Jeopardy! is, probably, one of the world’s most famous intellectual tv shows, where the participants have to answer questions from different categories to win a cash prize. The show was launched in 1964, and today is released by Sony Pictures Studios.
It was Merv Griffin’s wife, who came up with the idea of an intellectual tv show in the 1960s. Merv enhanced the initial concept, and already in 1964 Jeopardy was born.
According to the rules, players for three rounds answer questions of varying cost and score points, and in the final round, they bet and answer the 91st question. The main thing in the game is, of course, erudition, but sometimes the speed of thinking is also decisive. The program is still popular today: viewers enjoy watching the intellectuals wrestle with each other.
This television quiz game is popular in many countries around the world. The game has three rounds: Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy! (question prices are doubled) and Final Jeopardy! (in which you can bet any amount from 0 to all of -in). The 1st and 2nd play 6 topics with 5 questions each, while the Final Jeopardy offers 1 question and gives you time to think. The essence of the game remains the same: you have to answer the questions correctly.
What is Jeopardy?
Jeopardy! is the name of one of the greasy shows on American television, which was launched by Merv Griffin in 1964, and is still on air. Today the show is an international franchise, which is loved by people in different countries. As for the original, American, version, by 2023, there have been 39 seasons released.
In terms of visual identity, the number 45 tv show in the list of the Greatest American TV Shows, Jeopardy!, has always been using a stylized wordmark as the only element of its logo. Although, compared to the original version of the badge, the current one looks completely different.
The first Jeopardy logo, designed in 1964, has stayed in use for 15 years. It was an outlined serif lettering in beige and black, with the uppercase characters slanted to different sides, making up a dancing image. The inscription was set against a plain white background, and despite the calm and strict color palette, looked very cool and playful.
The redesign of 1984 has introduced a completely new lettering, with the I script set in a straight horizontal line, and executed in a fancy designer sans-serif typeface, with the softened contours of the characters, straight cuts of the bars, and the top parts of the letters stretched vertically. The exclamation mark at the end of the wordmark was slightly higher than all the characters. The logo was set in plain flat monochrome.
In 1986 the Jeopardy! the logo was slightly refined. The color of the inscription was switched from black to blue, and the contours of the characters were cleaned up. The exclamation mark was redrawn, and now is set with the same height as all the elements, making up a more balanced and professional look of the badge.
The cool designer typeface from the primary Jeopardy! the logo is instantly associated with the TV show today. Its commercial analogs include such fonts as Geoparody Heavy, Annual Normal, and Positive Vibe JNL Condensed, but with some slight modifications of the characters’ contours.
As for the color palette of the Jeopardy! Visual identity is based on a calm yet deep shade of blue, which looks fresh, confident, and reliable.