Final Jeopardy: Three-way ties, all zeroes & single-players
2022 ж. 18 Қар.
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Basically all the weirdest final jeopardy scenarios I could find
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I remember one episode where two of the contestants were nailing everything and the third couldn't get a right answer to save his life. Comes Final Jeopardy and the two had huge scores but were close. The third guy had just a few hundred dollars. The two bet everything they had and the third guy bet zero. They all got it wrong and the third guy won the game, It was hilarious.
thats great
Mattea should have wagered $21,399 but she said on Twitter she didn’t want to be too greedy
Why would the people in first place wager everything if they didn't have to?? That's on them for losing a winnable game.
Exactly. When there are no tied scores before final you should just cover the person in second like Kelton should have done $7,601 and Greg should have done $501.
Well, it’s either one of 3 things: 1.) they want to risk losing in order to double everything. 2.) they leave it all up to chance. 3.) they might be a little to cocky & think they have the right answer until they don’t.
@@ddrdanganvloger2187 if he bet $501, he would have won no matter what.
fun tis a game
@@ddrdanganvloger2187 I'll chalk it up to the show being new and that thought process didn't cross his mind, but also that he didn't think he could possibly be wrong. Plus he had his winnings from the previous day that were already guaranteed.
The one at 4:58 is the biggest shock, all three of them coming in with *different* wrong answers
It's funny how nobody knew that the century starts in year 1, not zero. This was totally not generally known before Y2K. NYE 2000 got all the fanfare anyways though, not 2001. Sort of like when your car is at 99,999 miles.
3:07 Was from footage of match in Ultimate Tournament Of Champions Jeff Richmond(23,300) win the match while other Billy Baxter(-600) and Bernard Hollway(-3,000) unable to play Final Jeopardy
I hate so much that we have to continuously live with the Romans' mistake of not counting from the year 0, which leads to weird counterintuitive bits like a century beginning in 1901.
aw I miss Alex so much. I just read his autobiography (first one I've ever read) and I didnt think I could love him anymore until reading his book. Recommend 😊
They made a good choice dumping Bialik, though.
That first clip. I don’t know what episode that was from, but it seems like they all got back to where they started from, back to zero. And they were all one year off from the correct answer.
Episode 2
9/11/84.
They all wound up with Brad's score in the end.
@@danielkohler9857 this is such a clever comment hahaha well done brother
@@yaomung3 I guess you could say in that first clip, the contestants came back around, full circle. They started with 0 and they ended with 0.
Has there ever been a game where every player ended up negative, and therefore concluded with no Final Jeopardy?
I think maybe in the Art Fleming days back in the 1960s/1970s that might have happened, although records are limited
If that ever happens on the current run, they need to invite an audience member to play what would have been the final jeopardy clue for $1000. I know, reminiscent of Who wants to be a Millionaire, but I say never leave one on the table.
A few times that actually happened.
😅 I just love this show, no matter who is hosting.
@@elchoroad despite Ken jennings hosting, this is still the trebek era
You missed Kevin Walsh's Single Player Final Jeopardy from Season 37. That would be Alex's final Single Player Final Jeopardy before his passing.
This ain't the first time we have all three in the toilet. And two in the toilet.
Same with Tom Kunzen
I was coming in to mention this, since I was the guy who missed the Daily Double and ended up at 0! Kevin was a hell of a player!
DRAW 1:49 DRAW 2:00 DRAW 4:01 WIN 4:49 DRAW 5:13
That first all zeros was a total setup. Total trick question all the way!
Tough shit. That's their problem, not mine.
😢 George Alexander Trebek 1940-2020
It is still not the same without Art Fleming; I grew up with him doing Jeopardy! In the 1960s, always on at 11 A.M. on Channel 4 … Trebek just says “Answer”…. But Fleming says “THE ANSWER IS” in that big, strong voice of his … 😢
I still remember when some of these episodes aired and I was always amazed at the results. Seemed a little coincidental at times as if these occurrences were all planned for shock value.
It's always nice to see Alex
The single-player FJ makes me think of playing solo when I play my Jeopardy video game for the SNES.
Thank you for making this complilation!
