Las Vegas Jeopardy! Part 3
Round 1
Category 1: Poker Variants
Poker Variants: $100
Question: This variant offers multiple rounds in which the player must eventually bet or fold
Answer: What is Ultimate Texas Hold’Em
Poker Variants: $200
Question: This variant focuses more on flushes and the number that can be obtained
Answer: What is High Card Flush
Poker Variants: $300
Question: With only a few cards, players hope for the best poker ranking possible
Answer: What is Three Card Poker
Poker Variants: $400
Question: Out of the five cards the player receives, they’ll only use four of them to make their best poker hand
Answer: What is Crazy 4 Poker
Poker Variants: $500
Question: In this variant, players can play with three poker hands at once depending on how many cards they use.
Answer: What is 3-5-7
Category 2: Bi-Lingo
Bi-Lingo: $100
Question: In blackjack, it refers to turning one hand into two; while in roulette it’s when the bet covers two numbers
Answer: What is a Split
Bi-Lingo: $200
Question: In craps, it refers to when the shooter throws the dice; while in roulette it’s right before the ball picks a winning number
Answer: What is Roll
Bi-Lingo: $300
Question: In poker, it’s when a player discards his hand; while in roulette it’s the action used to pick up cheques
Answer: What is Muck
Bi-Lingo: $400
Question: In casino slang, it refers to $1 chips; while in craps it’s the total sum of two shown on the dice
Answer: What are Aces
Bi-Lingo: $500
Question: In casino slang, it refers to networking in order to obtain a better job; while in craps it’s the commission charged by the house also known as the vigorish
Answer: What is Juice
Category 3: Dice
Dice: $100
Question: In this game, the dice must hit the pyramids in order for it to ensure a random roll
Answer: What is Craps
Dice: $200
Question: In this game, three dice are used to determine which spot gets the first hand
Answer: What is Pai-Gow Tiles
Dice: $300
Question: This popular Macau game translates to “dice pair”
Answer: What is Sic Bo
Dice: $400
Question: In Malaysia and Singapore, this game is also known as “Mini Dice”
Answer: What is Chuck a Luck
Dice: $500
Question: This 17th century game evolved into using two dice and was the origins of our beloved modern day craps
Answer: What is Hazard
Category 4: Table Security
Table Security: $100
Question: When a player adds money to an established bet after a winner has already been determined in order to receive a higher payout
Answer: What is Past Posting or Pressing
Table Security: $200
Question: When a player completely covers a card with the palm of their hand or hides the card from view in order to make a switch.
Answer: What is Handmucking
Table Security: $300
Question: When a player gathers information prior to the shuffle, tracks those cards during the shuffle and wins big when those cards finally come out
Answer: What is Shuffle Tracking
Table Security: $400
Question: This paste-like substance will be discretely wiped onto certain cards in order to mark them for future use
Answer: What is Daub
Table Security: $500
Question: On a handheld blackjack game, the dealer will deal out the second card only while keeping the first card stationary on top of the deck and ready for use
Answer: What is Dealing Seconds
Category 5: TV Shows
TV Shows: $100
Question: This TV show was inspired by a Stan Lee comic where a police officer has the power to control luck
Answer: What is Lucky Man
TV Shows: $200
Question: This reality show started in 2006 and features Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Sam Farha.
Answer: What is High Stakes Poker
TV Shows: $300
Question: The surveillance team at Montecito Casino is always watching and Ed Deline knows all.
Answer: What is Las Vegas
TV Shows: $400
Question: A former FBI agent now security expert is recruited by a pit boss in order to prevent cheating
Answer: What is the Player
TV Shows: $500
Question: In this anime, a gambling prodigy turns an elite school upside down
Answer: What is Kakegurui
Round 2
Category 1: Century
Century: $100
Question: During the French Revolution, the Ace was turned into the highest card instead of the King.
