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?

Level 65

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 56

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 65

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!