Jeopardy! is a French Canadian

French Canadian

French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...

 incarnation of the American game show Jeopardy!

Jeopardy!

Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...

. Hosted by Réal Giguère

Réal Giguère

Réal Giguère began his career as a radio announcer from 1956 to 1961. He worked as a talk show host on French Canadian network television:; Dix sur dix, Madame est servie, Parle, parle, jase, jase. He hosted game shows as well, such as Galaxie and the French Canadian version of Jeopardy!...

, it ran on TVA

TVA (TV network)

TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...

 from 1991–1993. The set was based on the 1985–1991 set on the American series

Jeopardy!

Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...

. Three contestants play.

Jeopardy!

The first round has a game board with six categories, each have five clues ranging in value from $20–100. To start the champion picks the category and amount, and the host reads the clue, the first to ring in gets to answer but has to phrase it in the form of a question. A correct response adds the money while it is deducted if it is wrong. If correct the next selection is made until the board is cleared or time runs out. One clue contains Mise du Jour ("Bet of the Day", the equivalent of a Daily Double), which if selected could wager any amount of their current score.

Double Jeopardy!

Gameplay in this round is basically the same as the first except that the values double and two Mise du Jours are hidden as well.

Jeopardy! Final

Only contestants who finish with a positive score get to play. The category is revealed and the contestants must write down their wager during the commercial break. The clue is then revealed and they have 30 seconds to write down the question and again it must be in that form. The responses and wagers are then revealed and the one with the most money wins and comes back the next show. If they win 5 shows, they go on to the Tournament of Champions and retire undefeated.

External links

• Quiz Jeopardy! avec Réal Giguère (1992)