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Adam Nedeff on the set of “Hip Hop Squares,” a VH1 game show. The Vienna native worked on the show and others and is involved in the industry in California. (Photo Provided)

PARKERSBURG — A Vienna native has made a name in the game show business.

Adam Nedeff, a graduate of Marshall University, left with two college friends for Los Angeles in 2007.

“I just went out there cold,” said Nedeff, who graduated from Parkersburg Catholic High School.

Nedeff said he was lucky as he was acquainted with Fred Wostbrock, the co-author of “The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows” who had a collection of about 25,000 photos of game shows and hosts.

He got a message to Westbrock that he had around a dozen photos of Art Fleming, the first host of “Jeopardy,” when he made an appearance at Marshall. Westbrock was interested.

Adam Nedeff, who works on game shows and writes about books about the shows, poses outside the studio of “Double…

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