S5·E85 Show #1000

Episode recap

The 1,000th broadcast of the American quiz program Jeopardy! aired as the eighty‑fifth episode of the series’ fifth season. The installment was catalogued on The Movie Database as “Show #1000” and listed the three competitors who took the stage: Bettie Nielsen, Chris Byrne and Cigus Vanni. As a regular episode of the long‑running series, the program adhered to the established format that has defined Jeopardy! since its debut. The three contestants entered the studio to face a board of clues organized into six categories, each containing five answers whose monetary values increased from the lowest to the highest. In the opening Jeopardy! round, the values ranged from one to one thousand dollars, and each correct response required the contestant to phrase the answer in the form of a question. After the first round concluded, the board was cleared and a second board was presented for Double Jeopardy!, in which the same structure was repeated but the clue values were doubled, ranging from two to two thousand dollars. Throughout both rounds, the host posed the clues, the contestants buzzed in when they wished to answer, and correct responses added the clue’s dollar amount to the contestant’s score while incorrect responses deducted the same amount. At the end of Double Jeopardy! the three players wrote down a single wager for the Final Jeopardy! round, where a solitary clue was presented and the contestants responded in writing. The final scores determined the winner of the episode and the distribution of the cash prize. The episode’s production credits, as recorded by TMDB, list the series as a reality‑style game show produced in the United States and broadcast in English. No additional details about the specific categories, clues, or final outcomes were provided in the source synopsis, and the episode is documented primarily for its milestone position as the thousandth installment of the series.