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the only game show where you lose if you forget to phrase your right answer as a question.
means A state of danger, risk, or peril — the possibility that something will go badly wrong.
from From the Old French 'jeu parti,' literally 'a divided game' — meaning an even chess match or contest where the outcome hangs in the balance, with neither side sure to win. That uncertain, hanging-in-the-balance feeling slid into English by the 14th century and darkened from 'a close game' into 'real danger.' The legal phrase 'double jeopardy' keeps the old game-stakes flavor alive.
- name origin
- Latin for divided game, meaning even chances
- clue format
- answers given, contestants supply the questions
- IBM moment
- Watson the computer crushed two human champions
- legal meaning
- double jeopardy bars retrial for same crime
- record streak
- Ken Jennings won 74 straight games
ken jennings 74-game streak — jeopardy! contestant won 74 consecutive games in 2004, earning $2.52 million
james holzhauer — jeopardy! champion in 2019 who revolutionized the game with aggressive betting strategies