Do you know that earlier than the second and third-place runners-up on Jeopardy! went dwelling with a money comfort prize, they gave away precise prizes, The Worth Is Proper-style?
The winner of the sport present goes dwelling with the quantity they’ve after Remaining Jeopardy!, however the second and third-place contestants go dwelling with $3,000 and $2,000, respectively. These prizes rose in August 2023, from $2,000 and $1,000.
In former host Alex Trebek‘s The Jeopardy Ebook, he defined that earlier than 1984, contestants took dwelling no matter they gained. This modified when a person in 1967 stated he wanted cash for an engagement ring. He stopped enjoying midway by way of to guard his prize pot. Guidelines had been modified, and within the Nineteen Eighties, contestants needed to hold enjoying till the top to take dwelling any cash.
Nonetheless, the money comfort prizes solely began on Might 16, 2002. Earlier than that, the losers took dwelling precise prizes together with journeys, tech gear, present playing cards, and even lotion. One Jeopardy! fan needed to know if these contestants accepted their prizes and in that case, what had been they?
“To These Who Have been on Jeopardy! pre-2002: Did You Settle for Your Merchandise Prize(s)?” a Reddit consumer requested.
“Hello all – since 2002, Jeopardy! has provided money prizes solely, however earlier than that, contestants who positioned 2nd and third gained merchandise prizes or journeys, along with the usual sport present ‘parting items’ that had been plugged on the finish of the present,” the particular person wrote. “With that stated, to our J! contestants who had been on earlier than ’02, did you settle for any such prizes, and what did you do with them (or, should you gained a visit, did you are taking it)? Thanks.”
Numerous customers stated they acquired tech gadgets resembling computer systems, VHS gamers, and stereos. Different prizes had been a bit odd. “Hell yeah! I received a suitcase filled with Tootsie Rolls for some purpose!” one former participant revealed.
“Mother received some arduous sweet, lotion, and an NES (Nintendo Leisure System),” stated one other.
One consumer stated her dad acquired a telescope in addition to “stacks of coupons for Oscar Mayer lunch meat, whitening toothpaste, and instantaneous lunch cups with rice and beans and one million grams of sodium.”
Others acquired journeys to Common Studios, Sheraton Bal Harbour in Florida, and Maui. Some acquired present playing cards.
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