Reaching a dollar goal

[parliboy]

For the sake of further answering the request for proof: much of the $1,000,000 tournament is on YouTube. In the quarterfinal game between Rob Griffin and Hal Shear, the first spin is a natural triple where Rob is required to take a question for 200. (As to why I remember this, I'm sure an appropriate mental workup is coming).

[Ian Wallis]

We may never resolve this entirely, especially since the game went through so many incarnations, especially in its earliest days. That being said, I concur with Adam's (and others') assessment; the only time you could go for less than the "maximum" was when Jokers were involved, so that you could essentially make them something other than the desired category.

I'll back this up too.  If a natural triple came up, you had to take it for $200.  If it was a triple but involved two Jokers, you could take the category for just $50 by turning the jokers into something else.  After all, they were wild!  I saw this happen at least once on the syndicated version.  If the triple involved just one joker, you could take it for $100.

[Fedya]

Don't push it.

Or else, um, what?

Pushing it can be disturbing:

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