Jeopardy! Discussion
#276
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I've never noticed or don't recall if it's happened, but it could be possible for the winning of the Jeopardy game to win less money than the second and third place contestant. I'm sure there has to have been games where everyone missed the Final Jeopardy round and lost a lot of their "money", but has any winning contestanst every won less than $2K in a single game?
#277
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Since the ratings increase whenever they have a run like this though, it is highly unlikely that they would skew their questions so that he would lose the game.
#278
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I've never noticed or don't recall if it's happened, but it could be possible for the winning of the Jeopardy game to win less money than the second and third place contestant. I'm sure there has to have been games where everyone missed the Final Jeopardy round and lost a lot of their "money", but has any winning contestanst every won less than $2K in a single game?
#279
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So in this case did the winner only get $1 for winning the game and 2nd and 3rd place walked away with more money? I guess the winner gets to come back for the opportunity to play again where he will eventually leave with at least $1K or $2K, but it seems odd to win and receive less than those below you.
#280
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Are they allowed to skew their categories based on contestants abilities and knowledge? From what I've heard the questons/answers and categories are random and it may be illegal to fix the game in this way.
Since the ratings increase whenever they have a run like this though, it is highly unlikely that they would skew their questions so that he would lose the game.
Since the ratings increase whenever they have a run like this though, it is highly unlikely that they would skew their questions so that he would lose the game.
There was an article someplace which said the best way to skew the game against someone like James is to make all the clues easier. Then everyone will buzz in every time and always answer correctly, and that alone would increase the odds against him.
#281
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So in this case did the winner only get $1 for winning the game and 2nd and 3rd place walked away with more money? I guess the winner gets to come back for the opportunity to play again where he will eventually leave with at least $1K or $2K, but it seems odd to win and receive less than those below you.
#282
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Nope, if you win you only get what you had at the end of the game but they get to come back and try to win more money. So it's possible to win a game with
#285
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I suspect in the wake of his success you will see many more players adopt his style. He's basically the first person to hack the Jeopardy format, but his strategies can be copied by anyone.
He gave an interview today on the MLB Network. He has a cunning, ruthless intelligence you often find in hardened and successful gamblers. He explained how he deconstructed Jeopardy's format from the ground up for maximum success.
He's going to do for Jeopardy what Moneyball did for baseball. Once enough players copy his style, it's going to affect Jeopardy's entertainment value. It may not be for the better in the long run.
He gave an interview today on the MLB Network. He has a cunning, ruthless intelligence you often find in hardened and successful gamblers. He explained how he deconstructed Jeopardy's format from the ground up for maximum success.
He's going to do for Jeopardy what Moneyball did for baseball. Once enough players copy his style, it's going to affect Jeopardy's entertainment value. It may not be for the better in the long run.
#287
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IIRC what Trebek said in that show's intro, JH had the top 12 single-game records -- now 13.
His average game is a little more than $400 above the previous one-day record (Roger Craig's $77,000).
His average game is a little more than $400 above the previous one-day record (Roger Craig's $77,000).
#288
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It seems like more games now have a scoring clarification for answers given. Does the writing staff not consider possiblities like 'display ratio' for a two word phrase along with 'aspect ratio'? Producing ginormous amounts of answers and questions could be a factor but it just seems sloppy for a show of this calibre.
#292
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The 3rd dude was close, if he had found that daily double, he could have made it a game, of course he has to get it right first...
#293
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Are all of his top scores still records if you account for the period of time when the value of each question/answer was only half what it is now? I'm sure they still are, but I wonder if any of the contestants in early Jeopardy history would come close to any of his records.
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I noticed the same thing. Particularly the woman. She looked so bitchy throughout.
I do feel for them though. It's so hard to get on the show and when you finally do, you draw this juggernaut.
#295
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I said, "Lambs for the slaughter," when they were introduced last night. James got the almost back-to-back Daily Doubles and it's like, "Oh well, we tried," moment.
#298
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Are all of his top scores still records if you account for the period of time when the value of each question/answer was only half what it is now? I'm sure they still are, but I wonder if any of the contestants in early Jeopardy history would come close to any of his records.