# Google humor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-humor/925535>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 13, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-humor/925535 "2020-11-13T22:28:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-humor/925535/1 "2020-11-13T22:28:27Z")

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If you look up “Alex Trebek” on Google, it comes back with “Who is Alex Trebek”. Answering your request in the form of a question.

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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-humor/925535/2 "2020-11-13T23:59:15Z")

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When I do this, it says, “Did you mean _who is_ Alex Trebek?”

Clever.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-humor/925535/3 "2020-11-15T03:44:19Z")

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His memoir is called _The Answer Is…_