DID YOU KNOW…
Jeopardy! claims trademark status as “America’s Favorite Quiz Show” from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Jeopardy! is the #2 series in syndication and averages 9 million daily viewers.
Since its 1984 syndication debut, Jeopardy! has been honored with 28 Daytime Emmy Awards, more than any other syndicated game show. Eleven Emmys have been awarded for Outstanding Game Show/Audience Participation. Alex Trebek has won five Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Game Show Host.
Prominent personalities who have presented special clues for “Jeopardy!” have included
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, Morgan Freeman, Adam Sandler,
Edward Albee, Glenn Close, Oprah Winfrey, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour, Anderson
Cooper, Dr. Oz, Charles Barkley, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Al Franken, Rudy Giuliani,
John McCain, Jerry Seinfeld, Joe Torre, Andrew Lloyd Webber and a host of Nobel laureates.
The highest cumulative amount won by a single Jeopardy! player is $3,255,102 in cash, bestowed on Brad Rutter of Lancaster, Penn. The total amount was a combination of his original appearance in 2002, the “Million Dollar Masters Tournament” in 2002 and the “Ultimate Tournament of Champions” in 2005.
Ken Jennings broke the record for the most consecutive games played by winning 74 games in a row during the 2004-2005 season, resulting in winnings of more than $2.5 million.
More than 300 game shows have come and gone since Jeopardy! premiered in syndication in 1984.
The Jeopardy! production staff has six researchers and 10 writers whose jobs are to create and assemble categories and questions for the series.
Jeopardy!’s reach extends beyond the television set. Each month, its Web site www.jeopardy.com receives nearly 400,000 visitors.