Q 01/05
A) 1984
B) 1981
C) 1987
D) 1990
Answer · why
He shot two pilots for Merv Griffin's revival after original host Art Fleming declined to return, and stayed 37 seasons.
Q 02/05
A) Ottawa, Ontario
B) Winnipeg, Manitoba
C) Sudbury, Ontario
D) Halifax, Nova Scotia
Answer · why
A mural of him now covers a wall of Sudbury Secondary School, where he went to high school.
Q 03/05
A) Alexander
B) George
C) Paul
D) Michael
Answer · why
He shared it with his father, George Edward Trebek, a chef who had emigrated from Ukraine.
Q 04/05
A) Poland
B) Hungary
C) Greece
D) Ukraine
Answer · why
The family name was originally Terebeychuk; his mother was a Franco-Ontarian.
Q 05/05
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
He had also nearly been expelled from boarding school shortly before.
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