Subject: Jeopardy! Teaser
Posted by: salami_swami
Date: Sep 21 09
Just a little brain teaser for those who enjoy math... The answer may shock you.
In America, what is the maximum amount of money winnable in a single day of "Jeopardy!"?
Posted by: salami_swami
Date: Sep 21 09
Just a little brain teaser for those who enjoy math... The answer may shock you.
In America, what is the maximum amount of money winnable in a single day of "Jeopardy!"?
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runaway_drive 
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About 566,000? Reply #1. Sep 21 09, 11:02 AM |
salami_swami
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Ooh, SOOO close it isn't even funny! lol. Reply #2. Sep 21 09, 11:18 AM |
Buddy1
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My guess is $281,600. Reply #3. Sep 21 09, 12:02 PM |
BxBarracuda
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How about 566,400 Reply #4. Sep 21 09, 12:20 PM |
wayman71
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I'm guessing lower, maybe $66,000? Reply #5. Sep 21 09, 12:23 PM |
Deunan
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$565,000.00 - how close am I? Reply #6. Sep 21 09, 12:29 PM |
Anton
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You would have to take into account that to get the most money possible, the daily double would have to be answered last. Reply #7. Sep 21 09, 12:35 PM |
| BxBarracuda
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all three of the daily doubles. Reply #8. Sep 21 09, 1:29 PM |
| salami_swami
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66,000 is way too low. You can get 70,000 without answer a single daily double. :-) BXBarracuda is right on. You can win $566,400 total, counting 3 daily doubles at the lowest values, and answered last, AND final Jeopardy!. The boards would look like this... Ignoring the lines, of course. 200--200--200--200--200--DD 400--400--400--400--400--400 600--600--600--600--600--600 800--800--800--800--800--800 1000-1000-1000-1000-1000-1000 This is the first Jeopardy round. At this point, you can get 3,000 points per full category, for a total of 15,000. You can get only 2800 in the final category, for 17,800. Getting a true daily double on this last clue would give you 35,600. 400--400--400--400--DD---DD 800--800--800--800--800--800 1200-1200-1200-1200-1200-1200 1600-1600-1600-1600-1600-1600 2000-2000-2000-2000-2000-2000 You have 35,600 already. Each category now, besides the two with daily doubles, give you 6,000 each. This is a total of 24,000. This gives you 59,600. Add the 11,200 to the total for 70,800. You can now pick one of the two daily doubles, and get it right for 141,600. Now, if you are crazy enough to wager it all on the final clue, which is a daily double, you will have 283,200. Now the Final Jeopardy comes. Since you would be the only one left, why not wager it all, right? lol. You now have 566,400. At this rate, you could beat Ken Jenning's record in a week. Reply #9. Sep 21 09, 1:42 PM |
| runaway_drive
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I found it on the internet :-) lol Reply #10. Sep 21 09, 2:16 PM |
adams627
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But Daily Doubles are never on the lowest-dollar amount, are they? So that would slightly reduce your winnings: don't ask me how much. Reply #11. Sep 21 09, 2:16 PM |
| salami_swami
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It would reduce the total winnings by just shy of 30,000 if all the daily doubles are on the highest amounts. 537,800, I think was the total. BUT, it IS possible that the daily doubles are on the first amount, although it is rare. The odds for this perfect game is 3,288,600:1. Wow, some odds! This is accounting for the random placing of the daily doubles, and actually being able to get every question right. Near impossible odds. Oh, and if you used this link (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/416396/how_much_could_one_person_possibly_pg2_pg2.html?cat=39), the math is wrong. 141,600 X 2 is not just 283,000. They were off by 200. :-) lol. Reply #12. Sep 21 09, 3:47 PM |
david1975
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This is the board for the first round of Jeopardy: 200--200--200--200--200--200 400--400--400--400--400--400 600--600--600--600--600--600 800--800--800--800--800--800 1000-1000-1000-1000-1000-DD If someone got all the questions correct (including the Daily Double), that person would have $34000 at the end of the first round. This is the board for Double Jeopardy: 400--400--400--400--400--400 800--800--800--800--800--800 1200-1200-1200-1200-1200-1200 1600-1600-1600-1600-1600-1600 DD---2000-2000-2000-2000-DD If that person got all questions correct (including both Daily Doubles), that person would have $264000 at the end of Double Jeopardy. Since that person is the only one with money, there would be no Final Jeopardy and that person would have won $264000 that day. Reply #13. Sep 22 09, 1:19 AM |
| BxBarracuda
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How much money would someone else have to have earned for there to be Final Jeapordy? Would they just need to be over 0? Reply #14. Sep 22 09, 6:29 AM |
| salami_swami
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Good point, they would need at least a dollar. But the minimum they could have is 200, if they got only one question wrong. So therefore, you would have 200 shy of 17,800, for 17,600 for the first round. Times that by 2 for 35,200. After that, you can still get every question right, because someone will still make it to final with you, so you can continue from there. Before the two daily doubles of the round, you would now only have 70,400. Multiply by 2 for 140,800. Multiply by 2 for 281,600. That is still more than the 264,000 that David mentioned, because David has the daily doubles at the bottom, when it could be at the top, with the lowest numbers. So, anyway, you have 281,600 going into final. Times that by 2 for 563,200. You have now lost out on 3,200 dollars. So, technically, the highest possible winnings is 563,200, but if you could still play final jeopardy without any other players, you could get 566,400. For instance, in Celebrity Jeopardy, all the players are able to continue on, even if they have 0 or less, so they are given a free 1,000 to play with. So it is still possible to answer EVERY question right and have a Final Jeopardy. So a celebrity can get a higher score than a regular player. :-) Reply #15. Sep 22 09, 10:09 AM |
| geniusonwheels
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A couple of points to make: 1. The Daily Doubles can be spread anywhere in the column. While top-of-the-column DDs are rare, there has been plenty of them. The most typical spot for Daily Doubles is $600 or $800 and in Double Jeopardy $1200 or $1600. 2. As long as one person has money, there will be Final Jeopardy. I have seen an episode where one man had positive, and he got to go to Final Jeopardy. There was a lot less pressure, and he was able to something rarely done on Jeopardy, bid comfortably to the subject of Final Jeopardy. 3. In the age of Charles Van Doren and Michael Larson, no one contestant would ever get every question right. Remember, Jeopardy is a game of knowledge and a game of skill. The person who buzzes in first gets to answer the question. Everybody competing on an episode of Jeopardy has passed a rigorous entry exam, and now there are trying to see how much they make. But with all of the game show scandals, one player being able to answer 61 questions and somehow know where the two daily doubles at the end of each round, impossible. Even if this were to happen, I'm pretty sure the FCC and maybe FBI would have to look into what was happening. Reply #16. Sep 30 09, 5:40 AM |
| salami_swami
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They would not know where the daily doubles are. It would be purely luck. Luck happens. I would agree that it would be looked into, such an impossible feat, but it would not mean they are cheating. Reply #17. Sep 30 09, 8:42 AM |
animelover33
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I would guess with $567,800. Reply #18. Oct 16 09, 9:23 PM |
coolguy10101
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100,000 Reply #19. Jan 08 11, 4:58 PM |
Eastenders01
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250,000. Reply #20. Jan 08 11, 6:13 PM |
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