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If you've never seen "Jeopardy!", it's played in a unique answer/question format. Three contestants vie to answer a series of questions, on a wide variety of subjects, but the show's questions are provided in the form of an "answer", while the contestants must phrase their answers in the form of a "question". Contestants first choose a
category, such as "U.S. States", and then they are shown the
"answer", which might be "Alaska and Texas". The first
of the three contestants to "buzz in" gives what he
or she hope is the correct "question", which in this instance
might be "What are the two largest states in the U.S.?" Each
correct answer wins a dollar amount - and the higher the dollar amount,
the more difficult the question. The game's second round is called "Double Jeopardy" because the dollar amounts of the questions are double that of the first round. At the end, the contestants play "Final Jeopardy". They are shown a category, but not the question. They can wager any amount, up to the entire total of their day's winnings, on that one make or break question. After the contestants have decided how much they want to wager, they are shown the final question, and they write down their answers while the familiar "Jeopardy Game Show!" theme song plays in the background. (Is it my imagination, or does the final portion of this Merv Griffin melody sound remarkably like the final portion of the well known children's song, "I'm a Little Teacup"?) For tickets to see the show, you can write to: Jeopardy Tickets But it's faster and easier to get them online, where you can print out your tickets immediately on your own printer. Jeopardy Game Show |