Alex Trebek z'l
Alex Trebek hosted this show for 37 seasons.
What is "Jeopardy!"?
This Chanukah treat means "money" in Yiddish.
What is gelt?
The Jewish rebels who triumphed over the Seleucids.
Who were the Maccabees?
Number of candles we light during Chanukah (per chanukiah).
What is 44?
The material out of which a dreidl is made, according to the "Dreidl Song."
What is clay?
Alex Trebek's country of origin.
What is Canada?
Many Chanukah foods incorporate this ingredient to remember the miracle of reconsecrating the Temple in Jerusalem.
What is oil?
Text containing the story of Chanukah that is not included in the Jewish Biblical canon.
What is the Book of Maccabees/Sefer HaMakabim?
Hebrew month in which we celebrate Chanukah.
What is Kislev?
When Thanksgiving occurs during Chanukah. (Bonus points: when will this next take place?)
What is Thanksgivvukah? (2070)
Trebek hosted this program for April Fools Day in 1997.
What is Wheel of Fortune?
The Hebrew word for doughnuts filled with jam and covered in powdered sugar.
What is "sufganiot"?
The leader of the Maccabees, also known as the "hammer."
Who was Yehuda/Judah Maccabee?
The four letters on the dreidl (Israel or America)
What are Nun, Gimel, Hay, Peh or Shin
Composer of "Chanukah Song" that taught us "Harrison Ford's a quarter Jewish - not too shabby!"
Who is Adam Sandler?
In his 18th year on Jeopardy!, Trebek shocked the world with this change.
What is shaving his mustache?
17.5 million are consumed in Israel during Chanukah.
What are doughnuts/sufganiot?
The first US President to officially acknowledge Chanukah.
Who was Jimmy Carter?
The sentence symbolized by the four letters on the dreidl (US or Israeli version accepted).
What is "A Great Miracle Happened Here" or "A Great Miracle Happened There" - Nes Gadol Haya Po/Sham.
All-inclusive holiday invented by the beautiful teens of television's The O.C.
What is Chrismukkah?
Alex Trebek's legal first name.
What is George?
The food that Jewish heroine Judith used to defeat the Assyrian warrior Holofernes.
What is salty cheese/what are cheesy latkes?
The Maccabees' other name, from the town of Chashmona.
What are "Hasmoneans"?
The literal translation of "Chanukah" in English.
What is "rededication"?
President Obama spoke about this unique chanukiah in 2013.
What is the menurky?