It's still not the same without Alex
I’m sure Alex is honored to see Ken at his post. As we learned from Meet the Robinsons, keep moving forward.
Personally I don't think it's the same without Art Flemming (I'm showing my age here, but he was an excellent, enthusiastic host!).
Alex is dearly missed he is definitely an old friend
@@boisegameshowguy Originally in 2004 Ken Jennings was a contestant on Jeopardy
I like Ken but he is definitely not Trebek
1:45 WHAT IS THE ANSWER?!
He says it - Jan 1st 1901 This is from the Jeopardy Website but I still don’t understand it: The Final Jeopardy! category is "The Calendar" and the clue was "Calendar date with which the 20th century began"; the correct response was "What is January 1, 1901?" All three contestants had an incorrect response of, "What is January 1, 1900?” That was actually the first day of the last year of the 19th century, as years begin with a 1 and not a 0. This would later lead to confusion during the Y2K era, when people confused 2000 as the first year of the 21st century, when in reality, 2001 would be the first year.
@@KeepAnEyeOnDan the problem with the clue is it's not worded well. In traditional year numbering, that reasoning is correct. In modern year numbering, the year known as 1 BC in traditional numbering is known as 0, 2 BC is known as -1.
2:28 wholesome
That Little Rock one is pretty shocking. Three adult contestants and none of them are familiar with the Little Rock 9?
And that's why you always leave a dollar lol
There was another 3 way tie at $0 on April 8, 1985 which I saw on TuneIn.
And there was another one at 0 on June 12, 1998.
There were also 2 other 3-way ties at $0 in tournament games.
You missed one in between the Season 32 and Mattea Roach one, the last one when Alex was host was Kevin Walsh’s 4th game.
Ah the good old days when there was audience participation 😂
Wow, those are such landmark endings! If you have any of those episodes in full, can you please upload them on KZhead? The episode featuring two champions, a former one and a current one together, is what I wanna see most of all.
No I don't
I think the 1st place people who bet all their $ and the 3rd place player who bet it all when the other 2 were tied & had to bet their all bet poorly. They all could've won easily by betting anything less than all their $.
Yes, betting less than their all $ is smarter cause when you get wrong, you still had money. Your target in final round most important, avoid lost all money.
5:55 And there it is.
Tournament rules changed after 2013 Teen Tournament in the event of triple zero. A tiebreaker clue will take place to determine the winner of that episode.
He pulled a Cliff Calvin.
How does it get down to a single player. I have never seen that before.
If any player has $0 or any negative amount after both rounds they are disqualified from final jeopardy.
@@victorsandoval1298 And for the singer player to be declare champions, they will had at least $1 at the end of the Final Jeopardy Otherwise, they will count as lose and will going home on a consolation price
I often wondered what happens in Jeopardy if all 3 players have negative points or zero before Final Jeopardy? I don't think it ever happened
Allegedly it happened once in the 1970s Art Fleming version
If that WERE to happen I believe their would not BE a Final Jeopardy round and the next show would be of 3 new players.
Why does it feel like when it's triple 0s the contestant are in trouble and getting punished lol
Missing 2 other single player FJ episodes, those with Tom Kunzen (not 100% on the spelling) & Kevin Walsh.
Diabolical question
AIN'T NO WAY LOL $0 IN FINAL?
Sometimes for three way losses cue the losing horns
Bum bum bum bum hmmmmmmmm😢😢😢
I know I could've paused but it didn't give much time to read the questions 😕
😢 Mattea Roach is the sole player that smoked her competition.
2:30/3:58/5:55
Ken jennings is the one who is hosting right now
Even Mayim Bialik
I wonder if all of this was intentional
Jan 1 1901 people
Never bet it all. Always wager to leave at least a dollar.
Agree. There a major difference of getting $1 and $0 in this show. Having $1 left mean you still can win, while having $0 left mean you lose immediately, regardless of other player.
Does anyone else feel that if all 3 contestants end up with zero, they should all be invited back for the next show?
no, they don't deserve that
They should at least be given cab fare to get home.
