# Jeopardy! set curiosity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-set-curiosity/753451>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 29, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-set-curiosity/753451 "2016-04-29T20:21:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-set-curiosity/753451/21 "2016-05-01T19:58:38Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Which was a change from when Art Fleming hosted the show. Back then, you could ring in before Art had finished reading the answer.

> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#):
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> But the clue had to be revealed first. If you rang in before the amount card was lifted, you got a reminder from Art.
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> I read somewhere that this was also the rule in the early Trebek episodes as well, but what few episodes from back then were on YouTube appear to have been taken down at Sony’s request.

Years ago I saw Art Fleming on the old\* Later with Bob Costas\* show. He made a point of mentioning this difference, and he liked it better the old way. If you were confident enough with a category you could take the risk of ‘pre-ringing’ each time, with mixed results.

[Found it on YouTube…](https://youtu.be/8E26Mz6o2oY?t=256)

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-set-curiosity/753451/22 "2016-05-01T20:37:00Z")

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> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#):
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> I know this was years ago, and the set has changed since then, but when I was on _Jeopardy!_, the wall of tv screens was actually held together with duct tape.

Sounds risky. Dangerous, even. Likely to cause injury to someone. Something like that.

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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-set-curiosity/753451/23 "2016-05-01T21:29:21Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> Sounds risky. Dangerous, even. Likely to cause injury to someone. Something like that.

Yeah, I really doubt that could have been the case. TV and film sets use miles of duct tape to secure cables and set pieces etc. but especially if you’re talking about when the Jeopardy board used actual, heavy, bulky CRTs there is no way it could have been held together like that.

FYI, back when Art Fleming hosted the show the board was \*\*completely \*\*manual. The question covers were just sliding cards pulled open by stage crew hidden behind it.

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-set-curiosity/753451/24 "2016-05-03T22:56:25Z")

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> [@Hail\_Ants](#):
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> Yeah, I really doubt that could have been the case. TV and film sets use miles of duct tape to secure cables and set pieces etc. but especially if you’re talking about when the Jeopardy board used actual, heavy, bulky CRTs there is no way it could have been held together like that.

Depends how much of the stuff you use. Enough duct tape could hold a herd of elephants up.

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