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Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 8, Round 9 - Entertainment - Game-Show Hosts
> 1. This Winnipeg native went from radio work in his home city,
> and Toronto, to co-creating and hosting "Let's Make a Deal".
> That show aired 1963-91 on US networks and in syndication, and
> was revived in 2009.
Monty Hall
> 2. After more than a decade of hosting and announcing work with
> the CBC, this Ontario native went south in 1973. His game-show
> resume included "The Wizard of Odds", "High Rollers", and
> "Classic Concentration" -- plus over 36 years on one
> quiz show until his death in 2020.
Alex Trebek
> 3. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you
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Fleming
> 4. He was the original host of "Wheel of Fortune", 1975-81.
> He also hosted "Love Connection", "Scrabble", "Greed", and
> "Lingo".
Chuck Woolery
> 5. This media personality and animal-rights advocate hosted
> "Truth or Consequences", 1956-75. He followed that run with
> 35 years on "The Price is Right" before retiring in 2007.
> He died last year at 99.
Bob Barker
> 7. This British-born actor and comedian first became known to
> North American audiences on "Hogan's Heroes" and "Rowan and
> Martin's Laugh-In". He was the original host of "Family Feud",
> 1976-85, and again in 1994-95.
Richard Dawson
> 8. This TV host, actor, and comedian has hosted "Family Feud" and
> "Celebrity Family Feud" since 2010. His resume also includes
> 7 Daytime Emmy awards,
Steve Harvey
> 10. This host now holds the record for the longest career hosting
> the *same* game show. He overtook for the record
> in 2019.
Pat Sajak
> * Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge - Rebels
> * A. Sports
> A1. This rebel basketball league competed with the NBA for a
> decade until 1976. Its innovations included the 3-point
> shot, a multi-colored ball, regional franchises and the
> All-Star Game's slam dunk contest.
ABA
> * B. History
> B1. Which Argentine-born revolutionary was captured and killed
> in Bolivia in 1967?
Che Guevara
> B2. What was the name given to a group of rebellious textile
> workers in 19th-century England? They opposed the use of
> certain types of cost-saving machinery, and often destroyed
> the machinery in raids.
Luddites
> * E. Literature
> E1. Part of *which novel* by Victor Hugo takes place during a
> brief anti-monarchist revolt in Paris in 1832?
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
> E2. What's the name of American journalist John Reed's book
> about the 1917 Russian Revolution? (Exact title required.)
12 Days That Shook The World
> * F. Geography
> F2. Name the town, then in Virginia and now West Virginia,
> where John Brown tried in 1859 to raid a federal gun depot
> to provoke a slave revolt in the southern US.
Harper's Ferry
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