Hancock Prof on Jeopardy!

A Central Coast college professor will appear on TV’s “Jeopardy!” pitting his trivial knowledge against that of two other players. Allan Hancock College English professor, Jim Read, will appear on the long-running and popular game show at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30 on KSBY Channel 6, the school announced.
Read was sworn to silence on how he fared providing questions to answers before the show airs. “I have been a fan of the show since the early 1990s,” he said, adding that Trivial Pursuit was his favorite game in college. “What I love about the show is that it’s less about luck and more about what you actually know than other game shows.”
He taped his game back in December at the show’s Burbank studio. “Appearing on the show is something I wanted to do for years. Whatever else I accomplish in life, I know that I’m part of a very small minority of people who have been on Jeopardy!”
Host Alex Trebek, Read said, was very cordial and exactly like he appears on TV. Trebek is also a former resident of the Central Coast and owned a horse ranch in North County for years. “In between tapings we were surprised to find what a great sense of humor he has. He took questions from the audience during every break,” said Read. “We learned that he hates email, rarely turns on his computer, and when asked what he listened to on his iPhone, he replied, ‘What’s an iPhone?’”
Read also appeared on the show, Win Ben Stein’s Money, back in the 1990s. “I beat the other contestants, but I lost to Stein in the final round.”