Keith Vetter 2019-11-06 : I recently stumbled across a public API for past Jeopardy questions. The API is called jService and allows you to query for clues, either randomly or by category, value or date, and for available categories.
I thought it would be fun to pull questions from this service and put up a Jeopardy display, with six different question categories and with values from $100 to $500. You can click on any of the cells and it will display the Answer, and another click will reveal the Question.
Jeff Smith 2019-11-07 : Below is an online demo using CloudTk. Reduced Font size to display on laptop screens. You may have to click on the noVNC tab at the side and display fullscreen.
##+########################################################################## # # Jeopardy # by Keith Vetter 2019-11-06 # Uses the JService API to Jeopardy clues database # See http://jservice.io/ # package require json package require http package require textutil package require Tk font create titleFont -family Helvetica -size 24 -weight bold font create moneyFont -family Helvetica -size 36 -weight bold font create questionFont -family Helvetica -size 24 -weight bold set S(wrap,length) 10 set S(color,border) aquamarine set S(color,board) blue set S(color,money) yellow set S(color,title) white set S(color,question,border) aquamarine set S(color,question,bg) gainsboro set S(color,question,fg) black set SPINNERS { {boxBounce 120 { ▖ ▘ ▝ ▗ }} {line 130 { - \\ | / }} {dots 80 { ⠋ ⠙ ⠹ ⠸ ⠼ ⠴ ⠦ ⠧ ⠇ ⠏ }} {pipe 100 { ┤ ┘ ┴ └ ├ ┌ ┬ ┐ }} } set SPINNER [lindex $SPINNERS 0] proc DoDisplay {} { global J wm title . "Jeopardy" set padding ".05i" . config -bg $::S(color,border) -padx $padding -pady $padding pack [frame .f -bg black -padx $padding -pady $padding] -fill both -expand 1 for {set col 0} {$col < 6} {incr col} { set J(title,$col) "Title $col" label .title_$col -textvariable J(title,$col) -font titleFont -fg $::S(color,title) \ -bg $::S(color,board) grid .title_$col -row 0 -column $col -padx $padding -pady $padding -pady $padding \ -ipadx .2i -ipady .3i -sticky news -in .f } for {set row 1} {$row < 6} {incr row} { for {set col 0} {$col < 6} {incr col} { set w .clue_${row}_${col} set J(clue,$row,$col) "$[expr {$row * 100}]" label $w -textvariable J(clue,$row,$col) -font moneyFont -fg $::S(color,money) \ -bg $::S(color,board) grid $w -row $row -column $col -sticky news -padx $padding -pady $padding \ -ipadx .2i -ipady .3i -sticky news -in .f bind $w <1> [list ClickQuestion $w $row $col] } } grid columnconfig .f all -uniform a ::ttk::button .new -text New -command {NewGame new} ::ttk::button .reset -text Reset -command {NewGame reset} pack .reset .new -side right -pady .1i -padx .1i } proc NewGame {how} { global questions destroy .q if {$how ne "reset"} { Spinner start set questions [::JServiceAPI::GetAllQuestions 6] destroy .q } FillInBoard $questions } proc FillInBoard {questions} { global J set J(questions) $questions for {set col 0} {$col < 6} {incr col} { set title [dict get [lindex $questions $col] title] set title [::textutil::adjust $title -length $::S(wrap,length)] # TODO: # make sure at most 2 lines ? # adjust font to fit better set J(title,$col) [string toupper $title] } for {set row 1} {$row < 6} {incr row} { for {set col 0} {$col < 6} {incr col} { set w .clue_${row}_${col} set J(clue,$row,$col) "$[expr {$row * 100}]" $w config -font moneyFont -fg $::S(color,money) } } } proc ClickQuestion {w row col} { global J destroy .q if {$J(clue,$row,$col) eq ""} return set J(clue,$row,$col) "" set category [lindex $J(questions) $col] set offset [dict get $category offset] set clue [lindex [dict get $category clues] [expr {$offset+$row-1}]] set question [dict get $clue question] set answer [dict get $clue answer] ShowQuestion $question $answer } proc ShowQuestion {question answer} { global J if {$question ne "%answer%"} { set text $question set btext "Answer" set cmd [list ShowQuestion "%answer%" $answer] } else { set text [CleanupAnswer $answer] set btext "Close" set cmd [list destroy .q] } set wrap 20 while {1} { set text [::textutil::adjust $text -length $wrap] set lcount [regsub -all {\n} $text {\n} .] if {$lcount < 5} break incr wrap 10 if {$wrap > 80} break } destroy .q frame .q -bg $::S(color,question,border) -bd 0 -padx .1i -pady .1i pack [frame .q.q -bg $::S(color,question,bg) -bd 10 -relief solid -padx .5i -pady .5i] -fill both -expand 1 label .q.q.question -text $text -font questionFont -fg $::S(color,question,fg) -bg $::S(color,question,bg) button .q.q.answer -text $btext -command $cmd -font questionFont -padx .2i pack .q.q.question -side top pack .q.q.answer -side bottom -padx .2i -pady {.2i 0} place .q -in . -relx .5 -rely .3 -anchor n } proc CleanupAnswer {txt} { set txt [regsub -all {</?.>} $txt ""] set txt [regsub -all {\\'} $txt '] return $txt } proc _Loading {} { destroy .q frame .q -bg $::S(color,question,border) -bd 0 -padx .1i -pady .1i pack [frame .q.q -bg $::S(color,question,bg) -bd 10 -relief solid -padx .5i -pady .5i] -fill both -expand 1 label .q.q.question -text "Loading_" -font moneyFont -fg $::S(color,question,fg) -bg $::S(color,question,bg) -width 8 pack .q.q.question -side top place .q -in . -relx .5 -rely .3 -anchor n return .q.q.question } proc Spinner {{start ""}} { global SPINNERS SPINNER if {$start ne ""} { set widget [_Loading] lassign [lindex $SPINNERS [expr {int(rand() * [llength $SPINNERS])}]] . freq chars set SPINNER [list 0 $freq $chars $widget] } lassign $SPINNER idx freq chars widget if {! [winfo exists $widget]} return set idx [expr {($idx + 1) % [llength $chars]}] set newChar [lindex $chars $idx] set oldText [$widget cget -text] $widget config -text [string replace $oldText end end $newChar] set SPINNER [list $idx $freq $chars $widget] set aid [after $freq Spinner] } proc DumpQuestions {{col -}} { global J set lo 0 set hi end if {$col ne "-"} { set lo $col ; set hi $col } foreach category [lrange $J(questions) $lo $hi] { set title [dict get $category title] puts "\n$title\n[string repeat = [string length $title]]" set offset [dict get $category offset] set clues [dict get $category clues] foreach clue [lrange $clues $offset $offset+4] { set question [dict get $clue question] set answer [dict get $clue answer] puts " Q: $question" puts " A: $answer" } } } namespace eval ::JServiceAPI { variable MAX_CATEGORY 18414 ;# As of 2019-10-28 variable URL_JSERVICE http://jservice.io/api/ } proc ::JServiceAPI::GetAllQuestions {{how_many 6}} { variable MAX_CATEGORY set results {} for {set i 0} {$i < $how_many} {incr i} { set id [expr {int(rand() * $MAX_CATEGORY)}] set jdata [::JServiceAPI::JServiceAPI category id=$id] set count [dict get $jdata clues_count] set offset [expr {5 * int(rand() * ($count / 5))}] dict set jdata offset $offset lappend result $jdata } return $result } proc ::JServiceAPI::JServiceAPI {service args} { variable URL_JSERVICE variable url set url "${URL_JSERVICE}$service" if {$args ne ""} { append url "?$args" } set token [::http::geturl $url] set ncode [::http::ncode $token] set code [::http::code $token] set data [::http::data $token] ; list ::http::cleanup $token if {$ncode != 200} { error "bad response from server: $code" } set jdata [::json::json2dict $data] return $jdata } DoDisplay NewGame new