to Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan and an actual contestant podium featuring the famous buzzer.

But there’s one special item that stands out in the mind of Harry Friedman, executive producer of Jeopardy!

“I think my favorite piece might be Alex’s lectern because it shows all the things that Alex sees during the course...