What is … Jeopardy!?

The Clue was: 'This popular TV game show is hosted by Alex Trebek.' (Photo: Newspaper Li)

The game was created by actor / singer / talk show host, Merv Griffin, in 1964. His wife, Julann, is credited with the idea of using the quirky answer-and-question format. Hosted by Alex Trebek (native of Sudbury, Ontario) since 1984, when it was launched in five-day-per-week ('strip') syndication, it is currently completing its 28th season.
Its format: Three Rounds: Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy! and Final Jeopardy! In the first two, six answers in six categories are revealed on a big board of TV monitors, then contestants 'ring in' to supply correct … er, ah … questions orally within five seconds, and build up a money score by responses.

Radio … and Me - 22

The radio dial was an exciting source of news and entertainment during the late 50s and early 60s.

Of course, everything I was listening to was available only on the AM dial. (FM radio had existed in Nova Scotia since the late 40s, but ran only simulcasts in higher fidelity (in mono) of the AM output, except for a couple of hours of show tunes and classical music in the evenings.) (Photo by: http://www.freewebs.com/oldradios/)
However, I was able to make occasional forays into “Short Wave” broadcasts, usually from the “BBC World Service” or “Voice of America,” along with the beeps of the Dominion Observatory Official Time Signal!
We had two “local” stations: