An Embarrassing Moment In "Jeopardy" History

The first time everyone has finished with zero dollars in a tournament, according to Alex Trebek. posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:25pm EST

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ritad5 3 months ago

In Jeopardy Tournaments the fact that players who do not win but have the highest scores among the non-winners proceed to the next rounds affects the amounts risked on Final Jeopardy. They likely wouldn’t have bet it all in a regular game, where the winner keeps the money and 2nd and 3rd place get parting gifts.
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shakiras2 3 months ago

Haha. I saw this. Despite being such smart kids, they don’t have much common sense. All three of them lost their chances to go on to finals. Jeez.
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tenten 3 months ago

Why did the guy with $16,400 bet it all? Even a $16,000 bet would have sufficed and he would have won.
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- lucyrickyalex 3 months ago
  
  He really should have bet $7,601. Yes, there is an entire school of thought based on Jeopardy wagering.
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- JohanPar 3 months ago
  
  That’s what I was thinking, quick calculation on how to exceed 24k and bam, you have your wager, no reason to just throw it all in there. MINIMIZE RISK, SON.
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Stacie2Wheeler 3 months ago

Aww
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robertl31 3 months ago

Ha. My asterisk of history suddenly isn’t so unique any more. I was on the episode the last time this happened, June 12, 1998. Check the J Archive for confirmation.
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tonyb21 3 months ago

Wrong answer is understandable - but all of them bet incorrectly - especially 1st and 3rd.
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shyrad 3 months ago

No one freakin learns geography any more. :-/
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katherinerh 3 months ago

This why you should brush up on history from the past 30 years
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KatieP11 3 months ago

I am an avid Jeopardy watcher, and my jaw was on the floor last night (It doesn’t take much to astound me). Kids, kids, kids, kids. You NEVER bet ALL of your money! Common sense!
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Ouch!
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How the crap did he automatically know that random rule so fast if it’s never happened in the 25 (or something) years this has been on? He is like a friggin magical dictionary…guy.
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- mariath 3 months ago
  
  Possibly someone backstage told him via ear thingy
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- donnaw8 3 months ago
  
  Editing-a friend was on Jeopardy 14 years ago and usually his end spiel is taped 2 or 3 times well after the round was over. They probably consulted and they edited it in to make it look like he knew it off the top.
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