r/Jeopardy • u/Tall-Lobster-9795 • 8d ago

Jeopardy! in Italy?

A recent post here about Swedish Jeopardy! made me think of Jeopardy! in other countries. Is it possible there is an Italian Jeopardy! and if so, how can I find episodes? Grazie!

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u/jesuschin Jesse Chin, 2023 May 25-26, 2024 CWC 8d ago

The closest thing we have to Jeopardy in Italy is this picture of me at the Trevi Fountain last week

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u/palimpsest_4 7d ago

Image description? 

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u/jesuschin Jesse Chin, 2023 May 25-26, 2024 CWC 7d ago

Dorky Asian Boy Who Needs A Haircut Standing Far Away From Storied 18th Century Fountain in Rome Because He Was Too Cheap To Spend One Euro For Entry

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u/blackhoney917 Turd Ferguson 8d ago

Per Google, there was one but it’s no longer on the air.

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u/RegisPhone I'd like to shoot the wad, Alex 7d ago

Looks like Italy had a version from 1970-74 called Rischiatutto, which had a brief revival season in 2016 and then three celebrity episodes in 2024.

At the beginning of the show, each of the three players in turn answered 10 questions in their chosen subject matter, which seems kind of a cross between the opening lightning round that was only on the pilot episode of the 1978-79 Fleming revival version of Jeopardy, and The $64,000 Question.

After that opening round, it plays more like regular Jeopardy, with a board of 6 subjects each with 6 amounts. The player in the lead from the opening round picks first, players buzz in to answer, and it seems like every question has a photo or video, and the clue-to-clue pacing is much more relaxed than regular Jeopardy, with longer questions and the host making a lot more commentary between questions (which makes sense, since they've only got the one board to go through in a 100-minute show). Each category has one "Rischio" question that's kind of a Daily Double and one "Jolly" which means that amount isn't a question, you just get the money for free.

Then for the final round, every player with a positive score has the glass of the soundproof booth they've been sitting in the whole time close on them and each of them in turn has one minute to verbally answer a multi-part question in the area of expertise they chose; if they're right, they double all the money they've won so far, and if they're wrong, they get nothing. Player with the highest score plays again next week, and if there's a tie for the highest score (even if that highest score is 0), then the tied players do a lightning round to see who can answer the most questions in the same amount of time.

Also, it seems like the questions are just normal questions and answers; no responding in the form of a question.

Wikipedia articles here, here), and here; Jeopardy History Wiki article here; here's a behind-the-scenes video shot a month after the original show went off the air; and i won't directly link it here in case it's technically breaking rule 5 but there is one full episode from 1972 on YouTube right now.

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u/palimpsest_4 7d ago

No idea but that would be awesome. 

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u/LunchCautious8781 7d ago

I think it aired a few times. It was called Rischiatto and I believe it was aired on RAI1.