Jeopardy!

The Jeopardy! brand has been used on products in several other formats. The builder claims that the bridge's lifetime will be at least 120 years. The original Art Fleming version of Jeopardy! was the subject of musician Weird Al Yankovic's parody of "Jeopardy" by the Greg Kihn Band, titled "I Lost On Jeopardy!". The project required about 127,000 m³ of concrete, 19,000 metric tons of steel for the reinforced concrete, and 5,000 metric tons of pre-stressed concrete for the cables and shrouds. "Celebrity Jeopardy" was a popular skit on Saturday Night Live featuring Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek. However, if the concession is very profitable, the French government can assume control of the bridge in 2044. In an episode of Seinfeld, Jason Alexander's "George Costanza" demonstrates his newfound intellect by answering several difficult questions in a row correctly as he and Jerry Seinfeld watch an episode of the program. The builders, Eiffage, financed the construction in return for a concession to collect the tolls for 75 years, until 2080.

In the 1993 comedy film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's character watches an episode of the program and, having lived the same day over and over again (as per the film's plotline), answered all of the questions correctly, sometimes before they were asked. The bridge's construction costs amount to €394 million, with a toll plaza 6 km north of the viaduct costing an additional €20 million. In an episode of "Cheers," John Ratzenberger's "Clifford Clavin" appears on "Jeopardy," and almost wins, but loses in Final Jeopardy!. The engineering group Setec has authority in the project, with SNCF engineering having partial control. Art Fleming appeared in a cameo role alongside the Jeopardy! board in 1982's Airplane II: The Sequel. The construction consortium is made up of the Eiffage TP company for the concrete part, the Eiffel company for the steel roadway (Gustave Eiffel built the Garabit viaduct in 1884, a train bridge in the neighboring Cantal département), and the Enerpac company for the roadway's hydraulic supports. However, if they gave the correct response they did receive the money value of the question. The work leader is the Compagnie Eiffage du Viaduc de Millau, owner of the government contract.

If any contest answered a question in the question form made popular by Jeopardy, that contestant was forced to wear a dunce cap. Four consortia were in competition for the building contract:. A prime example of this was the Comedy Central show "Win Ben Stein's Money". He worked together with the Dutch engineering firm ARCADIS, responsible for the technical design of the bridge. The show has been portrayed or parodied on many television shows, movies, and literature over the years, usually with one of the characters appearing as a contestant. The architects of the bridge are the British firm Foster and Partners. Main article: Jeopardy! in culture. The original concept for the bridge was devised by French designer Michel Virlogeux.

Clue Crew: Jon Cannon, Cheryl Farrell, Jimmy McGuire, Kelly Miyahara, Sarah Whitcomb. After the choice of the high viaduct's path, five teams of architects and researchers simultaneously worked on a technical solution. Griffin, Gary Johnson, Michele Loud, Jim Rhine, Mark Gaberman, Andrew Shepard Price, John Duarte. After long construction studies, the low solution was abandoned because it would have intersected the water table, had negative effects on the town, cost more, and the driving distance would have been longer. GSN—which like Jeopardy! is an affiliate of Sony Pictures Television—has rerun approximately 8 seasons to date, although they continuously aired the 1997–98 season from June, 2001 until June 13, 2005, when GSN began rerunning episodes from the 2001–02 season, including a series of unaired 2001 episodes which did not air because of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It consisted of two possibilities: the high solution, and the low solution, requiring the construction of a 200 m bridge to cross the Tarn, then a viaduct of 2300 m extended by a tunnel on the Larzac side. The Trebek version is completely intact. The fourth option was selected by the government on June 28, 1989.

The first episode and the second episode also exist in collections. In initial studies, four options were examined:. The status of the 1978 version is unknown, although GSN aired this version's last episode on December 31, 1999, as part of a marathon of game show finales. The viaduct was officially inaugurated by President Chirac on December 14, 2004 to open for traffic on December 16, several weeks ahead of the revised schedule. It is believed that is all that is left of the run, as the tapes were destroyed by NBC. A revised schedule aimed for the bridge to be opened in January 2005. In addition, an ordinary 1974 episode and the 1975 finale exist among private collectors. Construction began on October 10, 2001 and was intended to take 3 years, but weather conditions put work on the bridge behind schedule.

