On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:05 AM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Jan 19, 2016, at 7:56 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Obviously they have extra eligible contestants. But what happens if you > get the call, fly out, and you don't get drawn? > > > From what I understand, the “extra" contestants they bring in on tape > dates are always locals, so this has very rarely been an issue. If there is > an out-of-towner who doesn’t get to play due to unforeseen circumstances, > the show will invite them back ASAP and pay their airfare for the return > visit (same thing they do for out-of-town champions). > > Incidentally, it hasn’t come up on the show since they made the rule > change, but there is now a tiebreaker question if contestants are tied > after Final Jeopardy! — yesterday’s show may be the last time there will be > co-champions. > Technically, there were no champions yesterday: a player cannot win with a score of zero. Intriguing rule change. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
