Double Jeopardy

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English

Etymology

Named after an element of the quiz show Jeopardy!, in turn named for the legal concept double jeopardy.

Noun

Double Jeopardy

  1. A round of questioning or other situation where the possible gains and/or losses from choices are magnified.
    • 1988 July, Steven E. de Souza, Die Hard, 20th Century Fox
      John McClane: Sorry Hans, wrong guess. Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy where the scores can really change?
    • 1999, “Optimizing Network Traffic”, in Notes from the Field, volume 3, Microsoft Press:
      Specifically, if after all this travel the application is inefficiently designed, the process gets into double jeopardy, where the scores can really change.
    • 2000 April, Edward Bear, The Seven Deadly Needs, Health Communications, pages 87–88:
      We may now be ready for the Double Jeopardy round. Now for the next question
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