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PUB DATE | WEEK | TITLE | SYNOPSIS | THEMES | LINKS TO THIS CONTEST | WINNER | LINKS TO RESULTS OF THIS CONTEST (usually published 2-4 Weeks later) |
August 15, 1993 | 24 | ASK BACKWARDS | You are on "Jeopardy!" Those are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
November 21, 1993 | 38 | ASK BACKWARDS II | You are on "Jeopardy!" Here are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
April 24, 1994 | 60 | ASK BACKWARDS III | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
December 11, 1994 | 91 | ASK BACKWARD IV | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
April 30, 1995 | 111 | ASK BACKWARDS V | Here are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
August 6, 1995 | 125 | ASK BACKWARD VI | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
November 26, 1995 | 141 | ASK BACKWARD VII | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
November 24, 1996 | 193 | ASK BACKWARDS VIII | You are on "Jeopardy!" Here are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
April 20, 1997 | 214 | ASK BACKWARDS IX | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are your answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
September 28, 1997 | 237 | ASK BACKWARD | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
April 5, 1998 | 264 | ASK BACKWARDS | You are on "Jeopardy!" Here are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
August 23, 1998 | 284 | ASK BACKWARDS MCLXVII | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
January 17, 1999 | 305 | ASK BACKWARDS CMXVI2 | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
June 20, 1999 | 327 | ASK BACKWARDS | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
March 12, 2000 | 340 (VII) | ASK BACKWARDS 12 | You are on "Jeopardy!" Here are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
October 15, 2000 | 371 (XXXVIII) | Ask Backward | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
July 15, 2001 | 410 (LXXVII) | Ask Backwards | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
May 19, 2002 | 454 (CXXI) | Ask Backwards | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
June 2, 2002 | 456 (CXXIII) | A Bad-Ask Contest | You are still on Jeopardy!, and you still have to supply questions to the provided answers, but the winners will be the least funny answers. | JEO | Text file | Contest image | ||
March 16, 2003 | 497 | Ask Backward | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | ||
July 13, 2003 | 514 | Ask Backwards | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are your answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | ||
October 19, 2003 | 528 | Ask Backwards | You are on "Jeopardy!" These are the answers. What are the questions? | JEO | Text file | ||
October 3, 2004 | 578 | Ask Backwards | You are on "Jeopardy!" Above are the answers. Send us the questions. | JEO | Text file | ||
May 22, 2005 | 611 | Ask Backwards, Erudite Edition | You are on "Jeopardy!" Here are the sophisticated answers. You supply the questions. | JEO | Text file | ||
March 5, 2006 | 652 | Ask Backward | You are on "Jeopardy!" Above are the answers. You supply the questions. | JEO | Text file | ||
September 10, 2006 | 679 | Ask Backwards | Here are the answers. You supply the questions to as many as you dare. | JEO | Text file | ||
April 12, 2008 | 760 | Whacksy Buildup | Describe any of these Googlewhacks in the form of a question, "Jeopardy"-style. | GOO JEO | Text file | ||
January 24, 2009 | 801 | Ask Backwards | You are on "Jeopardy!" Here are the answers. You supply one or more of the questions. | JEO | Text file | Post e-version | ||
November 7, 2009 | 842 | Ask backwards | Here are your 12 possible answers. Tell us your joke in the form of a question, please. | JOK JEO | Text file | ||
October 30, 2011 | 943 | Ask backward XXIX | You are on "Jeopardy!" You supply the questions for as many of the provided answers as you like. | JEO | Text file | ||
November 4, 2012 | 995 | Ask backwards | We give you the "answers" and you supply jokes in the form of a question. | JEO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
November 24, 2013 | 1048 | Ask Backwards | You supply the questions to as many of the provided answers as you like. | JEO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
September 7, 2014 | 1088 | Ask backwards with our answers, your questions | Supply the questions to as many of the 16 supplied answers as you like. (Conversational text) | JEO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
October 4, 2015 | 1143 | Ask Backwards | Provided are 15 answers, separated by asterisks. You supply the questions. (Conversational text) | JEO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
September 11, 2016 | 1192 | Ask Backwards | The 15 provided phrases above are the answers. You provide the questions to as many as you’d like (up to 25 entries total). (Conversational text) | JEO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
October 15, 2017 | 1249 | Ask Backwards 36 | Choose any of the 15 provided items and follow it with a question that it could humorously answer. | JEO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
October 21, 2018 | 1302 | Ask Backwards 37 | Fifteen "answers" are provided. Tell us the questions. Do one or more, up to a total of 25 A&Q's. (Conversational text) | JEO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
June 23, 2019 | 1337 | Lidder me this: anagram riddles | Write a Q&A joke (or an A followed by a Q, if you're into "Jeopardy!") in which the punchline contains an anagram or one or more relevant words or names. | ANA JEO JOK QUE | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
November 3, 2019 | 1356 | Ask Backwards 38 | Sixteen "answers" are provided. Tell us the questions. (Conversational text) | JEO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
October 4, 2020 | 1404 | Ask Backwards XXXIX | The answers are provided. You supply the questions. (Conversational text) | JEO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
October 10, 2021 | 1457 | What is Ask Backwards XL? | You are on "Jeopardy!"; various answers are provided. You provide the questions. (Conversational text) | JEO | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
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