Alex Trebek

0:03 Caalaruga Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In Today's theme is Alex Trebek's birthday? Game show Legends, Jeopardy and the Golden Age of TV game shows? Question one. Alex Trebek's birthday falls on July twenty second, in what year and in which Canadian city? Was the longtime Jeopardy hostborn? Question two before Alex Trebek took the lectern in nineteen eighty four. Who hosted the original NBC Jeopardy from its nineteen sixty four debut through nineteen seventy five and the nineteen seventy eight seventy nine revival. Question three? What is the title of the thirty second final Jeopardy Think music? Composed by creator MERV Griffin as a lullaby for his son, that plays while contestants write their wagers and responses. Question four.

1:04 Name for a game show legend born Monte halperin which showman co created and hosted Let's Make a Deal and later lent his name to a famous probability puzzle about switching doors. Question five which late one thousand, nine hundred and fifty s television controversy centered on shows like twenty one and contestant Charles Van Doren, prompted Congress to amend the Communications Act of nineteen thirty four to make rigging quiz programs illegal. We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one When and where was Alex Trebek born? Answer? July twenty second, nineteen forty, Sudbury, Ontario now Greater Sudbury, Canada. Trebeck was born in Sudbury, Ontario, on July twenty second, nineteen forty, and grew up bilingual in English and French. He began his broadcasting career at the CBC before moving to US television and becoming synonymous with Jeopardy. Question two, Who was Jeopardy's original host before Trebec? Answer?

2:14 Art Fleming. Actor and broadcaster Art Fleming was the first face of Jeopardy, created by MERV Griffin. Fleming's authoritative style defined the show's early years. Trebec later assumed hosting duties for the syndicated revival in nineteen eighty four. Question three, What's the name of Jeopardy? Final Jeopardy theme? Answer? Think? MERV Griffin wrote the tune as a lullaby, originally titled A Time for Tony. It became the instantly recognizable Final Jeopardy theme. Its steady clock like rhythm is designed to underscore the suspense of the final clue. Question four, which host of Let's Make a Deal, inspired the Monty Hall Problem answer. Monty Hall, Winnipeg born Monty Hall, co created Let's Make a Deal and presided over its zany tray aids and curtain reveals. The Monty Hall Problem, based on a simplified version of the show's door choice setup, famously demonstrates the counterintuitive benefit of switching question five. What were the late one thy, nine hundred and fifty STV rigging scandals called answer the quiz show scandals? Revelations that certain quiz shows had supplied answers to contestants shook public trust and led to the nineteen sixty amendments to the Communications Act Section five hundred nine banning the fixing of contests.

3:31 The fallout reshaped industry standards and ethics for game shows. That concludes Today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.