A clip from an earlier 1960s episode aired in 2004 during an ABC News Nightline special on Jeopardy! on the night Ken Jennings lost. The Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, United States has a deck considerably higher than either, at 321 m (1,053 ft) above the Arkansas River. GSN has aired 1 episode from the 1964–75 Fleming version, the 2000th episode. Its deck, at "almost 270 m" (886 ft) above the Tarn, is apparently slightly higher than the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia in the United States, which is 267 m (876 ft) above the New River. In addition, the American version of the show is distributed internationally and airs across the world. The Millau Viaduct is the second highest vehicular bridge measured from the roadway elevation. Israel's version is the most recent version of the A&Q show around the globe, starting in 1997. Current plans call for towers 382.6 m high.

There are (or have been) versions of Jeopardy! outside of the United States, including a UK version hosted by Paul Ross (with Derek Hobson, Chris Donat and Steve Jones before him), an Australian version with Sale of the Century legend Tony Barber, versions from Sweden (from 1991) with Magnus Härenstam, Quebec (French Canada) with Réal Giguère (aired on TVA network from 1991 to 1993), Germany with Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (as Riskant! on RTL, 1990-1992), Frank Elstner (as Jeopardy! on RTL, 1994-1998), Gerriet Danz (on tm3, 2000-2001), Russia, from 1994, called Svoya Igra, with Pyotr Kuleshov, plus a version from Denmark with Søren Kaster (from 1995), Lasse Rimmer (from 2000), to Lars Daneskov (from 2003), and a version in Israel with Ronny Yovel. The proposed Strait of Messina Bridge in Italy, if constructed would be taller still and would also be the world's largest suspension bridge.
. The viaduct is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, nearly twice as tall as the previous tallest vehicular bridge in Europe, the Europabrücke in Austria. The theme has gone through some slight reorchestrations since then. The piers were assembled first, together with some temporary supports, before the decks were slid out across the piers by satellite-guided hydraulic rams that moved the deck 600 mm (23.6 inches) every 4 minutes. The main theme was updated again in 2000 - this arrangement was similar to the previous one, but looser and more upbeat. The piers each support 97 m (319 ft) tall pylons.

In 1997, both the theme and (much to the chagrin of some fans) the think music were updated, with jazzy orchestral arrangements by Steve Kaplan. These sections were assembled on site from pieces of 60 metric tons, 4 m (13 ft) wide and 17 m (56 ft) long, made in factories in Lauterbourg and Fos-sur-Mer by Eiffage. The main theme was remixed in 1991 to include a bongo track. Each pier is composed of 16 framework sections, each section weighing 2,230 metric tons. When the current incarnation began in 1984, an electronic version of the "think music" melody became the main theme, while the original recording of "think music" was resurrected for the Final Jeopardy! round. The piers range in height from 77–246 m (253–807 ft), and taper in their longitudinal section from 24.5 m (81 ft) at the base to 11 m (36 ft) at the deck. "Frisco Disco" would resurface in 1983 as a prize cue on Wheel of Fortune, and would continue to be used until 1989. It carries two lanes of traffic in each direction.

The main theme to the 1978–79 revival was called "Frisco Disco" and was composed by Merv Griffin. The roadway has a slope of 3% descending from south to north, and curves in plan section on a 20 km (12.4 mile) radius to give drivers better visibility. On the finale episode with Art Flemings in 1975, the theme used was "Smile" originally composed by Charlie Chaplin. The six central spans each measure 342 m (1,122 ft) with the two outer spans measuring 204 m (670 ft). The main theme song to the original 1960s version is called Take 10 and was composed by Merv Griffin's wife, Julann. The roadway weighs 36,000 metric tons and is 2,460 m (8,071 ft) long, measuring 32 m (105 ft) wide by 4.2 m (13.8 ft) deep. A few years after composing the song, Griffin added 2 timpani notes at the end so that it would meet the 30-second minimum length required to secure a copyright on the song. The Millau Viaduct consists of an eight-span steel roadway supported by seven concrete piers.

For example, the theme is often heard at baseball stadiums when the manager goes to the pitcher's mound to discuss a replacement. The bridge was constructed by the Eiffage group, which also built the Eiffel Tower, under a government contract which allows the company to collect tolls for up to 75 years. In the United States, it has insinuated itself into everyday communication; the song applies to any situation in which someone is waiting for another to answer a question or make a decision. The Eiffage group operates the viaduct as a toll bridge, with the toll currently set at €4.90 for light automobiles (€6.50 during the peak months of July and August). The theme song, "Time for Tony," which was composed by Merv Griffin as a lullaby for his son, has served as the "think music" of the Final Jeopardy! countdown since the show's inception in 1964 (although it was not used in the 1978–79 version), and is also the melody for the current theme. Many tourists heading to southern France and Spain follow this route because it is direct and without tolls for the 340 km between Clermont-Ferrand to Béziers, except for the bridge itself. The mandatory waiting period after taking the contestant exam is one year, after which one may try out again. The purpose of the A75 is to increase the speed and reduce the cost of vehicle traffic travelling along this route.

