International versions of Jeopardy!

Since the quiz show Jeopardy! premiered in the United States in 1964, many other countries have produced their own international adaptations of the show.

Past and present versions

Country	Title(s)	Network(s)	Host(s)	Dates aired
Arab World	المحك El Mahaq	MBC 1	Ibrahim Abou Jawdeh	2011
Argentina	Jeopardy!	Canal 13	Fernando Bravo	2006-?
Australia	Jeopardy!	Network Ten	Bob Sanders (1970–1971) Mal Walden (1971–1973) Graham Webb (1973–1976) Andrew Harwood (1976–1978)	1970–1978
			Tony Barber	1993 (canceled after six months)
American Version (starting from 2008/2009 season) One HD	October 24, 2011-
Belgium (Dutch)	Waagstuk!	VTM	Luc Appermont	1990–1997
Canada (French)	Jeopardy!	TVA network	Réal Giguère	1991–1993
Croatia	Izazov!	HRT 1	Dražen Sirišćević, Joško Lokas	At least early 2000s
Czech Republic	Risk Riskuj!	Nova	Pavel Svoboda Ivan Vyskočil Jan Krasl Petr Svoboda Jan Rosák	1995–2006 2011, 2012
Denmark	Jeopardy!	TV2	Søren Kaster	1995–2000
			Lasse Rimmer	2000–2003
			Lars Daneskov	2003–2005
Estonia	Kuldvillak!	TV3	Mart Mardisalu	Early 2000s
Finland	Jeopardy!	Nelonen	Ismo Apell	Spring 2007
France	Jeopardy!	TF1	Philippe Risoli	1988–1991
Germany	Riskant!	RTL	Hans-Jürgen Bäumler	1990–1993
	Jeopardy!		Frank Elstner	1994–1998
		tm3	Gerriet Danz	1998–2000
Hungary	Mindent vagy Semmit!	MTV 1993–1997	István Vágó Gábor Csúzdi	1993–2000
	KOCKÁZAT!	TV 2	Gábor Csúzdi	1998–2000
Israel	מלך הטריוויה Melekh Ha Trivia	Israel 10	Eli Israeli	1997–2000
Italy	Rischiatutto	Rai Due (1970–1972), Rai Uno (1972–1974)	Mike Bongiorno	1970–1974
Japan	ジェパディ! Quiz Grand Prix	Fuji Television	Hiroshi Koizumi	1970–1980
Mexico	Jeopardy!	TV Azteca	Omar Fierro	1998–2000
Netherlands	Waagstuk!	SBS6	Albert Verlinde	1995
New Zealand	Jeopardy!	TVNZ	Mark Leishman	1992
Norway	Jeopardy!	TV 2 TV Norge	Jens Bruun-Pedersen Nils Gunnar Lie Trygve Rønningen H.C. Andersen	1995–2000 2004
Poland	Va Banque!	TVP2	Kazimierz Kaczor	1996–2002
Romania	Riști și câștigi!	PRO TV	Constantin Cotimanis Cristi Iacob	1996–1998
Russia	Своя игра Svoya Igra	RussiaNTV	Pyotr Kuleshov	1994–present
Slovakia	Pokušenie!	Markíza	Michal Duriš Dodo Dúbravský	1996–2007
	Riskuj!	JOJ	Štefan Bučko	2002–2007
Spain	Riesgo!	Antena 3	Carlos Sobera	2007
Sweden	Jeopardy!	TV4	Magnus Härenstam	1991–2005
			Adam Alsing	2006–2007
Turkey	Riziko!	TRT 1 (1994–1996); Kanal 7 (1998–2000)	Serhat Hacıpaşalıoğlu	1994–1996 1998–1999 2000
United Kingdom	Jeopardy!	Channel 4	Derek Hobson	1983–1984
		ITV	Chris Donat (1990) Steve Jones (1991–1993)	1990–1993
		Sky One	Paul Ross	1995–1996

In addition to the listed foreign versions above, the American version of Jeopardy! is distributed internationally and airs across the world. It airs across Canada on CBC Television (except CBET-DT in Windsor, Ontario, due to Detroit rightsholder WDIV-TV). Like most American game shows that air in Canada, Canadians are eligible to appear as contestants on the American version. (Like Wheel of Fortune, there was a French-Canadian version of Jeopardy! that aired for a few seasons. It aired in Quebec from 1991 to 1993 on TVA.) Until 2008, Jeopardy! has aired across Canada mostly on CTV stations, although the Vancouver CTV station CIVT-TV has never aired the show (the show has, however, apparently aired before on local Global station CHAN-TV), and in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, the show has aired on NTV. In January 2011, CBC announced plans to drop Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! in favor of Canadian-produced programming; the shows' final broadcasts on CBC and their replacements have yet to be announced.

Jeopardy! has also occasionally held international tournaments that allow the champions of each country's versions to compete against each other for big money.

In Czech and Slovak adaptations, the show is reduced to simpler quiz format. The clue is often presented as a question or a task and the contestants do not have to answer using a question.

External links

• Official site for Finland's version of Jeopardy! on Nelonen