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Jeopardy!, a popular US television game show in which contestants answer clues by responding in the form of a question, hosted originally by Art Fleming and most notably by Alex Trebek. quotations examples
Murtaugh: Honey, what’s this on my tie? / She looks. / Trish: An ugly spot? / Murtaugh: Thanks. Sharp as a pin. / Trish: I’m thinking of going on ‘Jeopardy’.
1986, Shane Black, Lethal Weapon (released 1987), scene 12, Warner Bros.
Ben: You know, normally a patient wouldn’t smoke or drink during a session. / Vitti: (blowing smoke) That’s an interesting fact I’ll have to remember if I’m ever on ‘Jeopardy’.
1999, Kenneth Lonergan and Peter Tolan, analyze this, Warner Bros.
[…] after Wheel we’d watch Jeopardy which again she was much better at than me […] and after Jeopardy we’d watch prime-time lineup—usually NBC because she likes their sitcoms better […]
2003, Matthew McIntosh, Well, Grove Press, pages 43–44