Jeopardy! celebrates NASA's 50th with special category tonight

October 1, 12:18 PMSpace News ExaminerPatricia Phillips

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Do you think you're a walking encyclopedia of space knowledge? Test yourself tonight as the popular TV game show Jeopardy! challenges contestants with a special NASA category.

Jeopardy! is celebrating its own 25th annniversary. Recently, host  Alex Trebek won his fifth Daytime Emmy for the brainiac show.

This isn't the first time the show and NASA have hooked up. Astronauts aboard the Atlantis once presented clues while docked at the International Space Station.

Here are  some Jeopardy! facts, just in case someone asks:

Jeopardy! has trademark status as “America's Favorite Quiz Show" from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Jeopardy! has ranked first in Nielsen ratings for the quiz show genre for more than 1,000 weeks, and as the #2 series in syndication for 90 consecutive ratings sweeps periods. Jeopardy! averages 9,223,000 daily viewers*.

Since its 1984 syndication debut, Jeopardy! has been honored with 28 Daytime Emmy Awards, more than any other syndicated game show. Eleven Emmys have been for "Outstanding Game Show/Audience Participation." Alex Trebek has won five Daytime Emmy Awards for “Outstanding Game Show Host."