Jeopardy!
Host: Art Fleming, Alex Trebek
Announcer: Don Pardo, Johnny Gilbert
Premise: Players buzz in to provide the correct question to clues provided.
1960's version
Rules: Three players compete. The board has six categories, each with clues from $10-$50.
| 1963 |
VPs |
"T"-TIME |
ART |
BOOKS |
WORLD
WARS |
| $10 |
$10 |
$10 |
$10 |
$10 |
$10 |
| $20 |
$20 |
$20 |
$20 |
$20 |
$20 |
| $30 |
$30 |
$30 |
$30 |
$30 |
$30 |
| $40 |
$40 |
$40 |
$40 |
$40 |
$40 |
| $50 |
$50 |
$50 |
$50 |
$50 |
$50 |
The champion selects a clue, and Art reveals it.
"5,280 feet"
From the time Art begins, any player may buzz in to "question" the answer.
A correct question awards the value of the clue, and that player selects the next one.
"What is a mile, Art?"
An incorrect question deducts the value of the clue. If no one is correct, the last player
to make a selection goes again, and this repeats until time runs out, or the board is cleared.
Daily Double: Found once on the board in round one, the player who picks this gets the clue all to him or herself. Additionally,
that player may bet any or all of their winnings on the clue. The player may bet up to the top dollar amount on the board ($50 or $100) if
he or she has less.
Double Jeopardy: Changes: Two Daily Doubles, prize money doubles, and the material is harder.
Final Jeopardy!: Players with money may bet any or all of their winnings on one final clue. The players are given the category for the final clue, and may then bet any or all of their accumulated winnings that day.
After the break, Art reveals the clue, and the players have 30 seconds to write down the question for the clue, remembering to do so in the form of a question, otherwise it doesn't count. A right answer wins the amount bet, a wrong answer loses it.
The highest scoring player wins, and returns on the next show, but all players keep their cash, if any. If there is a tie after Final Jeopardy, each player reveals a number they wrote down before the show starts, guessing what their final total would be. Whoever was closest was the day's winner.
Contestants stay on up to five days, at which point they retire, and are eligible for the Tournament of Champions.
1979 version:
Six categories on the board, with $25-$125 questions. One Daily Double to find. The low scorer at the end of this
round is knocked out. Double Jeopardy! has $50-$250 questions, and two Daily Doubles. The top scoring player moves
on to Super Jeopardy. Knocked out players keep whatever cash they won in play.
Super Jeopardy: Undoubtedly where Trump Card and maybe Blockbusters got their bonus games. Five categories each have
five questions. The champ calls for a box and tries to give the right question. Each success wins $100, but a row, column,
or diagonal of right answers wins the jackpot, which starts at $5,000 and has $2,500 added each day it isn't won, and starts at $5,000 for a new players. Players stay on for five days.