Former Jeopardy! contestants share how they were given very stern warning while backstage at iconic gameshow

OLD Jeopardy! In addition to disclosing another show secret, competitors gave an extremely harsh warning they received backstage at the renowned game show.

Merv Griffin developed Jeopardy!, which exploded onto our screens in 1964.

Some fans and previous participants are now sharing their stories of what it was like to be a star on the renowned quiz show, which is hosted by Ken Jenningsnow.

Someone asked other Reddit users if they had any behind-the-scenes secrets to share in a thread dedicated to Jeopardy!.

The initial Reddit poster posed the question, “What happens in the Green Room before the games are taped?” to which a number of other show viewers and previous competitors replied.

“Aside from getting a fantastic mask tan, one benefit of COVID was being able to keep a safe distance by sitting in the Wheel of Fortune audience seats rather than the Green Room.

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One eyewitness said, “We even got to stand by the Wheel waiting for makeup,” before adding the harsh instruction they received backstage: “DoNotTouchTheWheel.”

Then someone said: “I’m still disappointed I didn’t get to spin the wheel.

“The couple of us who didn t get drawn until the Friday game kept trying to make our case (especially after the wheel crew uncovered it and started shooting b-roll or some such later in the afternoon).”

Then a third person said: “I was also sad.

“I asked but it was covered in a nice thick tarp kind of sheet and we were heavily warned not to touch it or go near it.”

WHEEL OF FORTUNE CROSSOVER

A fourth, however, remarked, “I wanted to touch the Wheel so bad.”

And a fifth wrote: “As a participant in 2003, I had the opportunity to spin the wheel! The word is heeeeaaaavvvvyyyy.

Then someone else gave a first-person story about their Jeopardy experience! throughout the pandemic and how the Wheel of Fortune and the show overlapped.

“Every Jeopardy! A bag containing alcohol wipes, hand sanitizer, and a N95 mask was given to the candidate. We were instructed by the staff to bring this bag with us wherever we went.

“We file into the Wheel of Fortune studio, dark and desolate,” they continued.

Jeopardy! Set Secrets

Jeopardy! Fans who watch on TV don’t get to see every behind-the-scenes glimpse. The show runs smoothly thanks to these unnoticed set features:

• Each podium has a hidden riser so that all contestants appear to be the same height.
• After each clue is read, signal lights go off around the game board, indicating players can buzz in and respond.
• Buzz in too early, and you’re locked out for .25 seconds.
• The podiums have a small white light in the lower left corner, which tells

  Ken Jennings

  who goes next.

• Contrary to popular belief, the player with control

  doesn’t have a buzzer advantage

  on the next clue.

• To the game board’s left is a scoreboard so the players can see their opponents scores.
• All contestants must bring three

  outfits

  to the studio, but only the host and returning champion change for the next episode.

• There are

  wardrobe rules

  , including restrictions on busy patterns, solid white, purple (like the background), and logos.

• Five episodes

  are taped in a single day, and sometimes more.

• The categories, players (aside from the returning champion), and Final

  Jeopardy!

  for a tape day are all drawn randomly to ensure fairness.

• Female contestants are asked not to wear makeup, which is applied backstage, and don’t wear mascara because of sweat.
• Contestants fill out a questionnaire, and producers select five

  Q&A topics

  for the host.

• Host Ken isn t allowed to interact with the contestants until after the game.
• Players can request to

  sit in a chair while competing

  without question.

“This is our staging area: we put our things down in the audience seating, we were briefed on rules and legal things, we were told to put our phones away after I sneak [a] picture of the Wheel of Fortune set with the lights off.”

FILMED IN THE SAME STUDIO

Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, has adjacent studios where the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! are taped.

Jeopardy! has been filmed at The Alex Trebek Stage, formerly Studio 10, and Wheel of Fortune has been shot at Studio 11 since 1995.

After two weeks of filming, each show takes a break while the others continue.

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Online rumors claim that the same film team appears in both gameshows.

Over the years, Culver City has served as the backdrop for numerous other game shows, including American Gladiators, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, and The Celebrity Dating Game.

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