Q 01/05

Mitch Albom conceived Tuesdays with Morrie as a way to pay off which of his old professor's debts?

A) Tax arrears

B) Legal fees

C) Medical bills

D) Mortgage payments

Answer · why

C) Medical bills

Medical bills were mounting because Morrie wanted to die at home rather than in a hospital, and the publisher's advance went toward the cost of his ca...

Q 02/05

Which TV news program's interviews with Morrie Schwartz led Mitch Albom to seek out his old professor?

A) Nightline

B) 60 Minutes

C) 20/20

D) Dateline

Answer · why

A) Nightline

Nightline ran three interviews with Morrie during 1995, and when its longtime anchor retired in 2005 he replayed them instead of a career highlights r...

Q 03/05

Which TV interviewer did Morrie quiz about his faith and call a narcissist before agreeing to appear?

A) Dan Rather

B) Peter Jennings

C) Tom Brokaw

D) Ted Koppel

Answer · why

D) Ted Koppel

Ted Koppel laughed at the verdict, got his interview and came back twice more, greeting Morrie with a kiss on the last visit.

Q 04/05

Which illness, which he knows will finally stop his breathing, is Morrie Schwartz dying of?

A) Emphysema

B) ALS

C) MS

D) Parkinson's

Answer · why

B) ALS

ALS kills the nerve cells that control the muscles, and Morrie was diagnosed in August 1994, about fifteen months before his death.

Q 05/05

At which school near Boston did Morrie teach for three decades, with Mitch Albom among his students?

A) Brandeis University

B) Tufts University

C) Boston College

D) Northeastern University

Answer · why

A) Brandeis University

Brandeis University hired Morrie in the late 1950s, and Mitch Albom took every class he offered there before graduating in 1979.