Jeopardy! international tournaments

The game show "Jeopardy!" occasionally holds international tournaments which feature champions from each of the international versions of "Jeopardy!" All countries that currently air their own version of the show can nominate a contestant.

For a list of countries with "Jeopardy!" adaptations, see Jeopardy! around the world.

Format

This is a one-week tournament, with qualifying round games where the nine world champions appear in one of the three games under a "win or go home" format (i.e. no "wild cards" like the regular tournaments). The three qualifying round winners advance to the two-game finals, where the champion with the highest cumulative 2-game score wins the tournament.

The International Tournament is rarely held.

Prizes

The prize amounts for all contestants are as follows [http://www.j-archive.com/listprizes.php] :

List of contestants

The following is a list of contestants and where they placed in each tournament. Winners who earned more than the minimum guarantee are as indicated.

In 1997, a man named Mälte was the announcer during the tournament held in Stockholm for a few episodes instead of Johnny Gilbert (Mälte was the Swedish version's announcer at that time), although Gilbert's voice could still be heard at the end of an episode.

A memorable moment from one of the international championship games in 1997 was played on the first of the "Most Outrageous Game Show Moments" specials in 2002. To the clue "If a Japanese "isha" (doctor) asks you stick out your "shita", he means this", Per Gunnar Hillesoy responded, "What is your behind?" (The correct response was "What is your tongue?", given by Boris Levitt.)

The Olympic Games Tournament in 1996 commemorated the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The tournament was held in four days, with the final round lasting one day instead of two.

Only five countries have taken part in all three tournaments: the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, and Turkey, each having their own variation of the quiz show in their own countries.

External links

* [http://www.j-archive.com] -An archive of Jeopardy! games past and present, including some from the International Championship