Q 01/05

Who created Jeopardy! and hired Trebek for its 1984 revival?

A) Mark Goodson

B) Merv Griffin

C) Chuck Barris

D) Dick Clark

Answer · why

B) Merv Griffin

Merv Griffin. The format was his wife Julann's idea: quiz shows had been caught feeding contestants the answers, so she suggested handing the answers ...

Q 02/05

In which Canadian city was Trebek born?

A) Ottawa, Ontario

B) Winnipeg, Manitoba

C) Sudbury, Ontario

D) Halifax, Nova Scotia

Answer · why

C) Sudbury, Ontario

Sudbury, Ontario. His father was a hotel chef in the mining town; Trebek left at 12, when his parents divorced, for a boarding school in another city.

Q 03/05

Alex was Trebek's middle name, so what was his first given name?

A) Robert

B) George

C) Paul

D) Michael

Answer · why

B) George

George. He was named for his father, George Edward Trebek, a hotel chef, and family and friends called the boy Sonny to tell the two apart.

Q 04/05

Trebek's father emigrated as a child from which country?

A) Poland

B) Hungary

C) Greece

D) Ukraine

Answer · why

D) Ukraine

Ukraine. The family name was Terebeychuk when he left, and with a French-Canadian mother his son grew up speaking both French and English.

Q 05/05

Why did Trebek drop out of a military college in Quebec?

A) He failed the physical

B) He refused to speak French

C) He was caught gambling

D) He was asked to shave his head

Answer · why

D) He was asked to shave his head

He was asked to shave his head. By his own account he lasted three days: after two of hazing, the regulation haircut was the last straw, since, as he ...