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SuperMatch93

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Quick Art Fleming J! question
« on: May 15, 2018, 06:36:52 PM »
To anyone who remembers when Art Fleming hosted Jeopardy:

Was the term "true daily double" for betting it all used at that time, or did it only come into vogue in the current run?
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Re: Quick Art Fleming J! question
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2018, 08:54:18 PM »
If memory serves, Fleming referred to situations where a player went all in, "A true daily double."
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Re: Quick Art Fleming J! question
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2018, 10:38:49 PM »
I'm sure I'm the only person who doesn't know this, but was there originally only one Daily Double, hence the name?

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Re: Quick Art Fleming J! question
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2018, 10:44:14 PM »
I'm sure I'm the only person who doesn't know this, but was there originally only one Daily Double, hence the name?
It was inspired by horse racing where typically there's a pair of races back-to-back where if you can pick both winners you win a larger prize. If it's a long race day (perhaps with ten events) there will be an early and a late double.

Since the game show as we know it existed in three rounds, the Jeopardy round with one double, and Double Jeopardy with two.

(EDIT: You would put down "$2 on the early double, 3 and 7," before the start of the first race of the two. )
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Re: Quick Art Fleming J! question
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2018, 10:48:42 PM »
Supposedly, during the development stage, NBC mildly objected to the use of "Daily Double" due to its obvious association with real-world gambling, but nobody could think of a better term.
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Re: Quick Art Fleming J! question
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2018, 08:08:50 PM »
In the test episode that Paley has, the Daily Double was a second question you received after you answered the first question.  You did not know it was a Daily Double until you answered correctly.  This was more in line with its name, since you got a second or double question.  No idea if the early episodes did that as well or something that was thrown out before air.
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