1 vs. 100

[mugs]

Man, he only made it through two weeks!

I guess you don't have to know the answer to every question to win on Jeopardy

That was a tough question though... at least from the perspective of a non-gambler.

 

[altonb1]

c) Osmond

 

[Spooner]

a) baldwin

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: altonb1
c) Osmond

I probably should be embarrassed for knowing that.

 

[Spooner]

dayum, apparently i spoke too soon and suck

 

[Kelemvor]

So how does this show work exactly? I've never watched it but have seen it in the listing a number of times.

 

[altonb1]

1 person is the contestant and the 100 are the "Mob." Both sets answer trivia questions--if the "1" person is right, he wins money based on the amount of people that get it wrong. So if out of the 100, 8 get it wrong, he wins $800, and it becomes 1 vs. 92. The dollar amounts increase per question and the contestant (the 1) continues to play until he decides to take the money and quit OR he misses a question. If he MISSES the question, the remaining members of the mob split the pot. So if the guy is playing and it becomes 1 vs. 27 and his answer is wrong, and the pot is 86,000, the $86k is divided by 27 and given to the remaining members of the mob.

The contestant also gets a couple of lifeline options, but I don't know those details off-hand.

 

[ultimatebob]

They're going to have to bring in John Carpenter next, the guy who swept through all the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" questions without using a single lifeline. He should last for at least 2 episodes, anyway.