Converting Jeopardy! episodes into quizzes?

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First published: Sunday March 28th, 2021
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Hey everyone!

I have written a program that takes reads information from the J! Archives (j-archive.com) and saves all the questions and answers in a csv file. This can easily be uploaded to Jetpunk to make a quiz based on a given episode.

For two examples of quizzes I have made using this technique, see:

Jeopardy! #8348
Jeopardy! #6435 (from Kids Week, so the questions are much easier)

Making these quizzes still takes 20-30 minutes because I have to go through all the answers and add type-ins, as well as do some formatting work and add the picture, instructions, title, etc. and check for mistakes before submitting. Therefore, I wanted to see if there was some level of interest for these quizzes before I spend a bunch of time making them. Let me know what you think in the comments - would you enjoy more quizzes like the two above? Is it worth the time to make more of them?

6 Comments

Level 67

Mar 28, 2021

To be honest, 30 minutes isn't much for making quizzes. However, I tested out those links and the quizzes look great! I'll look into them more later.

Level 60

Mar 28, 2021

The amount of time doesn't always matter. If you have a creative quiz idea and execute it well in a 'short amount of time', then I would argue the quiz is still high-quality

Level 66

Mar 28, 2021

I very clearly remember guessing a Final Jeopardy correctly. I forgot which episode, but the answer was Whistler's Mother.

Level 66

Mar 28, 2021

Also RIP Alex Trebek

Level 67

Mar 28, 2021

I can't watch these types of game shows, mainly because JetPunk has educated me too much on trivia. I know every easy answer to these, and yet some "geography master" dude thinks Bhutan is an island nation.

Level 68

Mar 29, 2021

This is a fantastic idea! I'd totally play those quizzes. Good luck!