Fifteen children ages ten to twelve are chosen for each filming, along with one alternate. The bridge forms the last link of the A75 (la Méridienne) autoroute, providing a continuous high-speed route south from Paris through Clermont-Ferrand to Béziers. One is called or notified by the station on which one views Jeopardy! if one is to appear on the show. The bridge now traverses the Tarn valley above its lowest point, linking the causse du Larzac to the causse rouge, and is inside the perimeter of the Grands Causses regional natural park. One does bring one's anecdotes and information sheet, but one first plays the mock Jeopardy! game, then takes a thirty question test. Before the bridge was constructed, traffic had to descend into the Tarn River valley and pass along the route nationale N9 near the town of Millau, causing heavy congestion at the beginning and end of the July and August vacation season. Tryouts for the Kids Weeks are slightly different. .

Those in the contestant pool may be called at any time in that year, although the show has more potential contestants than it needs and many people are not called at all.
. After the end of the tryout, those who passed the test and participated in the mock Jeopardy game are placed into the "contestant pool" and are eligible to be called to compete for the next year. It was formally opened on 14 December 2004 and opened to traffic on 16 December 2004. The coordinators request that they finish by telling what they would do with any money they won on Jeopardy!. Designed by British architect Lord Foster in collaboration with French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux, it is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with one pier's summit at 341 metres (1,118 ft)—slightly higher than the Eiffel Tower and only 40 m (132 ft) shorter than the Empire State Building. After playing a few clues, the contestant coordinators give each potential contestant a few minutes to talk about themselves. The Millau Viaduct (French: le Viaduc de Millau) is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France.

Having a lot of energy and using a loud, confident voice are considered to be huge advantages. [1]. The emphasis is not on scoring points, or even having correct answers; the contestant coordinators know that they possess the knowledge to compete on the show, as they have already passed the test, and are looking for on-the-air-compatible qualities. Felix Baumgartner became the first person to BASE jump from the bridge on 27 June 2004, shortly after the road deck was completed but well before the bridge was opened. A game board is presented, and potential contestants are placed in groups of three to play the game. 2080: Eiffage toll concession runs out. Then the third part of the audition, a mock Jeopardy! competition, begins. 2044: French government can assume control of the bridge if the toll concession is very profitable.

At this point the people who passed the written test are given paperwork to fill out, which details eligibility and availability. January 10, 2005: initial planned opening date. Those who did not pass the test are dismissed, and those who did pass the test remain for the third phase of the audition. December 16, 2004: opening of the viaduct, ahead of schedule. Exact scores are not disclosed, only pass/fail results. December 14, 2004: official inauguration. Some people who have auditioned speculate that the passing score varies depending on how many contestants are needed for the show. 2nd half of 2004: installation of the pylons and shrouds, removal of the temporary roadway supports.

Though some sources state that a score of 35 is passing, the contestant coordinators refuse to confirm or deny that and the official passing score is kept a secret. May 28, 2004: the pieces of roadway are several centimeters apart, their juncture to be accomplished within two weeks. At the end of the fifty questions, the contestant coordinators take the completed answer sheets and grade them. November 2003: completion of the last piers (Piers P2 at 221 m and P3 at 245 m are the highest piers in the world.). A potential contestant has eight seconds to write down his or her response (no need to phrase in the form of a question here) before the next clue is read. February 25–February 26, 2003: laying of first pieces of roadway. In the second section, fifty Jeopardy!-style clues in fifty different categories are displayed on a big screen at the front of the room and read aloud by Johnny Gilbert, the show's announcer. November 2002: first piers complete.

The staff tries to make the audition process entertaining. September 2002: assembly of roadway begins. The first is a pep talk of sorts from the contestant coordinator. August 2002: start of work on pier support C0. There are three parts to the auditioning process itself. July 2002: start of work on the foundations of temporary, height adjustable roadway supports. Before one arrives, one is asked to bring along a filled-out form stating one's name and providing five anecdotes that one could potentially use during the on-air interviews. June 2002: support C8 completed, start of work on piers.

Tryouts for the regular version are given to many people at one time. March 2002: start of work on the pier support C8. In order to try out, one must be at least 18 years of age, unless one is auditioning for one of the "special" programs, such as the Teen Tournament or Kids' Week. January 2002: laying pier foundations. Tryouts take place regularly at the Los Angeles Jeopardy! studio, and occasionally in other locations. December 14, 2001: laying of the first stone. The Jeopardy! staff regularly offers auditions for potential contestants. October 16, 2001: work begins.

