3 Way Tie on Jeopardy

[JJuggle]

In a very cool twist there was a 3 way tie on Jeopardy.

The Final Jeopardy category was Women of the 30s and the answer was:

One of the men who shot her realized she had waited on him frequently at a dinner in Dallas.

[dudewithasock]

Cool.

....what's the question?

[ThisGuyIKnow]

Thanks for letting me know, hopefully I'll be home 7 to watch it.

[James_Potter]

I bet my parents would know the answer, they watch Dallas a lot....

[johnfoss]

I don't think they meant the TV show. I'll take a wild guess with "Who is Marilyn Monroe?"

[ThisGuyIKnow]

I don't think they meant the TV show. I'll take a wild guess with "Who is Marilyn Monroe?"

"Women of the 30s"

My guess is Who is Bonnie Parker

Please no one post the answer if you watched the show already though, cause it hasn't aired west coast yet.

[johnfoss]

I always forget the relevance of the categories! Okay I'll switch my answer to ThisGuy's. So much for the photography analogy!

[uni57]

I don't think they meant the TV show.I think he was kidding*. Mock ignorance, along the lines of "...what's the question?" (was THAT a joke, too?)

So... Dallas is still on? I remember when someone shot J.R. (I just don't remember who).




* - not that your first answer was any better (just kidding)

[JJuggle]

The category may have been more specifically stated as "Women of the 1930s". And I meant "diner" not "dinner".

[john_childs]

Ha! Scott lost today. The gambit didn't pay off in the long run. Should have gone for the win on Friday cause the other two players were good and were ahead of him for much of the game on Friday. With luck he would have had easier opponents today.

Still, he would have had to get the final jeopardy question right or be ahead enough at the end so that it didn't matter. So maybe it is better this way.

[johnfoss]

I never saw the 3-way tie. I had to leave the house so set our DVR to record
it. I got a basketball game. The Kings lost. :(

[john_childs]

Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV9vuKfVO04) has a 1:30 clip of the final jeopardy round. But not the entire show.

[johnfoss]

Wow, YouTube has everything! Thanks for the link!

[Asher317]

I was watching that when it was on on friday that was pretty awesome

[JJuggle]

Yesterday it was revealed that the question of whether there had ever been a 3 way tie was asked by a kid in the audience. There had not been. Subsequent to that information coming out the leader deliberately bet just enough in final jeopardy to equal the score of the other two players, who were tied at the time, if they each bet everything. So, it was not completely accidental.

That leader, had he bet more would have won on Friday. He lost on Monday.

[johnfoss]

That leader, had he bet more would have won on Friday. He lost on Monday.
Definitely a high price to pay for notoriety. He gets to go into the "game show history books," but misses out on a possible additional $20,000+ day? I think I'd go for the obscurity...