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September 12, 2007
What is a Tie, Alex?
The other night, I watched Jeopardy and observed the champion win the match by one dollar. This led me to wonder, “Why?” Unless the game is different than it used to be, if two contestants tie for first place, they both get to keep the money they won AND come back the next day to play again. So, if you’re leading going into final jeopardy, unless you really despise the person to your left or right, why not bet a dollar amount that will guarantee that the worst you can do is tie?
Comments
That's been discussed before..a couple of months ago there was a three-way tie for the first time ever. I read an article about how it's so hard because everyone basically had to swallow their pride and say, "It's more cool to make history and re-compete against the other two guys than to just watch out for #1 and walk away with everything." Pretty hard to get 3 people to do that.
Posted by: teahouseblossom at September 15, 2007 08:36 PM
