'The Answer Is...' Test Your 'Screen to Stage' Knowledge from Last Night's JEOPARDY

By: Oct. 26, 2016
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On last night's JEOPARDY, contestants were challenged with a category titled 'From Screen to Stage' during the Double Jeopardy round of competition. Below, test your knowledge on iconic films which were adapted to the Great White Way! (Correct responses are below!)

$400: With co-writer Sylvester Stallone, this musical got in the ring and hit the Great White Way in 2014.

$800: Sammy Hagar and Kenny Loggins kicked off their Sunday shoes as Tony nominees for composing this musical.

$1200: A Monty Python film did succeed on Broadway as this 2005 musical.

$1600: Songs from this musical, based on a 1968 film, included "Haben Sie Gehoert Das Deutsche Band?" and "Where Did We Go Right?" [Note: This clue was one of two Daily Doubles in the round. Unfortunately for contestant Yoey, she lost all her money by making it a true Daily Double and incorrectly responding, "What is 'The Sound of Music?']

$2000: With songs like "Saving All My Love," this musical about a singer and an ex-secret service agent ran for two years in London.

So how did you do?

JEOPARDY!, America's Favorite Quiz Show and its host, Alex Trebek, began their 31st season September 15, 2014. The top-ranked game show among homes with 25 million viewers each week, JEOPARDY! holds the Guinness World Records title for the most Emmy Awards won by a TV game show (31 Emmys), including the 2014 Emmy for Outstanding Game Show. In 2014, JEOPARDY! won the inaugural Writers Guild of America award for Outstanding Writing for Quiz and Audience Participation; it is also the recipient of a 2011 Peabody Award. JEOPARDY! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company; it is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Television International, both units of CBS Corp. For more information, please visit Jeopardy.com.

Correct responses:

$400: Rocky $800: Footloose $1200: Spamalot $1600: The Producers $2000: The Bodyguard

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