How Do You Write Jeopardy Game Show Questions?
“Jeopardy!” is “America’s Favorite Quiz Show.” Hosted by Alex Trebek, it’s been challenging contestants, along with millions of home viewers, for 25 years with its peculiar format of reverse trivia questions. Questions are phrased as answers and the contestant must supply the answer as a question. (For example, “Q: He was the only person who died during the Civil War to be featured on Confederate currency.” “A: Who was Stonewall Jackson?”) While you may love shouting out answers while following along in your living room, why not try your hand at writing the questions yourself? Choose a category, one you know a lot about already. According to former “Jeopardy!” writer Carlo Panno, questions fall into one of six categories: Entertainment, People, Lifestyles, Trivia, Academic, Wordplay. Among those categories, questions can fall under any heading imaginable, everything from Opera to South Africa to Internet Slang. If you love to travel, you might choose Geography, which would fall under t