Answer: What is the 17th century
Century: $200
Question: The first ever recorded casino heist, where a bomb was used as a distraction, failed thanks to its dealers who remained guarding their fortune
Answer: What is the 19th century
Century: $300
Question: Mercantile games developed around the same time banks did in Venice, Italy around this time
Answer: What is the 14th century
Century: $400
Question: Blackjack eventually evolved from a game originally called thirty-one, where players tried to reach 31 instead of 21
Answer: What is the 15th century
Century: $500
Question: The first modern-day casino appeared in Venice Italy and were called casini
Answer: What is the 17th century
Category 2: States
States: $100
Question: Red Hawk, River Rock, Graton
Answer: What is California
States: $200
Question: Isle of Capri, Golden Nugget, L’Auberge
Answer: What is Louisiana
States: $300
Question: Muckleshoot, Silver Reef, Red Wind
Answer: What is Washington
States: $400
Question: Santa Ana Star, Sandia, Inn of the Mountain Gods
Answer: What is New Mexico
States: $500
Question: Boomtown, Scarlet Pearl, IP
Answer: What is Mississippi
Category 3: Blackjack Strategy
Blackjack Strategy: $100
Question: On a 4, 6, or 8 deck shoe, if the player has a pair of 8’s for a total of 16 and the dealer’s up card is a 9 then the player should do this
Answer: What is Split
Blackjack Strategy: $200
Question: On a 4, 6, or 8 deck shoe, if the player has a pair of 9’s for a total of 18 and the dealer’s up card is a 7 then the player should do this
Answer: What is Stay
Blackjack Strategy: $300
Question: On a 4, 6, or 8 deck shoe, if the player has a 12 and the dealer’s up card is a 3 then the player should do this
Answer: What is Hit
Blackjack Strategy: $400
Question: On a double deck, if the player has an Ace, 3 and the dealer’s up card is a 4 then the player should do this
Answer: What is Double Down
Blackjack Strategy: $500
Question: On a single deck, where the dealer stays on a soft 17, if the player has an Ace, 7 and the dealer’s up card is an Ace then the player should do this
Answer: What is Stay
Category 4: Customer Service
Customer Service: $100
Question: The 10-5-10 rules states that dealers stationed on a dead table must do this when the player is walking by at 10 feet away, then 5 feet away, then back to 10 feet away.
Answer: What is smile and greet the player
Customer Service: $200
Question: This is the first thing the dealer will do when the player hands them their players card
Answer: What is look for and then say the players name
Customer Service: $300
Question: When a dealer is tapped out for break, they should always tell the players this about the incoming dealer
Answer: What is introduce them by name
Customer Service: $400
Question: In a casino where smoking is allowed, if the player pulls out a cigarette them the dealer will hand this to the player
Answer: What is an ashtray
Customer Service: $500
Question: On craps, the dealers will do this when they pay in order to make sure the players have an assortment of denominations in their money pile.
Answer: What is watch the rack
Category 5: Video Games
Video Games: $100
Question: In this game, poker is an essential part to gaining access and killing the main boss, Hoyt
Answer: What is Far Cry 3
Video Games: $200
Question: In this game, the Ultra-Luxe, Vikki & Vance and the Atomic Wrangler, just to name a few, will kick you out if you’re too good at blackjack
Answer: What is Fallout New Vegas
Video Games: $300
Question: The Diamond Casino offers blackjack, roulette and three card poker if anyone would like to play a game inside a game
Answer: What is Grand Theft Auto V
Video Games: $400
Question: In this hilarious game you play poker with characters from franchises, such as GLADOS from the Portal series and Claptrap from the Borderlands series
Answer: What is Poker Night 2
Video Games: $500
Question: In this game the player can gamble on a game of Mahjong Poker
Answer: What is Sleeping Dogs
Final Jeopardy
Category: James Bond
Question: In Casino Royale, how much of the government’s buy-in was needed for it to be a high-stakes game?
Answer: What is $10 million