Contestant panel used on television series <i>Jeopardy!</i>
date: label: date made
content: after 1983
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This flip panel was used by contestants on the syndicated television quiz series <i>Jeopardy!</i>. The panel's plastic face still bears the $5000 "Final Jeopardy" bet wagered by the last contestant to use it on the program.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The wooden board that covers the plastic face bears an image of the logo of the series within a television screen-shaped frame. There is a hinge at the top of the board that allows the front panel to be flipped up revealing the inner panel with a plastic front that can be written on.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Jeopardy!</i> was created by television producer Merv Griffin. It originally aired on NBC from 1964 to 1975, then from 1974-1975, and again in 1978-1979. The best-known and most popular iteration of the program, hosted by Alex Trebek, began airing in daily syndication in 1984. The series has earned a record 39 Daytime Emmy Awards including seven awards for Trebek as Outstanding Game Show Host and a record seventeen for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0103.04
label: accession number
content: 2013.0103
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0103.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: panel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: paint (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 7 in x 3 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 17.78 cm x 8.89 cm