Jeopardy Rules

Jeopardy Rules:

• Jeopardy! is an American game show that first aired in 1984. The basic premise of the show is that contestants answer/respond to clues for money denoted when players select the clue. A correct answer rewards the value of the clue selected while an incorrect answer subtracts the value of the clue.

• Every game of Jeopardy! will consist of the following:

  • 1. A Jeopardy! round with 6 categories each consisting of 5 clues. The clues increase in dollar amount from $200 as a minimum to $1000 maximum. Within the Jeopardy! round is a daily double response for one of the clues which is explained later.

    2. A Double Jeopardy! round with 6 categories each consisting of 5 clues. The clues are now doubled in value in comparison to the Jeopardy! round where the dollar amounts increase from $400 to now a $2000 maximum. Within the Double Jeopardy! round, there are 2 daily doubles in separate categories.

    3. A Final Jeopardy! round where a category is shown to the contestants. Contestants make wagers based on their dollars accumulated from the Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! rounds. Contestants then have 30 seconds to come up with an answer to the Final Jeopardy! question and gain/lose the amount of their wager based on their answer.

  • The contestant with the most amount of money at the end of the Final Jeopardy! round is declared the winner. In the rare event of a tie after the Final Jeopardy! round, the tied players will be given a tiebreaker clue. Whoever buzzes in first and answers the clue correctly will be declared the winner.

  • The following are the rules of the game that players must follow:

    1. Players will buzz in to answer the question. The player who buzzes in first will get to answer the question first. If the first player answers incorrectly, then the clue moves to the next player who buzzed in. Players must wait for the host to finish reading the clue before buzzing. An early buzz automatically places that player as last eligible to answer the clue. Players will have 5 seconds to answer the clue. If a player runs out of time, their answer is incorrect and the question then passes onto the next player. Players may not attempt a question more than once. A player must answer the question if they buzz in.

    2. Players must phrase their responses in the form of a question. For example, if the clue is ,"this baseball team plays in Atlanta." A player must respond with "Who/what are the Atlanta Braves?" Responses not given in the form of the question do not count. The host will remind players to put their answers into question form. Responses will be deemed as acceptable by the host/clue giver for the game. The host is in sole discretion of awarding money or not based on a contestants response. We know that not everyone is from the US and there are possible language differences, so every response will be considered. This is the same for Final Jeopardy! questions.

    3. Daily doubles are clues where the player who reveals the clue gets a chance to make more money! Players who uncover the daily double may wager any amount of money up to the amount they have. Players may also wager up to $1000 for the Jeopardy! round automatically and up to $2000 in the Double Jeopardy! round even if a player has a total less than those amounts. Here are some examples, a player who has $5800 uncovers a daily double, they may wager up to $5800. A player who has $400 in the Jeopardy! round may wager anywhere from $1 to $1000 dollars. A player with -$800 in the Double Jeopardy! round may wager anywhere from $1 to $2000 dollars. Once a wager is made, the player who uncovered the daily double will be prompted with the clue and given an amount of time to respond. A correct response rewards the amount of the wager while an incorrect response subtracts the amount of the wager.

    4. The game starts with a player randomly selected to choose an opening category and corresponding dollar amount for a clue. From there, the next clue is chosen by the person who gave the last correct response or who chose the last clue. In Double Jeopardy! the player with the least amount of money from the Jeopardy! round will choose a clue first, and then the game proceeds.

• Jeopardy! is the only minigame offered in the Carpe Omnia Tournament that has no interaction or login on Transformice required. Instead, the game will be played through Discord screensharing and a buzzing application for players to buzz in. A microphone is not required but encouraged, players will speak their answers if possible or type their answers in chat if a microphone is not available.

• The format for the tournament is inspired from the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions format. Here, the field will start with 9 contestants and proceed as follows:

  • 1. A first round with 3 games consisting of 3 contests each. The winner of each game is automatically placed in the semifinal. Then, the highest 3 scorers who are non winners will also proceed to the semifinals for a total of 6 contestants.

    2. A semifinal round consisting of 2 games of 3 contestants each. The 2 winners will proceed to the final. The highest scoring non winner between the 2 games will also proceed to the final.

    3. A final round consisting of 2 games between the 3 same contestants. Players will play a game and have a score for the first game. Then the players play a second game. The winner is the highest combined total from the first and second games.

  • Games and rounds will be made by the respective host. If any questions, please ask Cheezonwheel or Akoolchicano.