As a result, Rutter is the all-time highest winner of any game show with $3,270,102, with Jennings a close second with $3,022,700. 1998: decision to contract out both construction costs and future tolls to a private enterprise. Jerome Vered finished third ($20,600), collecting $250,000. July 9, 1996: choice of the cable-stayed bridge type. Jennings placed second (with $34,599) and took home $500,000. term). The final winner was Brad Rutter ($62,000 for the tournament final). January 10, 1995: declaration of utilité publique (public usefulness), as needed to apply eminent domain(U.S.

This tournament pitted 144 former Jeopardy! champions against each other, with two winners moving on to face Ken Jennings in a 3-game final for a chance at $2 million. October 19, 1991: selection of the high solution, with the viaduct at 2500 m. Jeopardy! announced a new tournament on December 28, 2004, called the Ultimate Tournament of Champions, which began airing February 9, 2005. June 28, 1989: governmental approval of the middle route. Main Article: Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions. €4.90–6.50: typical automobile toll, as of 2005. Rutter wins the Million Dollar Masters Touranment and the $1 million grand prize. 10,000–25,000 vehicles: estimated daily traffic.

Totals: Rutter $25,601; Newhouse $25,600; and Verini $7,600. 290,000 metric tons: total weight of the bridge. Results were thus:. 85,000 m³: total volume of concrete used. Each of the five winners advance, with four non-winners filling wild-card spots. 32.05 m: width of the roadway. In May 2002, to commerate the Trebek version's 4,000th episode, the show returned to its New York roots when nine champions played in episodes taped at Radio City Music Hall to play for a $1 million bonus, with a standard tournament format. 4.20 m: thickness of the roadway.

Three semifinal matches were played, with the winners competing in a two-day final. 270 m: average height of the roadway. The Tenth Anniversary Tournament was a short five-day tournament aired in 1993 following the conclusion of the regular Tournament of Champions. 154: number of shrouds. The "Super Jeopardy!" tournament also featured 4 lecterns as opposed to the standard three. 87 m: height of a pylon. The tournament was similar to the Million Dollar Masters and Ultimate Tournament of Champions (see below), although it was on a much smaller scale than that tournament. 336 m: height of Pier 2, the tallest (245 m at the roadway's level).

It featured top players during the first six years of the 1984 syndicated run, plus a notable champion from the original Fleming era. 77 m: height of Pier 7, the shortest. The first of these "all-time best" tournaments, "Super Jeopardy!" aired in 1990 on ABC. 7: number of piers. There have been a number of special tournaments featuring the greatest players during the history of Jeopardy! These are listed below. 2,460 metre: total length of the roadway. This tournament has been discontinued, largely due to advertisers wanting to pull in younger demographics. the successful bidders, lead by the Eiffage group, product of the Fougerolles-SEA fusion, the third largest French group in public works, and the sixth largest in Europe.

For many years in the Trebek era, the show also had a Seniors Tournament, where contestants 50 or over played. one led by Générale Routière, with Via GTI (French), and Cintra, Necso, Acciona, and Ferrovial Agroman (all Spanish). These tournaments are staged identically to the Tournament of Champions. Société du viaduc de Millau, made up of ASF, Egis, GTM, Bouygues Travaux Publics, SGE, CDC Projets, Tofinso (all French) and Autostrade (Italian); and. Two other tournaments are featured each season, and include:. one led by Dragados (Spanish), with Skanska (Swedish) and Bec (French);. The ToC lasts two weeks (10 shows), in the following manner:. traverse the middle of the valley.

Fifteen players - all five-time champions (before 2003) and the biggest winners among the other players - are invited to participate; starting in 2003, spots in the ToC are determined by length of the champion's reign (e.g., all 10-day champions, followed by all nine-day winners, etc.), with winnings serving as the tiebreaker. follow the path of Route Nationale 9, providing good access to Millau but at the cost of technical difficulties and intrusion on the town; and. The ToC format during the Trebek era was nearly similar. bypass Millau to the west (12 km longer), requiring four bridges;. Eleven ToC champions were crowned during the 11-year NBC run. bypass Millau to the east, requiring two large bridges over the Tarn and the Dourbie;. During the Fleming-era, the winner won $25,000 and a trophy.

During both the NBC and 1984 syndicated versions, there has been an annual Tournament of Champions, featuring five-time undefeated champions and other biggest winners during the past season. Jennings held the record for the highest total dollar amount won on Jeopardy! and any game show ever played, until the Ultimate Tournament of Champions (see below) when he was displaced by Brad Rutter, whose winnings came mostly with special tournaments. This led to the remarkable winning streak of Ken Jennings, who currently holds most of the winning records on the show, including greatest number of appearances and regular season highest total dollar amounts won (excluding tournaments). To mark the start of the current version's 20th season, in September 2003, the quiz show changed its rules so there is no winnings limit; a contestant keeps coming back as long as that contestant keeps winning (although automobiles were no longer awarded for five wins).

