Monday, February 15, 1999
'Jeopardy!' holds local tryouts
Jeopardy! is coming to Cincinnati May 4-5 to meet the Tristate's smartest adults and children.
The trivia game show staff will test more than 200 adults, plus another 60 parent-child teams, for a new “family tournament” to air this fall.
Prospective candidates will be seen only by appointment, says Laine Sutten, Jeopardy! promotion director.
Appointments will be booked starting March 23 through the show's Web site at www.jeopardy.com or by a toll-free telephone number announced on the show, or says.
WCPO-TV (Channel 9), which airs the show, will help book one of the 70-person audition sessions, she says.
• Three groups of 70 adults (210 total) will be given a written test of 50 questions. Those who score 35 or better will play a game while producers look for players with poise, confidence, accuracy, personality and ability to follow instructions, she says.
• For the family tourney, Jeopardy! will test parents with children were born between August 1986 and July 1988, she says.
About 25,000 adults will audition for the next Jeopardy! taping season (July-April). Only about 400 will be invited to Los Angeles (at their own expense) to tape a show.
But Jeopardy! will fly all parent-child teams to Los Angeles for the family tournament, Ms. Sutten says.
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