The Answer Is...

{{short description|2020 memoir}}

{{Infobox book

|name = The Answer Is …: Reflections on My Life

|image = Trebek_memoir.jpg

|author = Alex Trebek

|language = English

|country = United States

|genre = non-fiction

|publisher = Simon & Schuster

|pub_date = July 21, 2020

|pages = 287

|isbn =

}}The Answer Is...: Reflections on My Life is a 2020 memoir by Alex Trebek. The long-time Jeopardy! host recounts his life and relationships, as well as his work in television.{{cite web

|last = Alter

|first = Alexandra

|title =Alex Trebek Is Still in the Game

|work = Book Review

|date = July 21, 2020

|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/books/alex-trebek-jeopardy-the-answer-is.html

|accessdate = July 22, 2020

}}{{cite news

|last = Haupt

|first = Angela

|title =Alex Trebek's memoir, 'The Answer Is . . .,' is everything a 'Jeopardy!' fan could want

|newspaper = The Washington Post

|date = July 21, 2020

|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/alex-trebeks-memoir-the-answer-is----is-everything-a-jeopardy-fan-could-want/2020/07/20/711f68ba-cab8-11ea-91f1-28aca4d833a0_story.html

|accessdate = July 22, 2020

}}{{cite web

|last = Greene

|first = David

|title =Alex Trebek Is Here To Tell You, 'The Answer Is ...'

|publisher = National Public Radio

|date = July 21, 2020

|url = https://www.npr.org/2020/07/21/892040156/alex-trebek-is-here-to-tell-you-the-answer-is?t=1595453547921

|accessdate = July 22, 2020

}} Three and a half months after the book's release, Trebek died after a 20-month battle with stage IV pancreatic cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMRbbscUYSU|title='I had chills': 'Jeopardy!' executive producer on taping Trebek's last episode|work=CNN via YouTube|date=November 8, 2020|access-date=November 9, 2020}}

The audiobook was mostly narrated by Ken Jennings, who succeeded Trebek on November 30, 2020, by taping seven days (seven weeks) worth of episodes (he would later be named permanent host in July 2022); a foreword was read by Trebek. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album at the 63rd Grammy Awards, losing to Rachel Maddow's Blowout.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/2020-grammys-nominations-list-1203410085/|title=Grammy Awards Nominations: The Complete List|date=2019-11-20|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}