You can edit the questions shipped within this version. This allows you to create your own Jeopardy.
Read below for more detailed instructions on playing and administering the game setup. Enjoy the game!
Instructions and Notes:
This game should normally be run by a teacher, presenter, etc., on a central projector that everyone sees. This game is not a standalone version of Jeopardy that runs itself. It is meant as a teaching tool.
You need to be running a modern browser, such as Firefox 3+, Safari 3+, Chrome, or IE 7+. Be sure your browser is updated. Chrome has a Bug/(Feature) which prevents loading the shipped questions if run from local computer. Either run Chrome with --allow-file-access-from-files or paste the content of data/jeopardy.csv into the textbox on the "edit questions" screen.
The game runs one answer board and final jeopardy. If you need a second answer board (for double jeopardy, for example), open two browser windows and set up a game in each. Final jeopardy can have multiple questions if you like.
If you close your browser window, go to another site, or refresh this page your game will be lost.
You can have as many categories and questions as you want. Questions in special category "Final Jeopardy" are shown on the left side of the page (games usually only have one of these).
Once the game begins, click a blue answer box to show the answer. Click the correct or incorrect icons when users provide the right or wrong question. Upon a correct question, the amount is added to the user's score and the dialog closes. Upon an incorrect question, the amount is deducted from the user's score.
The answer dialog only shows the answer. If you want to see the question (which is, um, the answer in this game :), click the answer text. This toggles between the answer and question.
An easy way to close the answer popup box is to click anywhere on the screen behind it.
To show a previously-answered question on the grid, click the empty spot where it used to be. It will reappear. This is useful if you accidentally click an answer box.
To adjust a player's name or score, click the player's box. This allows you to fix scores when you accidentally click the wrong icon in the answer dialog.
To add a new player to the game, click a player's box and use the "Add After" or "Add Before" buttons. You can add or remove players throughout the game.
At the end of the game, click the Final Jeopardy item(s) under the list of players. When players get this question right or wrong, the dialog does not close. This allows you to set the wager for each team and impact their score accordingly.
To start the game over, refresh the page. You'll be taken back to this setup page.
You can edit the questions shipped with this version. Enter your answers and questions on the lines following the header line, in the format specified. These lines can be created most easily in a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel (then exported to CSV) or in a text editor and then pasted here..
