In 2018, The Jeopardy! Book of Answers was released, in honor of the show's 35th anniversary. The book was released prior to Ken Jennings' run on the show.
Written by Ray Richmond, it featured selected Final Jeopardy! answers and questions from each of the show's first 20 seasons, plus trivia and other notable facts about the show. In 2004, Barnes & Noble published This is Jeopardy!: Celebrating America's Favorite Quiz Show, in honor of the show's 20th anniversary. In 2000, the show's writers released 4 volumes of quiz books titled Jeopardy!: What is Quiz Book 1-4?, each featuring more than 300 pages worth of Jeopardy! boards from Seasons 14-17. (Trebek also voiced the audiobook, which featured the "behind the scenes" material on tape one, and audio versions of select games from the book on tape two.) Its sequel The Jeopardy! Challenge, also co-authored by Trebek, along with Griffin, included boards from their past tournament games, and was published in 1992. Also included are behind-the-scenes photos of how the show is produced, including writing the game material. In 1990, host Alex Trebek co-authored The Jeopardy! Book along with Peter Barsocchini, which included boards from some of their past tournament games as well as boards specializing in some of the show's various categories. With the exception of the Australian, British, Italian and Japanese versions, all of these began during the current syndicated run in the U.S. Various international versions of Jeopardy! have been produced for countries other than the United States. With the exception of a 39-episode block of weekly shows placed into syndication near the end of the first NBC run in 19, Jeopardy! has aired its first-run episodes five days a week throughout its existence. It followed the same basic format as the NBC version, with larger prize money and a futuristic set. The current version of Jeopardy! debuted in first-run syndication in September 1984 with Alex Trebek as the second host. Art Fleming hosted the program during its entire run on NBC. In its original daytime format, it ran until 1975 on NBC, then was revived by the same network for a 21-week run (with a slightly different format) from 1978 to 1979.
Jeopardy! originated as an American television series on March 30, 1964. Over the years, the show has expanded its brand beyond television and been licensed into products of various formats. Jeopardy! is an American media franchise that began with a television quiz show created by Merv Griffin, in which contestants are presented with clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of a question. † Jeopardy! and its elements (such as its set and host Alex Trebek) was licensed for use in this work. " Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" (1997 episode of The Simpsons) †.Cliff Clavin?" (1990 episode of Cheers) † Jeopardy! ( various iterations since 1964 current syndicated version since 1984).