It all came down to one question: “What is the Ed Sullivan Show?”

Creighton’s History Club hosted the take- off on the game show “Jeopardy” in the Harper Center Ballroom where 18 teams competed.

The answer to the final “Jeopardy” question: The Beatles appeared on this national TV show, the “Ed Sullivan Show,” in 1964.

Each of the final teams had out-played two teams, in the preliminaries and the semifinals, to reach the spots in the final round.

Although there were no buzzers available, the game was kept fair using a coin toss. The winner would pick a category and money amount and have a chance to guess first.

The categories for the final round were the Civil War, Soviet Union, U.S. History and miscellaneous. Each question alternated between teams throughout the round with the first question asked to the winner of the coin toss, the Red Scare. After a very close round, the teams Red Scare and Davis’ ended up with a score of $1,700 -$1,600 with Red Scare in the lead.

The teams had 30 seconds to answer the final question. The audience encouraged the teams by singing the theme song to “Jeopardy.”

Both teams had the right answer, but it all came down to the wager. The Red Scare team members had done their math correctly, and even though the Davis’ wagered all of their $1,600, the Red Scare wagered $1,501 beating the Davis’ by one dollar.

“I can’t believe we actually won,” said Arts & Sciences junior James Mavec after winning.

The prizes were iPod Nanos for all members of the Red Scare. The Davis’ walked away with portable DVD players.

The Red Scare, consisting of Mavec and Arts & Sciences juniors Greg Dodaro, Adam Karnik and Jake Moore said they came out to play on Tuesday because of the prizes, but also because of Eileen Dugan, associate professor of history and moderator for History Club, who encouraged them to participate.

Dugan, who played the role of the television show host Alex Trebek for the night, said she really enjoyed emceeing History Jeopardy.

“This event is really important for our department. I think it really shows that history can be fun, and that students can have a lot of fun with it,” Dugan said.

Geneva Harrimon, Arts & Sciences junior and president of History Club, thought students needed an outlet to have fun with their studies.

“We wanted to promote a competitive spirit with an academic theme,” she said. “We really wanted all of Creighton to feel included.”