@@andrewbomkamp3708 Contestants don't all end up with zero because every person was incompetent and therefore doesn't "deserve" to return. Typically, the only time this happens is due to a Final Jeopardy question that is practically impossible to answer within the 30 seconds they have to think & consider their choices (this video is a prime example). That's the fault of those who choose the questions for the show, not the contestants. Therefore, I don't think contestants who have proven they belong by doing reasonably (or very) well up to the last question should all be punished for the occasional "dud" question that pops up. I say let them all return for one more show under these unusual circumstances.
@@brianarbenz1329 losers always get consolation prizes I believe
@@tomriddle8933 Ah yes, the lovely parting gifts (the euphemism for "consolation prize.")
How does only one player and up on final jeopardy?
The other players ended up in the negative by the end of double jeopardy
Idiotic bets. Champ should've bet 501, would've gone home with $8999.
Exactly! He deserved to lose for being greedy. Or if he was really confident in the category, he should do $9499 to save $1 if the other contestants bet everything. Same with Kelton’s wager.
It was also the second episode ever and strategy wasn’t anywhere close to as refined as it is today
How tf does a new century start with the first day of the second year of the century?
There's no year 0, so the 1st century began in year 1, then since every century is exactly 100 years, the 2nd century began in year 101, then the 3rd in year 201, and so on Meaning the 19th century began in 1801, the 20th century in 1901, the 21st century in 2001, etc
@@CaptainJZH I'm surprised this wasn't a hotter debate but I agree with your and the show's interpretation of the correct response.
Rename "Crappy Jeopardy Wagers"
If lynne would have said January 1 1901 she would have won.
01/01/1901….. Wow
The state of American education. What was the first day of the first century? No, we did not have a year called 0. Ever. No matter whose calendar was in use.
Explain to me why the 20th century began in 1901 when the 21st started in 2000. Also, you always start counting from zero. Did the Jesuits program the calendar in Fortran?
21st century didn't actually start in 2000, the real first day of the 21st century/3rd millennium was January 1, 2001, even though culturally everyone made a bigger deal about the year 2000. With centuries you don't start counting with zero; in the modern Gregorian calendar, the date goes from December 31, 1 BC right to January 1, 1 AD, skipping any potential "year zero" So the 1st century began with year 1, and since a century is 100 years, the 2nd century began with year 101, the 3rd century with year 201, etc. Therefore the 20th century, being 1900 years after year 1, began with 1901, and the 21st century began with 2001.
@@CaptainJZH Why do decades start with year zero then? No one says that a song from 1990 was from the 80s for example.
Because there's a difference between what the average person thinks is part of a decade/century/etc and what the actual calendar indicates. The 1990s cannot possibly begin with 1990 because each decade is 10 years long so if you go back to the first decade at the start of the 1st century, because of the lack of any year 0 between the BC era and the AD era, it began with year 1, and then the next decade began 10 years later with year 11. Fast forward to the modern day and the 1900s began with 1901, the 1910s with 1911, the 1920s with 1921, etc.
@@CaptainJZH I guess it just highlights the dangers of programming in Fortran. The world is stuck with a non-sensical artifact in the calendar because legacy coders didn't realize how unintuitive it is to start a counting system at 1.
Some of them should've been sent to a psych ward because this game was too much for them after losing.
Those 3 players should have come back the next day not new players
They should cancel the show and create another with a different name.
Why?
@@BlueManIan the new one has some lady as a host. It’s ruining what Jeopardy represented.
I think they shouldn't.
@@BlueManIan Ken Jennings and though I'm not a fan of Mayim Bialik, are both doing an excellent job. The last thing Alex Trebek wanted was for Jeopardy! to die with him. They are ensuring it does not.
@@TraumaER What's that? Male supremacy?
That "1901" question was bullshit. Time starts at the 0.
There's no "year 0" however so every century starts at the -01 year not the -00 year Like December 31, 1 BC went straight to January 1, 1 AD
No, it doesn’t
No, the answer of Jan 1, 1901 is correct. But that was extraordinarily hard for someone to get correct with the pressure of being on national television and with only 30 seconds to think and come up with an answer.
It was still 16 years before the start of the 2000s, so people were not being inundated with the Y2K information. Gosh that seems like eons ago.
quite pedantic tho, trick question imo