Posted on 01/19/2016 9:27:05 PM PST by windcliff
It's rare that game shows get away with not forking out at least some cash, but that's what happened on Jeopardy! when the final clue bamboozled gambling contestants.
The popular US programme has been on the air since the 1960s and sees contestants answer questions based on a range of subjects, like history, current affairs, art, and literature.
But on Monday the show's three contestants were not so lucky, or capable, as they bet a total of $33,600 only to lose out on a question involving school segregation.
The offending clue was: "A 1957 event led to the creation of a national historic site in this city, signed into law by a president whose library is now there too."
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The only Presidential Library that the snack bar is a Hooter
Smart move on not knowing it for sure would have been to bet a fraction, or even just $1...
The two who were tied for the lead made smart bets. Each had to bet everything to guard against the other. The one in last bet stupidly. Her only chance was for the other two to be wrong, so any bet would win except for betting and losing it all. Even leaving one dollar would have won it for her.
I saw this. I was so hoping for a wipeout, and it happened!
The bait shop analogy actually isn’t far off. In real life it looks like a big glass single wide trailer straddling the Arkansas River in Little Rock
The contestants have to receive AFTRA minimum for being on the show. So they get something...
Normally 2nd gets $2000 and 3rd gets $1000. I think the ones tied for the lead going into final jeopardy will each get $2000.
Bingo. When the top two players have roughly the same amount of money, the smart strategy for the third player is to bet nothing, and hope that the other two both bet heavy, and lose.
I was going to write a book, "Leaning Right's Guide to Jeopardy Betting", but I decided to have a beer and take a nap instead.
I wonder, has this ever happened in the past on Jeopardy?
Trebek said that it had happened once before.
Thank you.
It was Little Rock Central and the students were called The Little Rock Nine. Eisenhower sent in the 101st Airborne to make sure the kids got to and from school safe and sound.
I have a friend who was there at the time and every day during study hall they’d have to look at pictures and tell the FBI the names of the people in the pictures.
Today that school, for the most part, is ALL black.
Anyone remember the name of the school? The governor?
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It was Central HS in LR AR. I think the Gov. was Faubus.
I was in HS in Dallas at the time. Wife #2 was attending the school with an older sister and younger brother at the time that happened. ....Soldiers with rifles were everywhere.
Smart move on not knowing it for sure would have been to bet a fraction, or even just $1.
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You don’t get the question before placing your bet. All you get is a general subject - Like “Historical Places”.
Next week is the online test to tryout for the show. There are several opportunities. I'm giving it a shot on Wednesday. I've done the test before but haven't been successful yet.
And I agree, that seemed pretty easy for a Final Jeopardy question. Like some other posters, I was surprised that the gal on the end didn't get it. The contestants compounded their lack of knowledge with poor wagering tactics.
In that same episode though the lady on the right recognized a picture of the popular Orrin Grant Hatch.
I believe I read that Central High is under 60 percent black, but that figure may be outdated. Little Rock has always been liberal since that time, however.
I thought the clue was exceptionally easy. And Randi should not have bet. With the two leaders tied, and her not having enough to catch either one, the most likely betting by the leaders will be both betting it all, her only hope it that they are both wrong. If one of them does not bet it all, they are likely to bet little enough to guard against her catching them. She hada gimme, and she failed to take advantage. Dummkopf.
I once cleared the board on the first match. questioned every single answer correctly. Of course, the same set of questions in the studio would be a completely different story.
What I love about Jeopardy is that first, it’s a thinking man’s game show. Second, occasionally a contestant has some personal knowledge of a category.
A few years ago, the answer was about a the name of a ride introduced at a world’s fair. The contestant said, I better get it right, George Ferris was my great grandfather.
Governor George Wallace. Don’t remember the school without looking it up, though.
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