On "Jeopardy" do the second and third-place contestants get to keep the money they've earned or do they leave with nothing?
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Usi Siddiqi
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Jeopardy is all-or-nothing. Only the winner keeps his or her winnings. The two losers are sent home with merchandise consolation prizes. This is partly done to make Final Jeopardy interesting, because it forces the second and third place contestants to make a bet on their answer. Otherwise many contestants would simply bet $0 and keep their earnings.
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Currently 2nd place gets to take home $2000 and 3rd place gets $1000. This is true no matter what the final scores are.
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Which is it? Merchandise or minimum money?
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They leave with nothing. Only the first place winner gets to keep their winnings
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I think Second Place gets to keep their Earnings and first place gets $1,000
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They get to keep their money
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I just watched an episode where one of the contestants ended the game (before Final Jeopardy) with a negative balance. She was told she would go home with "an even $1,000", but unable to play Final Jeopardy. Nothing definitive about what 2nd place gets to keep -
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on Jeopardy,do second and third place finishers get to keep their money?
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