Quiz Master

Everyone knows Alex Trebek. Well, almost everyone. Let’s face it: he’s one of the most popular, most highly paid game show hosts in North America. Since its debut in 1984, he’s been the face of Jeopardy!, which annoyingly challenges you, in the form of answers, to ask questions as you build up your pot against your competitors.

Now, most Canadians who eagerly await Jeopardy! each evening also know this about Trebek: he’s one of us. Well, actually, he’s a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, but he wasn’t running for leader of the Conservative Party so that fact hardly matters. And if you ever doubted his Canadianness, you’d be wrong. He could not, even if he wanted to, erase Canada from his past.

I mean, listen to this guy’s history: he’s truly a Canuck. Born and raised in the Nickel Belt, in Sudbury, he was a...