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 17^th 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 17^th 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 19^th century

Century: $300

• Question: Mercantile games developed around the same time banks did in Venice, Italy around this time

• Answer: What is the 14^th 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 15^th century

Century: $500

• Question: The first modern-day casino appeared in Venice Italy and were called casini

• Answer: What is the 17^th 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