Easter Bunny

(disputed — see talk page). The Jeopardy! brand has been used on products in several other formats. In France, the eggs are not laid by rabbits, but dropped from the sky by "les cloches de Pâques", flying church bells coming back from Rome where they spent Easter. 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 Easter Bunny, however, remains considerably more recognized and well known than its bilby counterpart. "Celebrity Jeopardy" was a popular skit on Saturday Night Live featuring Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek. This campaign has had moderate success, and Easter Bilbies are a common and unremarked sight in many Australian stores around Easter. 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.

In Australia, rabbits are a seriously invasive species and are therefore generally considered pests, so there has been a long-running campaign to replace the Easter Bunny with an Easter Bilby, a native marsupial. 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. Sometimes the expression, "The Easter Bunny has retired" is used by parents when all of their children have figured out that there is no Easter Bunny. In an episode of "Cheers," John Ratzenberger's "Clifford Clavin" appears on "Jeopardy," and almost wins, but loses in Final Jeopardy!. This is a common practice even in non-Christian households, as Easter has started to become a more non-sectarian festival, along the lines of Halloween or Valentine's Day. Art Fleming appeared in a cameo role alongside the Jeopardy! board in 1982's Airplane II: The Sequel. Sometimes children leave out carrots for the Easter Bunny, which is similar to the practice of leaving milk and cookies for Santa Claus. However, if they gave the correct response they did receive the money value of the question.

According to American lore, the Easter Bunny leaves baskets of treats (including Easter eggs and assorted chocolates) on Easter morning for good children. If any contest answered a question in the question form made popular by Jeopardy, that contestant was forced to wear a dunce cap. A hundred years later Jakob Grimm wrote of long-standing similar myths in Germany itself (noting many related landmarks and customs), and traced German legends of Ostara back to at least the 7th century. A prime example of this was the Comedy Central show "Win Ben Stein's Money". Presumably, the Oschter Haws laid them when they were not looking. 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. Only good children received gifts of coloured eggs in the nests that they had made in their caps and bonnets before Easter. Main article: Jeopardy! in culture.

German immigrants in the Pennsylvania Dutch area told their children about the "Osterhase" (also: "Oschter Haws") or Easter Bunny. Clue Crew: Jon Cannon, Cheryl Farrell, Jimmy McGuire, Kelly Miyahara, Sarah Whitcomb. The idea of an egg-laying rabbit came to the United States in the 18th century. Griffin, Gary Johnson, Michele Loud, Jim Rhine, Mark Gaberman, Andrew Shepard Price, John Duarte. German Protestants had wanted to retain or re-introduce the Catholic custom of eating colored eggs for Easter, but did not want to introduce their children to the Catholic rite of fasting, which was the reason for the abundant availability of eggs at Easter time (they were forbidden to Catholics during the fast of Lent, and thus eggs laid during Lent were stored until the feast). 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. There are no known sources from the time documenting the existence of Eostre; historians disagree as to the proper weight to be given to Bede's assertion of her existence. The Trebek version is completely intact.

According to the medieval English historian Bede, Eostre was a pre-Christian goddess and Jacob Grimm, in Deutsche Mythologie, concluded that this same goddess was called Ostara in Germany, although this conclusion has been disputed. The first episode and the second episode also exist in collections. The word "Easter" originated from Eostremonat, meaning Eostre's month. 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. It originates in Western European cultures. It is believed that is all that is left of the run, as the tapes were destroyed by NBC. The Easter Bunny is a fantasy or mythological rabbit which leaves gifts for children at Easter. In addition, an ordinary 1974 episode and the 1975 finale exist among private collectors.

A clip from an earlier 1960s episode aired in 2004 during an ABC News Nightline special on Jeopardy! on the night Ken Jennings lost. GSN has aired 1 episode from the 1964–75 Fleming version, the 2000th episode. In addition, the American version of the show is distributed internationally and airs across the world. Israel's version is the most recent version of the A&Q show around the globe, starting in 1997.