Similarly, as part of the deal with Ford for the 2001-02 season, Ford also added a Volvo to the Teen Tournament prize package. From September 2001 until September 2003, the winner won a Jaguar X-Type. From September 1997 until September 2001, an undefeated champion would also be awarded a choice of Chevrolet cars or trucks (Corvette, Tahoe, or two Camaros). In previous seasons, a contestant who won five days in a row would be retired undefeated, with a guaranteed spot in the next Tournament of Champions.

Starting in 1999, Jeopardy! began a "Back-to-School Week," which uses easier clues for the 10-to-13 year old contestants but is otherwise identical to the adult version. This show was not well received by fans or critics, and didn't last long. Rules differences from the adult version can be viewed by reading the Jep! article. Contestants were between the ages of 10 and 13.

The show aired in 1998 on Game Show Network (now GSN). "Jep!" was the children's version of Jeopardy!, hosted by cartoon voice artist Bob Bergen. Other than the host being somewhat looser with the "phrase in the form of a question" requirement, the game was basically identical to Jeopardy!. Hosted by Jeff Probst (of "Survivor" fame), this show used music-based categories.

"Rock & Roll Jeopardy" was a music-intensive version of Jeopardy! that aired on VH1 from 1998 to 2002. Regis Philbin was known for appearing on this week frequently, playing for Cardinal Hayes High School in New York. However, these questions were actually wrong, with the correct question being a joke about another celebrity. The answers usually came from current events, and unlike the SNL version, the celebrities usually knew what the realistic question is.

Bush as a contestant. These bits usually include President George W. Celebrity Jeopardy! has also been a regular skit on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Will Ferrell's final episode featured a Celebrity Jeopardy! sketch in which Trebek himself appeared.

The skits poke fun at the ineptitude of the starring celebrities at answering the sorts of questions which appear on Jeopardy!, along with their ineptitude at answering questions in general. Celebrity Jeopardy! has been spoofed numerous times on a Saturday Night Live sketch, with Will Ferrell appearing as Trebek, and Darrell Hammond usually playing Trebek's nemesis, Sean Connery. Also, the rules are usually relaxed for Final Jeopardy!, where all players will play. Typically, the charity is guaranteed a certain amount ($10,000, with a $10,000 bonus added to the winner's score).

Each celebrity chooses a charity to sponsor, and that charity is the recipient of the particular celebrity's winnings. Every so often (usually once a year), "celebrity weeks" are held in which the contestants are celebrities. If a player struck out, he/she still received $100 for each correct response given. Super Jeopardy! was worth $5,000 to a first-day champion, with the jackpot increasing by $2,500 each day that champion successfully defended his/her title; with the five-day limit in place, that meant a potential total of $50,000 in just Super Jeopardy! earnings ($5,000 + $7,500 + $10,000 + $12,500 + $15,000).

Giving an incorrect response earned the player a "strike," and blocked off that space on the board; three strikes ended the round. The object was for the contestant to provide any five correct responses in a straight line, Bingo style (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally). This round featured a new board of five categories with five clues in each, numbered 1–5 (and unlike the main game, not necessarily increasing in difficulty down the line). That contestant then got to play a bonus round called Super Jeopardy! (no relation to the special summer 1990 tournament of all-time champions as aired on ABC).

During the short-lived 1978–79 series, the lowest-scoring contestant was eliminated after the Jeopardy! Round, and Final Jeopardy! was not played; instead, whoever was ahead at the end of Double Jeopardy! became the champion. The change was made so that contestants who had to pay to travel to Los Angeles would at least win enough money to cover airfare and lodging costs. However, in 2002, it was changed so that the second place finisher gets $2,000 and the third place finisher gets $1,000. Since 1984, in an attempt to discourage "runaway consolations" (where second- and third-place players keep money as close to that of the first-place winner as possible), only the champion wins the amount of money accumulated on the show, and the other two contestants win consolation prizes.

Before 1979, all contestants won their winnings in cash. The top prize was $25,000 in cash. On the syndicated once-a-week version which aired from 1974-75, the winner chose one of 30 spaces, each of which concealed a prize such as a vacation, a car, or cash. During the 1964 NBC and 1974 syndicated versions, all three contestants kept whatever cash they won.

The top money-winner at the end of "Final Jeopardy!" is the day's champion and returns to the next show. As losing a game because of forgetting two words made for very bad television, contestants have been instructed to write the beginning of their Final Jeopardy! question during the commercial break after Double Jeopardy! since the beginning of the 1985-1986 season. During the 1984-1985 season, a few contestants lost their games solely because they had forgotten to do this. As with the rest of the show, responses in Final Jeopardy! must be phrased in the form of a question.

The light pen is automatically cut off at the end of the 30 seconds. Contestants have 30 seconds to write a response on a card/electronic drawing board, again phrased in the form of a question. After the final commercial break, the clue is revealed. The contestants then risk as little as $0 or as much money as they have accumulated, by writing it on a card (before 1979) or electronic drawing board (since 1984).

In Final Jeopardy!, the host first announces the category, then the show goes into a commercial break (during which the staff comes on stage and advises the contestants while barriers are placed between the players to discourage looking at one another's answers). It is unknown how the time normally used to play "Final Jeopardy!" would be filled, since this has never happened on the syndicated version. It is currently unknown whether a three-way disqualification from "Final Jeopardy!" ever happened on the 1964 NBC version. There has never been an instance where all three contestants finished "Double Jeopardy!" with $0 or less, thereby disqualifying everyone from "Final Jeopardy!", at least on the 1984 syndicated version.

The last show where two contestants finished "in the red" aired on February 23, 2005 during the Ultimate Tournament of Champions (only Jeff Richmond advanced to "Final Jeopardy!"). Usually, it is only one contestant that gets eliminated from "Final Jeopardy!" However, on rare occassions, two contestants have been disqualified from playing, leaving the first-place player to provide a question to the "Final Jeopardy!" answer alone. If that happens, he/she/they is/are automatically eliminated from the game and not allowed to participate in the game's final round, "Final Jeopardy!" In that case, the contestant(s) receive consolation prizes, the third-place prize (or sometimes, second-place prize), as appropriate. Sometimes, one or more contestants will finish "Double Jeopardy!" with either $0 or a negative score.

The second round, Double Jeopardy! (a pun on double jeopardy), works like the first round, with the following exceptions:. For example, when the category was "A category about nothing" and the clue was "en español," Ken Jennings responded, "¿Qué es nada?" Also, on the episode aired April 12, 2005, in the category "From the French," the clue was "It's a hint or trace of something (sounds like of Campbell's)." Steve Chernicoff responded, "Qu'est-ce que c'est un soupçon?". For responses calling for foreign words, contestants have phrased their response as a "what is" question correctly phrased in the foreign language. However, if a contestant corrects himself/herself before time expires, the response is ruled valid.

Fleming and Trebek will remind contestants to phrase their responses in the form of a question in the first round, but never during "Double Jeopardy!" or "Final Jeopardy!"). For instance, if a player simply said "Titanic" as his/her response before his alloted time expired, he/she would be ruled incorrect because of the failure to reply in question form (even if "Titanic" were the correct response). The phrasing rule ("What is ...") is quite strict, especially in the later rounds. For easy questions, ringing in at the right moment is important.

Now, in order to give all three contestants a fair shot at the clue, they must wait until the host finishes reading the question and the lights surrounding the board illuminate before they can ring in, and pressing the signaling button too soon locks it for one quarter of a second. Before the 1985-1986 season, contestants could ring in anytime after the clue was revealed. Two other Daily Doubles were used, a Video Daily Double & Audio Daily Double. A player may also indicate that they wish to make it a True Daily Double, meaning that they are wagering all the money that they have up to this point.

(They are permitted to make the wager of the maximum amount even if they have zero or negative score.) The minimum wager is $5. They can wager as much as the maximum amount of a clue on the board (currently $1000 in the Jeopardy! round and $2000 in the Double Jeopardy! round) or as much as they have accumulated, whichever is greater. Only the contestant who selects a Daily Double can respond to its clue. In each game, three answers are designated Daily Doubles (a name taken from horse racing): one in the Jeopardy! round and two in the Double Jeopardy! round.

Speaking of which, negative scores often do happen, thanks to having enough incorrect responses. The current scores are shown on the front of each player's podium; on the current set, positive scores are shown in blue, negative scores in red. If all three contestants fail to answer or give wrong questions, the correct answer is read, and the player who gave the last correct response chose the next clue. If he/she is incorrect, failed to answer in time or phrase in the form of a question, that amount is deducted (hence, the dollar amount was always in jeopardy) and his/her opponents could answer.

