Jeopardy is a long-running American television quiz show created by Merv Griffin and first broadcast in 1964, built around answers that contestants must turn into questions. Its distinctive board, categories and musical cues have become shorthand for trivia itself, which is why short clips from the show circulate widely in videos, streams and memes. The board fill cue works because audiences recognise the format instantly, even without seeing the show, and it continues to be reused whenever a creator wants a quick, familiar signal that a question is coming.