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ANSWER: Who is the nicest man on Jeopardy!

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The Colonnade, Toronto An American TV icon  On a summer day in 1970-ish,  a colleague invited me to a unique lunch at a downtown Toronto restaurant.  The outside venue was called The Colonnade. It was an office/apartment/retail store building  with a restaurant on the 3rd floor  overlooking Toronto's busiest, toniest street. The restaurant featured a different, live entertainment performance every weekday while having lunch. There were  book readings, Shakesperean mini-play performances, and lots of music. The master of ceremonies for these performances  which only attracted a maximum of about 50 people was Alex Trebek. Ya, that guy. At the time, he was a semi-popular CBC TV newsreader  CBC Radio announcer, and teen programming host.  It didn't seem to be out of character  for him to be hosting these luncheons. He hadn't become his Alex Trebek TV persona yet. A chicken salad sandwich,  Chopin, and Trebek  at noon on a muggy,  summer'