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Title: Jeopardy! Question
Post by: cyclone45 on September 09, 2016, 07:16:38 PM: How do they determine who goes first in DJ if their's a tie for second?
Title: Re: Jeopardy! Question
Post by: clemon79 on September 09, 2016, 07:26:21 PM: Quote from: cyclone45 on September 09, 2016, 07:16:38 PM
How do they determine who goes first in DJ if their's a tie for second?

By height.

(Presumably, least-recent correct answer.)
Title: Re: Jeopardy! Question
Post by: Fedya on September 09, 2016, 07:29:52 PM: I thought it was the person closest to Alex.
Title: Re: Jeopardy! Question
Post by: clemon79 on September 09, 2016, 07:44:47 PM: It might be. I was assuming that since there is a tiebreaker procedure for the end of the game now, that the same rough tiebreaker procedure would be implemented to determine ranking at the end of the first round as well.
Title: Re: Jeopardy! Question
Post by: trainman on September 10, 2016, 12:18:15 AM: Quote from: Fedya on September 09, 2016, 07:29:52 PM
I thought it was the person closest to Alex.

This is correct. (Alex used to note this on the air, but it's been quite a while since I've heard him officially acknowledge it.)
Title: Re: Jeopardy! Question
Post by: Jay Temple on September 13, 2016, 05:35:31 PM: The one time I can remember it happening, the player who gave the most recent correct response made the first choice.