A correct response wins the dollar value of the clue, and gives him/her the right to select the next clue. The host then reads the "answer" ("He was the Father of Our Country; he didn't really chop down a cherry tree"), after which any of the three contestants may ring in, remembering to phrase the response in question form ("Who was George Washington?"). The returning champion (standing at the leftmost lectern) begins the game by selecting a category and monetary value ("Presidents for $200"). The values of each of the five answers are thus:.

The names of the six categories are sometimes related in some way (e.g., titles of Shakespeare plays, although only one may actually concern the famous playwright). Each category is a topical category, and the categories change on each show; frequently, they contain puns or other wordplay. Six categories are announced, each with a column of five trivia "answers" (ergo, questions written in answer form), ostensibly graded by difficulty. The first round is simply called the "Jeopardy!" round.

Each day, there are three contestants, one of whom is usually the champion, who play a three-round game.
. The show was the subject of great interest and increased ratings (often beating Wheel) in the second half of 2004, as contestant Ken Jennings, taking advantage of newly relaxed appearance rules, remained a champion for seventy-four appearances, winning over US$2.5 million, and breaking almost every record in game show history. In 2005, it won its 10th Daytime Emmy for best game show, surpassing Pyramid.

The current version, with Trebek as host and Johnny Gilbert as the announcer, debuted on September 10, 1984 (according to page 30 of Ray Richmond's book This is Jeopardy!), and perennially ranks second to Wheel of Fortune in the Nielsen ratings of syndicated programs. The 1964 to 1975 airings originated from NBC headquarters in New York's Rockefeller Center; it has been based in Southern California starting with the 1978 revival. (John Harlan was that edition's principal announcer.). Fleming also hosted a short-lived syndicated version in 1974-75, and another short-lived NBC revival, The All-New Jeopardy!, from October 2, 1978 to March 2, 1979 for 105 shows.

Art Fleming hosted and Don Pardo was the announcer on the original version, which aired during the day from March 30, 1964 to January 3, 1975 on NBC for 2,753 shows. Griffin thought the "Jeopardy" name sounded perfect and immediately used it to generate puns like naming the second round of the game Double Jeopardy. The name "Jeopardy" was coined when, according to Griffin, a skeptical producer rejected the show claiming "it doesn't have enough jeopardies" (a reasonable complaint, since a winning player in Jeopardy can maintain his lead relatively easily by avoiding risk). The original twist, giving clues in the form of answers and expecting replies in the form of questions, was originally the central concept of the show, which was pitched under the title "What's the Question?".

The Jeopardy concept was originally created by Merv Griffin, who wanted to take the format of a television quiz show and make it more enticing by speeding up the game and putting a twist on the format. . During the game, the three competing contestants are given a clue in the form of an answer, to which they must give a response phrased as a question. Jeopardy! is a game of trivia, usually covering topics such as history, literature, and pop culture.

Its most successful incarnation is the current Alex Trebek-hosted syndicated version, which has aired continuously since September 1984. The show originated in the United States, where it first ran on NBC from 1964 to 1975 and again from 1978 to 1979. Jeopardy! is a popular international television game show, originally devised by Merv Griffin, who also created Wheel of Fortune. A Jeopardy! DVD was released on November 8, 2005.

The watch plays the famous theme song with the push of a button, and included 25 game cards with the answer-question format. For the show's 15th season in 1998-1999, a watch was released. In the 1992 film White Men Can't Jump, Gloria Clemente, played by Rosie Perez, becomes a Jeopardy! champion. Several board game versions of the game have been produced by Pressman Toys, including a Simpsons version.

Tiger Electronics also marketed a hand-held travel version of the game in the late nineties. There have been Jeopardy! video games made on almost every popular platform including Apple II, Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Game Boy, Sega Game Gear, Sega Genesis, Super NES, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast, Apple Macintosh, PlayStation 2, and Microsoft Windows. Music: Steve Kaplan. Set Decorators:Heather Lynne Rasnick,Heather DeCristo.

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Executive Directors of Promotions:Rebecca L. Director Clip Clearance:Shelley Ballance. Segment Production Supervisor:Renee Rial-Reynolds. Contestant Coordinator: Tony Pandolfo, Robert James.

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Associate Segment Producer: Stewart Hoke. Segment Producer: Deb Dittman. Senior Production Supervisor: Randy Berke. Senior Technical Supervisor: Bob Sofia.

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Directed By: Kevin McCarthy. Senior Producers: Lisa Finneran, Rocky Schmidt, Gary Johnson. Executive Producer: Harry Friedman. The current one-day record is $75,000, set by Ken Jennings on July 23, 2004.

