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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Kevin Prather on February 26, 2004, 06:33:24 PM
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When making Final Jeopardy wagers, what happens if a contestant accidentally brain-farts and wagers more than they have? Do they do FJ over again?
I know on R&R Jeopardy, one celebrity had the house minimum $1000 for FJ, and he got the question wrong, and he wagered something like $40,000, but they didn't do anything. I assume it's because he got it wrong.
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I think a producer is always with the contestant when they make their wagers, so I am sure they would notice if this happened.
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I recall seeing this once before, possibly on a celebrity episode. They treated it as if the contestant had risked everything.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 04:33 PM\'] When making Final Jeopardy wagers, what happens if a contestant accidentally brain-farts and wagers more than they have? Do they do FJ over again?
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I dunno if they still do the mid-break contestant plug during the FJ break, but if you'll recall when they did, you could see staffers on stage with the players as they made their wager. Ostensibly part of that procedure was to review the wagers before they came out of break to ensure they were legal.
And if something slips through, as Steve suggested, I'm sure they just treat it like the contestant farmed.
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Isn't that also the reason they have to put the "$" and the change in their wagers ?
(Ex: $4300.00) So that they don't try to sneak in a extra digit during FJ ?
Speaking of, has there ever been a smartypants that risked like "$3287.65" or something like that ?
-Joe R.
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They no longer have the ".00" in the wagers. During my initial run, it was necessary. However, when I went back for the ToC, I wrote ".00" and they told me to do it again. I did it three times before they said they wanted it without the decimal and cents.
Ben T.
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[quote name=\'bttritle\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 05:04 PM\'] However, when I went back for the ToC, I wrote ".00" and they told me to do it again. I did it three times before they said they wanted it without the decimal and cents.
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You'd think they could mention this the FIRST time and save everyone a lot of heartache....
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 06:47 PM\']
I dunno if they still do the mid-break contestant plug during the FJ break, but if you'll recall when they did, you could see staffers on stage with the players as they made their wager. [/quote]
THey do a mid-break plug still, but it isn't usually a contestant plug. And they no longer show a shot of the set with staffers on stage assisting with wagers.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 04:36 PM\'] You'd think they could mention this the FIRST time and save everyone a lot of heartache.... [/quote]
To be fair, it was the first show (that took longer than I recalled), Kathy had left the stage, so they were down to two...and they probably switched it around the same time they changed the set; they have bigger things to worry about then to figure out what the exact instructions were at the time I was there. It wasn't a big thing.
Ben T.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 05:33 PM\'] When making Final Jeopardy wagers, what happens if a contestant accidentally brain-farts and wagers more than they have? Do they do FJ over again?
I know on R&R Jeopardy, one celebrity had the house minimum $1000 for FJ, and he got the question wrong, and he wagered something like $40,000, but they didn't do anything. I assume it's because he got it wrong. [/quote]
I don't know if this happens on the real show, but I found out on the Deluxe Jeopardy! Hand-Held Game, you CAN end up in the red at the end of FJ.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 08:06 PM\'] [quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 05:33 PM\'] When making Final Jeopardy wagers, what happens if a contestant accidentally brain-farts and wagers more than they have? Do they do FJ over again?
I know on R&R Jeopardy, one celebrity had the house minimum $1000 for FJ, and he got the question wrong, and he wagered something like $40,000, but they didn't do anything. I assume it's because he got it wrong. [/quote]
I don't know if this happens on the real show, but I found out on the Deluxe Jeopardy! Hand-Held Game, you CAN end up in the red at the end of FJ. [/quote]
I'm sorry, but it time to get this off my chest.
Who cares? We were talking about the game Jeopardy; not the board game. This would be the same as talking about the show "Monopoly" and you [which, you probably would, in your infinite wisdom] saying something like: "In Monopoly, chance cards are worth up to $75!
Is it possible to make one post without making a sidebar comment that has little to no relevancy?
I have had some rough moments in the last 3 months--but I won't bring the specifics to the board. My email is always open.
Not to mention that Tiger's handheld games weren't always the truest to the original format.
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Feb 27 2004, 12:53 AM\']
Who gives a sh*t? We were talking about the game Jeopardy; not the board game. This would be the same as talking about the show "Monopoly" and you [which, you probably would, in your infinite wisdom] saying something like: "In Monopoly, chance cards are worth up to $75!
Is it possible to make one on topic post?
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Have you been going though a rough patch in your life right now ? Because your past 75 posts have been nothing but cruel, vindictice and acid-tounged words.
The guy just made an obsevation, nothing to scream over.
-Joe R.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Feb 26 2004, 11:16 PM\'] The guy just made an obsevation, nothing to scream over.
