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GSRebich

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Jeopardy! Question
« on: May 19, 2016, 02:54:48 PM »
Has there ever been a game of Jeopardy! where there was no Daily Double found during the entire game?

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Re: Jeopardy! Question
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2016, 03:07:52 PM »
Go through Jeopardy Archive starting with the celebrity episodes.
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Re: Jeopardy! Question
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2016, 03:49:05 PM »
Given that the two Daily Doubles in the second round have to be in different categories, I find it highly unlikely.
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Re: Jeopardy! Question
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2016, 04:53:31 PM »
I can absolutely believe that in a game with a lot of deadballs (and in the early days categories going untouched) that all three Daily Doubles would be left undiscovered. It was something I pondered on Tuesday.
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Re: Jeopardy! Question
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2016, 05:42:07 PM »
I can absolutely believe that in a game with a lot of deadballs (and in the early days categories going untouched) that all three Daily Doubles would be left undiscovered. It was something I pondered on Tuesday.
I thought of the first season myself. When the Jeopardy! DVD came out in the mid-2000s, I was surprised at how many clues remained on the board. Thing is, there aren't too many early episodes documented on the J! Archive...
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Re: Jeopardy! Question
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2016, 06:38:54 PM »
The Jeopardy Book makes a reference to a category about Honduras making its way into three different games before anyone dove in. I wondered how that happened because I was accustomed to the faster play and fewer wrong answers not knowing about the rule change--one or two clues being unrevealed wasn't out of the ordinary but a whole category was unreal.
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Re: Jeopardy! Question
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2016, 11:09:58 PM »
The J! Archive doesn't contain any episodes that answer the question. Here's a game from this season though where only one Daily Double was found.

Given that the two Daily Doubles in the second round have to be in different categories, I find it highly unlikely.

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