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/jbuzz/tournament-champions/champions-thats-wrap

They came, they saw, they played their hearts out. The 2017 champions gave us no shortage of things to talk about during the tournament. Now get a look at some of the fun behind the scenes.

Every Jeopardy! tournament starts in the green room. At this point, Austin Rogers’ streak has not yet aired, so none of the other champions have seen his unique gameplay.

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/jbuzz/clues-categories/we-asked-elizabeth-vargas

As a longtime anchor for “20/20,” Elizabeth Vargas has seen and covered a lot. But the story of the Angulo brothers gets her nod as “most memorable.” For more than a decade, the brothers were locked in their family’s New York apartment and were rarely allowed to leave.

/jbuzz/behind-scenes/judges-table-sgt-peppers-what

There’s a Jeopardy! scenario that our judges face from time to time: When is a partial response acceptable? That question came up during today’s Final Jeopardy!, when the last clue of the game asked our contestants to name The Beatles’ album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”

/jbuzz/news-events/take-jeopardy-home-holidays

During the holidays, many of us hunker down and spend time with family and friends. Naturally, eating and watching Jeopardy! are among the first things that come to mind as crowd-pleasing holiday traditions. But time-honored customs must make way for new traditions, and – lucky for the J!

/jbuzz/contestants/happy-holidays-jeopardy

Throw on your most festive sweater, grab a cup of eggnog, and let your favorite contestants ring in the holidays with “Jingle Buzzers”!

/jbuzz/clues-categories/clue-crew-takes-gdansk

From the mythical Neptune’s Fountain to a jewelry shop filled with “Baltic gold,” follow Sarah and Jimmy as they explore Gdansk, Poland. The chilly weather did nothing to stall the intensive clue shoot through the Baltic Sea, so get cozy and tag along for a behind-the-scenes look at this historic port city.

/jbuzz/clues-categories/we-asked-leonard-maltin

Leonard Maltin has been a film critic since he was 18 and has been writing about movies since he was in the fifth grade. This man has seen a lot of films. So when he was on our set, we had to find out: What is Leonard Maltin’s cinematic guilty pleasure?

/jbuzz/awards-honors/alex-trebek-receives-order-canada

Desiderantes meliorem patriam (“They desire a better country”) is the motto inscribed on the Order of Canada, an honor recently bestowed upon Alex Trebek.

/jbuzz/behind-scenes/judges-table-whose-paradise-it

Every contestant response is reviewed at the Judges’ Table during live gameplay to ensure that it is complete and accurate. Likewise, any change in scoring causes the game to be paused for a discussion between the producers, the writers and the independent third-party observers to ensure that the rules being applied are fair and consistent.

/jbuzz/clues-categories/unused-clue-twilight-zone

Clues are occasionally left on the gameboard when we run out of time, and you may have wondered what happens to them. Since our writers are in constant creation mode, between the clues for our daily J!6 game and the Jeopardy!