Contestant buzzer used on <i>Jeopardy!</i>
date: label: date made
content: after 1983
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This buzzer device was used by contestants on the syndicated television quiz series <i>Jeopardy!</i>. The buzzer is a plastic cylinder with a red button connected to a 7' long cord with a Neutrik NC FX, XLR female connector at the end.
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2013.0103.03
label: accession number
content: 2013.0103
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0103.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: buzzer device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 101 in x 1 in; 256.54 cm x 2.54 cm