This... Is... Jeopardy! Quiz

Show History
Network of the original version
Year the original version began in
Max clue value in the original (excl. wagers)
Year the syndicated version began in
Distributor of the syndication until 2007

Key Figures
Creator of the show (and Wheel)
He hosted the original version
Announcer for the original version
He hosts the current version
Announcer for the current version

Contestants
Won over $2.5 million over 75 games
Won 2005's Ultimate Tournament
AZ senator who won one game on original version in 1965
Blind 5 time champion from late 90s; now USA Today sportswriter
IBM's Jeopardy-playing computer from 2011

Gameplay
The second round of clues
The 61st answer and question
Time allotted for that last round
There are 3 of these clues during the course of the game
Maximum clue value (excluding wagering) today

Variations
Contestants on this version have included Andy Richter and Martha Stewart
Two weeks are set aside for high school students during this
Two weeks are set aside for undergrads during this
Discontinued tourney for players over 50
Competition between each season's top 15 winners

In Pop Culture
Artist who parodied Greg Kihn's 'Jeopardy' with '(I Lost) On Jeopardy'
Show which mocks the celebrity version
He plays the host in the above
Portrayed by Darrell Hammond in the above
Cliff Clavin lost $22,000 when he appeared on Jeopardy in this show

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This... Is... Jeopardy! Quiz

by hscer

Created Dec 2, 2009 in Television
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	hscer:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 05:49 GMT		1 point
	1 is fixed, although the old answer is still accepted. 2 is maybe, but I like having them in there.

	janiac:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 10:46 GMT		1 point
	no mention of weird al's song?? and also greg kihn?

	hscer:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 12:13 GMT		-4 points
	well if you want weird al there's also http://www.sporcle.com/games/hscer/albuquerque

	rockgolf:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 13:48 GMT		0 points
	@hscer: I've just passed word to Ken himself on the quiz. Wonder how he'll do. ;) Two suggestions: Current program announcer & Original program announcer (who still at age 91 is still announcing on television - you'll recognize the name). And as a stretch, any of the 6 Jeopardy categories that Cliff Clavin was faced with on Cheers. (Civil Servants, Stamps Around The World, Mothers and Sons, Beer, Bar Trivia, and Celibacy). But I agree, you have to have "(I Lost On) Jeopardy!" singer as a clue.

	hscer:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 14:31 GMT		0 points
	Ooh you're right. I need to give some love to JG and DP...although if 1 in 6 are missing Trebek (!), I'm not sure what that will bring lol. I love that Cheers episode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=botdmsQilnU for anyone who has not seen it, although it's missing the following bar scene) but yeah it's a stretch. But there's no place for Al in my layout... yet, I suppose...

	rockgolf:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 14:47 GMT		-1 points
	@hscer: Well, you could phrase it as "On this sitcom, Cliff Clavin's Jeopardy categories included Beer, Stamps Around the World and Celibacy."

	rockgolf:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 14:48 GMT		-3 points
	"There are 3 during the course of the game" - Commercial breaks?

	hscer:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 15:05 GMT		1 point
	OK I'm going to add an "In Pop Culture" section. I've also edited that one clue to eliminate your creative response from contention ;-P

	rockgolf:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 15:32 GMT		-2 points
	You're so close to making this into a 6 category, 5-clues board! Why not split the Key Figures into staff (3 hosts, 2 announcers) and contestants. (Add Eddie Timanus - Jeopardy's only blind 5-time champ - and the woman who stopped Ken.) Move Merv into a History of Jeopardy category and add question on original network, year it first appeared, syndicator and first year of syndication.

	rockgolf:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 15:37 GMT		-2 points
	Alternate Memorable Contestants q: "This future Presidental candidate lost on Jeopardy! in 1965 before joining the navy."

	hscer:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 16:07 GMT		0 points
	Thanks for your interest in this quiz. Yeah my original plan was to get a game board, but I couldn't think of a way to get there. How will these changes affect the overall results (% for each answer)? And if I take the game offline to change it, will it disappear from the most played today list?

	rockgolf:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 16:24 GMT		-2 points
	The new answers will start low, because the game's been played about 1,000 times, but if this quiz goes front page, that's nothing. I've been adding to the "Best song of the Decade" quiz several times per day recently. Last suggestion: Increase the font size on the column headers to 12 or 14 points.

	hscer:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 16:36 GMT		0 points
	Just need some advice on which clues to remove from the 6 clue categories (I can't decide, I like them all) and it's there.

	rockgolf:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 16:51 GMT		-2 points
	Not exactly Sophie's choice, but I get it. Leave them up a day, then drop the clue with the lowest % correct on the results page. Then keep the 3 physically shortest category on the top row. Right now, Show History & Key Figure are in the right place, but if you move the Variations category to the bottom, (moving Contestants to the top row) you'll have a lot less white space and more clues will appear without scrolling. You might also want to try splitting 60% clue/40% answer, but that's kinda counterintuitive on the Grouped hints. Basically, on the slide, make the last field bigger.

