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Wiktionary
- n. Jeopardy!, a popular US television game show in which contestants answer clues by responding in the form of question, hosted originally by Art Fleming and most notably by Alex Trebek.
Etymologies
- Coined when Ed Vane, a skeptical producer, rejected an earlier concept of the show, claiming “it doesn’t have enough jeopardies”, according to creator Merv Griffin. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Just like in Jeopardy!, this reasoning goes, you should lose money and status for answering (or behaving) "wrongly.”
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“SFB: Do you feel that because of the changing cast of characters, Double Jeopardy is accessible to a first-time reader?”
“It's like being a real smart person in a room when Jeopardy is on.”
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“HOST: This episode of Congressional Jeopardy is paid for by Vernon Robinson for Congress.”
“Ecclesiast 4.12 thatt seldome comes A Better; whie should I + then putt my Widowehood in Jeopardy? the Virgins life is gold, as Clarks vs tell the Widowes siluar, I loue siluar well.”
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“I was trying to frame that in a "Jeopardy" - type question, but I'm sick and tired and couldn't do it.”
“A growing number of schools across the nation are embracing the iPad as the latest tool to teach Kafka in multimedia, history through "Jeopardy"-like games and math with step-by-step animation of complex problems.”
“Watson, a "Jeopardy"-playing computer that IBM says marks a profound advance in artificial intelligence, edged out game-show champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on Thursday in its first public test, a short practice round ahead of a million-dollar tournament that will be televised next month.”
“Author Stephen Baker covered the creation of the 'Jeopardy'-playing Watson computer.”
“Brown: That's a key element of "Jeopardy"--if you get the answer wrong, you are penalized and the value of the clue is subtracted from your score--not unlike in business where, if you make wrong decisions with bad information, you will get penalized.”
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