As Whitaker toldThe Washington Post, “I have been really blown away by the coverage this all gets.

I truly did think, silly me, that I was going to be a ‘Jeopardy!’

guest host and carry on with my life as usual.”

Bill Whitaker smiling

“it’s possible for you to see all the way down to One World Trade Center.

At night, it’s like a jewel box.

You see all the lights flashing in Times Square.

Bill Whitaker smiling

You’re part of it, but at a remove.”

But it’s his wife who is in charge of all things interiors.

“Some things I have gotten.

And there are other things that she has banished.

My office has a lot of things that didn’t make the cut.”

Of course, as any good partnership, Terry is also Bill’s confidant.

Then, and given his most “Jeopardy!”