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While I have to agree that DSmith has been a little more acerbic than necessary of late, it wasn't the isolated observation that set him off, I think, so much as the continuation of a LONG STRING of asinine comments...
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According to Jennifer Wu in an interview at www.tvgameshows.net, her initial wager in game two of the Teen Tournament finals was more than she had for that day. Maggie told her she'd wagered too much, and she changed it.
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Speaking of, has there ever been a smartypants that risked like "$3287.65" or something like that ?
Not as far as I know, but there have been some odd Daily Double wagers over the years. One contestant wanted to risk $1183 - and asked Alex "is that possible?" Alex replied "sure, just let our keyboard operator punch it in".
Another contestant once risked $1111 on the Daily Double.
I also remember the very first time a contestant wagered $xx01 or $xx99 on Final Jeopardy and Alex seemed puzzled. He even asked the contestant why he risked such an odd amount and he explained why. It became commonplace after that. This was early in the show's run, in 1984.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Feb 27 2004, 01:20 PM\'] I also remember the very first time a contestant wagered $xx01 or $xx99 on Final Jeopardy and Alex seemed puzzled. He even asked the contestant why he risked such an odd amount and he explained why. It became commonplace after that. [/quote]
Far too commonplace all these years later are the Final Jeopardy bets where a player wagers everything but one dollar. There are one or maybe two examples in the last twenty years when that kind of bet was useful, and even in those examples there was a better strategic bet. Still, it continues to be a common thing for players to do.
Not as far as I know, but there have been some odd Daily Double wagers over the years. One contestant wanted to risk $1183 - and asked Alex "is that possible?" Alex replied "sure, just let our keyboard operator punch it in".
Another contestant once risked $1111 on the Daily Double.
The eventual winner of the most recent Teen Tournament wagered her "lucky number" of $2006 on a Daily Double last week.
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There's no rule that odd betting can happen on Daily Doubles. I even witnessed someone betting $5 (which is the minimum).
Card Sharks ruled against odd betting (IE: $199 that it's lower than a Queen). So did The Challengers when Dick Clark told a contestant that wagers have to be in multiples of $5. And Dealer's Choice did the same thing when Jack Clark told a contestant that the computer takes multiples of $5 only, except in the final game.
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I seem to remember an isolated occasion where someone wagered $1,234.56 (made-up number), and they treated it as a wager of $1,234.
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[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Feb 27 2004, 10:59 PM\'] I seem to remember an isolated occasion where someone wagered $1,234.56 (made-up number), and they treated it as a wager of $1,234. [/quote]
Couldn't they "round it up" to $1,235?
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' date=\'Feb 28 2004, 04:56 AM\'] [quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Feb 27 2004, 10:59 PM\'] I seem to remember an isolated occasion where someone wagered $1,234.56 (made-up number), and they treated it as a wager of $1,234. [/quote]
Couldn't they "round it up" to $1,235? [/quote]
They could; obviously, they choose not to.
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[quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Feb 27 2004, 01:24 PM\'] Card Sharks ruled against odd betting (IE: $199 that it's lower than a Queen). So did The Challengers when Dick Clark told a contestant that wagers have to be in multiples of $5. And Dealer's Choice did the same thing when Jack Clark told a contestant that the computer takes multiples of $5 only, except in the final game. [/quote]
Could contestants bid in mulitples of 25? I know they did when they had an amount; say $2050 on the Big Bet, and they only bet half; but was it allowed any other time?
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I remember Jim telling Bill Cullen not to risk $75 of his $100 on his second decision. I don't know if this was because it was illegal or just a bad idea, not leaving him with enough for the minimum bet if he missed.
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Feb 28 2004, 07:27 PM\'] [quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Feb 27 2004, 01:24 PM\'] Card Sharks ruled against odd betting (IE: $199 that it's lower than a Queen). So did The Challengers when Dick Clark told a contestant that wagers have to be in multiples of $5. And Dealer's Choice did the same thing when Jack Clark told a contestant that the computer takes multiples of $5 only, except in the final game. [/quote]
Could contestants bid in mulitples of 25? I know they did when they had an amount; say $2050 on the Big Bet, and they only bet half; but was it allowed any other time? [/quote]
ISTR that it was reported on Usenet that wagering in multiples of 25 wasn't allowed. This could lead someone to have a number ending in 25 or 75 for the Big Bet, and dividing such a number by two wouldn't result in a whole number.
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When I was at Jeopardy! the staffers would record the wagers and do the math to determine what would happen if the contestant won or lost. (I don't know if they "helped" the contestants with their wagers: As a research staffer I kept my distance from contestants.)
I'd like to think they would notice if the contestant wagered more than they had. At any rate, in five years I never saw a Final Jeopardy! wager that was higher than the contestant's winnings.
--C