Jan. 4, 2026

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Game Shows: Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Price is Right history and trivia.

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Calarogus Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In today's theme

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is Game Shows, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Prices, Right, History

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and Trivia. Question one. Jeopardy's defining twist is that clues

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are presented as answers, and contestants must respond in the

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form of a question. Whose idea launched that format, transforming

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MERV Griffin's concept into a TV staple? Question two. In

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Wheel of Fortune's Bonus round, players are automatically given the

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letters R, S, T, L, N, and E before choosing

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their own consonants and a vowel. In What year did

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that RST N E rule become standard? Question three? On

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The Price Is Right? Which pricing game features a leader

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hosenclad Yodelee guy climbing a mountain as players guess item

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prices and what is the game's official name? Question four?

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The melody that plays during Jeopardy's Think Time has its

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own title and origin story. What is the name of

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the tune and why did MERV Griffin originally write it?

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Question five? After decades at CBS Television, City, the Price

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Is Right moved its production in twenty twenty three to

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which Southern California city did the show relocate, We'll be

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right back with these answers after this break, Welcome back.

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Question one Who suggested Jeopardy's answer and question format? Answer?

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Julan Right Griffin MERV Griffin's wife, Julan Right Griffin proposed

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flipping the traditional quonda structure so contestants provide questions to

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give an answers. That clever shift became Jeopardy's signature and

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helped the show stand out from other quiz programs. Question

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two in what year did We'll add automatic RSTLNE in

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the bonus round? Answer nineteen eighty eight? Wheel of Fortune

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adopted RSTLNE in nineteen eighty eight to speed up the

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bonus round and give contestants a fair starting point. The

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change helped modernize the game's finale and has remained a

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hallmark ever since. Question three, Which price is right? Game

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with the Yodally Guy is officially called what Answer? Cliffhangers?

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The fan favorite game, Cliffhangers uses the mountain climber as

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a visual cueue for how close a player's guesses are

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to the actual prices. Debuting in the nineteen seventies, it

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remains one of the show's most iconic segments. Question four,

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what's Jeopardy's theme called and why was it written? Answer? Think,

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A lullaby MERV. Griffin wrote for his son. Jeopardy's theme

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is called Think and was originally composed as a lullaby

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for Griffin's son. First known as a Time for Tony,

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it later became one of TV's most recognizable themes. Question five.

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What city did The Price Is Right move to in

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twenty twenty three? Answer? Glendale, California. The Price Is Right

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shifted to a new home at Haven Studios in Glendale

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in twenty twenty three. The move followed upgrades and reconfigurations

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at CBS Television City and gave the long running game

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show a modern production base that concludes today's five daily

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trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted

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with the help of AI technology. See you Tomorrow.

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