Double Jeopardy

See also: double jeopardy

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