# Jeopardy question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/566093>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 2, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/566093 "2011-01-02T00:25:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/566093/1 "2011-01-02T00:25:11Z")

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When a player gets a “daily double” question and gets it wrong, why aren’t the other contestants allowed to ring in and take a shot at it like they are for regular questions?

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/566093/2 "2011-01-02T00:28:20Z")

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I think you mean the “Daily Double”.

That’s just the rules. It lets one player have the chance to win really big, but not the others.

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/566093/3 "2011-01-02T00:31:33Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> I think you mean the “Daily Double”.

oops!:smack: You’re right. I edited the OP.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/566093/4 "2011-01-02T00:49:12Z")

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What is, “Because they’d have to make a rule about whether the other contestants were playing for the original face value of the question or for the amount that the first contestant wagered, and that would be way too much trouble?”

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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/566093/5 "2011-01-02T03:10:33Z")

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That’s just the way it is.

Joe

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/566093/6 "2011-01-02T03:39:58Z")

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I guess exclusivity to the question is part of the “reward” for getting it. You might lose money, but you don’t have to worry about anyone else getting it.

It’s just the rules.

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**Author:** ![Mornac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mornac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mornac)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/566093/7 "2011-01-02T03:54:08Z")

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All of your answers are suspect since none of them was in the form of a question.

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**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-question/566093/8 "2011-01-02T18:42:51Z")

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> [@Mornac](#):
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> All of your answers are suspect since none of them was in the form of a question.

What is an example of being a smart ass?