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Jeopardy!

American television quiz show
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Summary

Jeopardy! is a television series[1]. Jeopardy! has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Merv Griffin[3]
  • Award received: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show[4], Peabody Awards[5]
  • Instance of: quiz[6]
  • Director: Kevin McCarthy[7]
  • Composer: Merv Griffin[8]
  • Genre: quiz show[9], game show[10]
  • Production company: Sony Pictures Television[11]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[12]
  • Presenter: Ken Jennings[13]
  • Commons category: Jeopardy![14]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[15], terrestrial television[16]
  • Country of origin: United States[17]
  • Start time: March 30, 1964[18]
  • Distributed by: Metromedia[19], King World Productions[20], CBS Media Ventures[21]
  • Official website: https://www.jeopardy.com/[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jeopardy![23]
  • Filming location: Sony Pictures Studios[24]
  • Theme music: Jeopardy! theme music[25]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26]
  • Title: Jeopardy![27]
  • Duration: 30 minutes[28]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 16:9[29]
  • Narrator: Johnny Gilbert[30]
  • Has spin-off: Rock & Roll Jeopardy![31]
  • Derivative work: Svoya igra[32]

Why It Matters

Jeopardy! is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Jeopardy! receive?

Honors received include Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show[4] and Peabody Awards[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . nypost.com. nypost.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . live.dbpedia.org. Retrieved . live.dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 31
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be_x_old', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'ht', '
    Tv tropes id → Series/Jeopardy
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv tropes id: Series/Jeopardy"
  2. 22d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv maze series id → 2193, 74449
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Tv maze series id: 74449, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274647|batch #274647]]"
  3. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → jeopardy-television-program
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: jeopardy-television-program, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289940673|jeopardy television program (#289940673)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-matc"
  4. 13w ago · LadyData · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → logos:Jeopardy!_(US)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: logos:Jeopardy!_(US), Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297348369|Jeopardy! (US) (#297348369)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8146|Logo"
  5. 19w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Quora topic id → Jeopardy-TV-game-show
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+290955'}, {'amount': '+112000'}, {'amount': '+343515'} +6
    Hulu series id → 3ddd9f60-886c-4a43-a415-f065c2bf04c8
    Armeniapedia id → 17532
    + 59 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:سٹیو ڈورف مین (مصنف)]]"
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