However, this requires choosing all of the Daily Doubles last and that they are all placed behind the lowest valued clues, which the odds are 3,288,600 to 1 against (assuming they are randomly placed, which they are not), wagering everything for each Daily Double, and again wagering everything in Final Jeopardy! Depending on placement and order of the Daily Doubles, a so-called "perfect game" (every question correct, always maximum wager when called to do so) can range from $208,000 to $566,400, with a mean of $374,400. The theoretical maximum win for a single day of Jeopardy! is $566,400. The show did not air until GSN aired the game in June 2005. In Season 18, Laude defeated 4-time champion Ramsey Campbell and Nancy Casbeer in a game which did not air because of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

His win was on the "lost episode" of the show which never aired in its rotation. Kevin Laude, a one-day champion, had to wait more than four years for his win to air. The Final Jeopardy! category was "Holidays", which was the also the same category used on their first show. The show's 3,000th episode had the same six categories used from the show's first episode in the first round.

Tuesday, May 1: Rutter $13,801, Newhouse $25,600, Verini $800. Monday, May 13: Rutter $11,000, Newhouse $0, Verini $6,800. Friday, May 10: Verini defeated Forrest and Perry. Thursday, May 9: Rutter defeated Frates and Cooper.

Wednesday, May 8: Newhouse defeated Harris and Shannon. Tuesday, May 7: India Cooper defeated Babu Srinivasan and Robin Carroll. Monday, May 6: Bob Verini defeated Leslie Shannon (WC) and Eddie Timaus. Friday, May 3: Chuck Forrest defeated Chuck Forrest (WC) and Eric Newhouse (WC) All three advance to semifinals.

Thursday, May 2: Brad Rutter defeated Claudia Perry (WC) and Kathleen Waits. Wednesday, May 1: Bob Harris defeated Rachael Schwarz and Frank Spangenberg. The college tournament was also played during the Fleming era, with the first Trebek-era college shows airing in the late-1980s. The winner earns $100,000 plus a spot in the Tournament of Champions.

The College Championship: Featuring college students. The first Teen Tournament aired in 1987. One of the most notable Teen champions was Eric Newhouse, who advanced to the finals of the 1989 ToC, and participated in the "Million Dollar Masters" and "Ultimate Tournament of Champions" tourneys. For many years, the winner also participates in the Tournament of Champions.

The winner receives $75,000 (plus, at various times through the run, a new car). The Teen Touranment: Featuring high school students. All non-winners - including the second- and third-place players in the finals - receive a guaranteed amount based on their finishing position; in addition, the runners-up in the finals receive additional cash equal to their score if it exceeds the guaranteed amount. The contestant with the highest cumulative score wins the grand prize ($100,000 from 1985-2001; $250,000 since 2002).

The contestant's cumulative total from both days is added together to determine his/her final score. The first-day score does not factor into the second day's scoring. Shows 9-10: The two-day finals. At this point, the game becomes a single-elimination affair, with each winner advancing to the finals.

Shows 6-8: The semifinals. Four "wild card" spots are available to those with the highest score among non-winners; ties broken by the highest score after "Double Jeopardy!". The five winners advance to the semi-finals. Shows 1-5: The quarterfinals, with three new contestants participating each day.

There has been one triple loss in a tournament, and a fifth wild card was added.) Scores coming to Double Jeopardy! break ties for a wildcard position. (A wild card is one of the usually four non-winners with the highest scores in the opening round of a tournament to advance. In case of a three-way loss in a tournament, nobody advances, and an additional wild card is added in the tournament. If there is a tie in a tournament episode, a tiebreaker question is played, but this has only happened on a few occasions.

Darryl Scott, he won another $13,401 the next day]; there have been few players who have held the co-champ title twice, though there has never been a three-way tie). Col. (One contestant in the Trebek era actually won the game with only $1 [then Air Force Lt. If more than one contestant ties for first place, they each win the money and come back, assuming that they each have at least $1.

The three-way loss has happened three times since 1984; the number of times this occurred during the 1964 NBC version is undetermined. If no contestant finishes with a positive total (i.e., at least $1), then nobody wins and three new contestants appear on the following show; in such cases the three players will participate in a backstage draw to determine player position. Also, in the 1978–1979 version only, only the two highest-scoring players at the end of Round 1 played Double Jeopardy!; the third-place player was eliminated before the start of the round. The contestant with the lowest amount of money at the end of the first round picks first in the second round.

2001–present: $400, $800, $1200, $1600, $2000. 1990 "Super Jeopardy!" tournament: 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500. 1984–2001: $200, $400, $600, $800, $1000. 1978–1979: $50, $100, $150, $200, $250.

1964–1975: $20, $40, $60, $80, $100. The value of each clue is double what it was in the first round (except in the case of the 1990 "Super Jeopardy!" tournament):