All About Jeopardy
This is the question that Merv Griffin's wife Julann used to pitch him the premise of Jeopardy. Its answer is 5,280.
What is "How many feet are in a mile?"
Category: Games
When a player asks for aces & his opponent has none, he's asked to "go" do this.
What is fish?
Category: CD
Name the artist: "Born to Run", "Born in the U.S.A."
Who is Bruce Springsteen?
Category: "You" Idiom
This canine saying means mature folks tend to be set in their ways.
What is "You can't teach an old dog new tricks"?
Alex Trebek became the host of Jeopardy in this very important and auspicious year.
What is 1984?
The number of Jeopardy episodes taped in a single day. (Hint: you can count them on one hand)
What is 5?
Category: Animals
The double-crested basilisk, this type of reptile, can run across water.
What is a lizard?
Category: G-Men
Janet Reno was made U.S. Attorney General during the 1993 FBI-Branch Davidian standoff near this city.
What is Waco?
Category: TV Shows Based on Books by Women
Kathy Reichs drew upon her own work as a forensic anthropologist to pen the Temperance Brennan books that became this show.
What is Bones?
When he was 13, Alex Trebek probably answered guests ringing in at the hotel where he worked as this.
What is a bellhop?
In 2001, TV Guide ranked Jeopardy number 2 on its list of "50 greatest game shows," after this show.
What is The Price Is Right?
Category: Golden Oldies
Duo whose biggest hit was "Hey Paula"
Who are Paul & Paula?
Category: "F"
It's the name of an ancient Roman safety pin, as well as a bone in your leg.
What is fibula?
Category: These United States
This L.A.-area valley where you'll find Reseda & Encino was named for a canonized king of Castile.
What is San Fernando?
Jason Mendoza would have been totally stoked to see Alex Trebek carrying the Olympic torch through this city in 1996.
What is Jacksonville, Florida?
People who have appeared on this game show are ineligible to appear on Jeopardy.
What is Wheel of Fortune?
Category: Names
International variations include Ian, Ivan, Sean, & Giovanni.
What is John?
Category: A Bee
This tallow-like substance extruded by bees is collected & used to make candles.
What is beeswax?
Category: 6-Letter Words
It's a candy-filled party animal.
What is a piñata?
One year before Men in Black hit the big screen, Alex Trebek and Jesse Ventura guest starred as "men in black" on this TV show.
What is The X Files?
It's the official title of the Jeopardy theme song, and also what contestants try to do when they hear it.
What is Think! ?
Category: Odds & Ends
Revived in 19th century USA, king Darius used it in Persian Empire for message delivery.
What is the pony express?
Category: N-O!
It was the number of the U.S. Constitutional amendment prohibiting alcohol.
What is the 18th?
Category: Number, Please
The word myriad can refer to any large number of things, or specifically to this big number.
What is 10,000?
It's the only one of these three game shows that Alex Trebek never hosted: The Pillsbury Bake-Off, Wheel of Fortune, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
What is Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?