	huvelle:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 17:22 GMT		2 points
	I was very suprised there was no "White Men Can't Jump" reference, I mean it was a very large part of the movie. "Foods that start with the letter 'Q'"

	match:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 18:23 GMT		2 points
	some rather obscure questions on here - who distributes it?? some good stuff too though.

	marpocky:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 18:37 GMT		2 points
	You can probably get rid of the Seniors clue (since it's defunct) and either the Golden Girls or Connery clue. As for the Gameplay one, maybe get rid of the minimum question? Hard to decide, I know, but I think these cuts are reasonable. THEN, if you really want to go all out, write all the clues in Jeopardy style, so the answers are questions and vice versa. That'd be great.

	quizzical:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 21:16 GMT		1 point
	How about a Rain Man question, and not 3 SNL questions?

	simpleerrors:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 23:11 GMT		2 points
	For variations, you can have the jeopardy bus, or whatever that was called. I like the names. They are nice. For gameplay, I dunno, but I feel like "All answers must be phrased in this" is a pretty important part.

	IsThisIt:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 23:44 GMT		2 points
	How about accepting first names for the contestants. After all, that is what the most visible part is.

	dropzone5:	Dec 5th, 2009 at 19:38 GMT		2 points
	What, no love for the Kids' Week?

	laughing_girl:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 23:34 GMT		2 points
	good... jeopardy rocks!

	Lowbill:	Mar 19th, 2010 at 09:45 GMT		2 points
	Like the quiz. They don't always get to all the clues, though, so the last round isn't necessarily the 61st answer/question. Why not just ask for "last round?" It's how the next clue describes it! And I'm surprised there was no mention of "Jep," the children's version of the show.

	hscer:	Apr 24th, 2010 at 06:31 GMT		0 points
	You seemed interested in this one for a while rockgolf. It hasn't been forgotten has it? Did Kicking (TV editor) ever look at it, or see it, in whatever virtual smoke filled room equivalent is used for communication amongst editors?

	hscer:	May 18th, 2010 at 23:33 GMT		0 points
	Answers my question. I was wondering where these plays today were coming from. Thanks Kicking, that's my 3 editor's pick in a week! This on top of my recent publication; I think my Sporcle profile is finally getting somewhere.

	PKSandman:	May 18th, 2010 at 23:45 GMT		2 points
	Just a quick note for those guys out there: Eddie Timanus has went on to bigger and better things. He currently writes for USA Today in their sports section. It kind of confuses me, but he's there.

	rockgolf:	May 19th, 2010 at 16:08 GMT		-1 points
	@hscer: Glad to see this one has picked up traction again. I suggest you incorporate the info on Timanus from the prev comment in the clue "Blind 5 time champion, now a sports reporter for USA Today", and replace the largely forgotten Zerg and Spangenberg with "In 1965, this future Arizona Senator and presidential candidate was a one-game winner." (Who was John McCain? - http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-06-30-2937395846_x.htm?) and "This 'Lethal Weapon' star's father won the 1968 Tournament Of Champions." (Who is Mel Gibson?)

	hscer:	May 19th, 2010 at 20:57 GMT		0 points
	Frank Spangenberg was so cool (a giant, mustachioed police officer who won $100,000 in 1990 dollars before clue values were doubled and the 5 game limit was taken away! Come on!). I'm disappointed no one remembers him. But I will take your advice, thanks for picking this one up again.

	bmo1616:	May 20th, 2010 at 02:21 GMT		3 points
	I always hated how they have to rush through the 1st two rounds in 20 minutes, miss good categories, and then take their sweet time and take 10 minutes to ask final jeopardy.

	trivial:	May 20th, 2010 at 05:12 GMT		2 points
	Why isn't just Gibson accepted for Mel Gibson? Last names only are acceptable in the show, after all.

	NClark128:	May 20th, 2010 at 05:35 GMT		2 points
	It seems like there's still something off about this quiz... oh, right... the fact that it doesn't accept answers in the form of a question. This should be an absolute requirement for ALL Jeopardy quizzes.

	Fidelio:	May 20th, 2010 at 15:13 GMT		5 points
	Mentioning in a clue that someone appeared on the Fleming version makes it pretty easy to guess who the first host was.

	KrenzyBombs:	May 25th, 2010 at 21:05 GMT		3 points
	was very unhappy to not have seen the inclusion of "white men can't jump" for the pop culture area... 'I can name 8 different foods that start with the letter Q' -Rosie Perez

	glynndah:	May 28th, 2010 at 02:18 GMT		6 points
	I was ON Jeopardy! {can't forget the exclamation point} and still missed a couple.

	cubsnskins:	Aug 10th, 2010 at 02:09 GMT		2 points
	it should take "teen jeopardy"

	tyant649:	Feb 9th, 2011 at 00:04 GMT		3 points
	@glynndah thats pretty cool! Oh and Final Jeopardy! is not neccesarily the 61 question, if they run out of time and do not get to some questions it will not be the 61 question

	nowhammies10:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 00:15 GMT		1 point
	What is 30/30?