Cast:Alex Trebek, Johnny Gilbert, Jimmy McGuire, Sarah Whitcomb Foss, Kelly Miyahara, Ken Jennings, Jon Cannon, Cheryl Farrell, Brad Rutter, James Holzhauer, Julia Collins, Austin Rogers, Buzzy Cohen, Alan Lin, Roger Craig, Jason Zuffranieri, Seth Wilson, Arthur Chu, India Cooper, Jerome Vered, Chuck Forrest, David Madden, Frank Spangenberg, Bob Harris, Michael McKean, Alex Jacob, Larissa Kelly, Colby Burnett, Pam Mueller, Jason Zollinger
Synopsis
On the heels of the syndicated success of "Wheel of Fortune (1983)", producer Merv Griffin decided to return his classic quiz show-with-a-twist, "Jeopardy!" to the airwaves in 1984. It, too, was a huge success, and also marked a return to the game's tried-and-true formula of answers and questions (after a slightly-modified remake six years earlier failed to catch on). Three contestants, including a returning champion, competed. Six categories are announced (e.g., Art World, Cooking, 20th Century Republicans, "Friends (1994)", Muscle Men and College Girls Wearing White T-shirts), each having five answers ostensibly graded by difficulty, from $100 to $500. The champion chose a category and dollar amount (e.g., "College Girls Wearing White T-shirts for $100"), to which host Trebek reads the answer ("Inspector 12 must give her seal of approval before a college girl can wear one of these plain white T-shirts"). Contestants had to respond in question form ("What is Hanes?") ; if correct, ...
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