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 theme has gone through some slight reorchestrations since then. The main theme was updated again in 2000 - this arrangement was similar to the previous one, but looser and more upbeat.

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. The main theme was remixed in 1991 to include a bongo track. 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. "Frisco Disco" would resurface in 1983 as a prize cue on Wheel of Fortune, and would continue to be used until 1989.

The main theme to the 1978–79 revival was called "Frisco Disco" and was composed by Merv Griffin. On the finale episode with Art Flemings in 1975, the theme used was "Smile" originally composed by Charlie Chaplin. The main theme song to the original 1960s version is called Take 10 and was composed by Merv Griffin's wife, Julann. 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.

For example, the theme is often heard at baseball stadiums when the manager goes to the pitcher's mound to discuss a replacement. 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 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. The mandatory waiting period after taking the contestant exam is one year, after which one may try out again.

Fifteen children ages ten to twelve are chosen for each filming, along with one alternate. One is called or notified by the station on which one views Jeopardy! if one is to appear on the show. One does bring one's anecdotes and information sheet, but one first plays the mock Jeopardy! game, then takes a thirty question test. 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. The coordinators request that they finish by telling what they would do with any money they won on Jeopardy!. After playing a few clues, the contestant coordinators give each potential contestant a few minutes to talk about themselves.

Having a lot of energy and using a loud, confident voice are considered to be huge advantages. 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. A game board is presented, and potential contestants are placed in groups of three to play the game. Then the third part of the audition, a mock Jeopardy! competition, begins.

At this point the people who passed the written test are given paperwork to fill out, which details eligibility and availability. Those who did not pass the test are dismissed, and those who did pass the test remain for the third phase of the audition. Exact scores are not disclosed, only pass/fail results. Some people who have auditioned speculate that the passing score varies depending on how many contestants are needed for the show.

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. At the end of the fifty questions, the contestant coordinators take the completed answer sheets and grade them. 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. 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.

The staff tries to make the audition process entertaining. The first is a pep talk of sorts from the contestant coordinator. There are three parts to the auditioning process itself. 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.

Tryouts for the regular version are given to many people at one time. 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. Tryouts take place regularly at the Los Angeles Jeopardy! studio, and occasionally in other locations. The Jeopardy! staff regularly offers auditions for potential contestants.

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. Jerome Vered finished third ($20,600), collecting $250,000. Jennings placed second (with $34,599) and took home $500,000. The final winner was Brad Rutter ($62,000 for the tournament final).

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. Jeopardy! announced a new tournament on December 28, 2004, called the Ultimate Tournament of Champions, which began airing February 9, 2005. Main Article: Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions. Rutter wins the Million Dollar Masters Touranment and the $1 million grand prize.

Totals: Rutter $25,601; Newhouse $25,600; and Verini $7,600. Results were thus:. Each of the five winners advance, with four non-winners filling wild-card spots. 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.

Three semifinal matches were played, with the winners competing in a two-day final. The Tenth Anniversary Tournament was a short five-day tournament aired in 1993 following the conclusion of the regular Tournament of Champions. The "Super Jeopardy!" tournament also featured 4 lecterns as opposed to the standard three. 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.

It featured top players during the first six years of the 1984 syndicated run, plus a notable champion from the original Fleming era. The first of these "all-time best" tournaments, "Super Jeopardy!" aired in 1990 on ABC. There have been a number of special tournaments featuring the greatest players during the history of Jeopardy! These are listed below. This tournament has been discontinued, largely due to advertisers wanting to pull in younger demographics.

For many years in the Trebek era, the show also had a Seniors Tournament, where contestants 50 or over played. These tournaments are staged identically to the Tournament of Champions. Two other tournaments are featured each season, and include:. The ToC lasts two weeks (10 shows), in the following manner:.

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. The ToC format during the Trebek era was nearly similar. Eleven ToC champions were crowned during the 11-year NBC run. 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.

Senior Contestant Coordinator: Glenn Kagan. Contestant Executive: Maggie Speak. Production Designer: Naomi Slodki. Material Coordinator: Suzanne Jack.

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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):