Do Jeopardy contestants get questions to study?

No. Jeopardy only provides contestants with the Prep Center and practice guides. Show-runners often point to watching the show as the best form of studying.

How are Jeopardy questions chosen?

The categories are selected at random and months in advance. Alex Trebek, nor any of the contestant’s know the possible categories. About 15 years ago the categories were scrambled in such a way, and the contestants at the break tried to decipher them.

What is a passing score on the Jeopardy test?

There is no official answer, but the unofficial answer is that you need at least 35/50, and that selection for audition spots from among those who passed appears to be random. No one outside the show knows any more. Before the online tests, whenever they did say, it was always 35.

Why do Jeopardy answers have to be questions?

Originally Answered: Why does the game show Jeopardy require answers in the form of questions? According to the show’s creator, Merv Griffin, his wife came up with the idea of switching the answer with the question, implying that it was simply a gimmick to make the show different from quiz shows that had come before.